This five day watercolour painting course will grow your skills and confidence in painting in watercolour, exploring the gorgeous medium through flowers and expense brushwork, designed for intermediate painters who want to free up their painting.
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Beginners or Intermediate
COST: See below
RESIDENTIAL/NON RESIDENTIAL: Both options available. Residential option includes all accommodation & food from Sunday vening through Friday lunch.
SCHEDULE: Sunday residents arrival between 5pm-7.00pm > Drinks and dinner from 7pm open to all participants / Monday-Thursday- Tuition 9.30am-1.00pm & 4.30pm-6pm with time in-between in the studio or to relax / Sunday - Tuition 9.,30am-1pm followed by Lunch. Course closes at 2pm.
Paul has a distinctively free, loose way of handling the paint using a variety of brushes with bold colour content. These techniques will be explained and extensively demonstrated.
An approach to painting which is aligned with the eastern approach to brushwork, and to leaving space on the page will be explored and all work in progress will be analysed and sensitively assessed, in order that you can progress at a pace that suits you during the week.
The purpose of the course is to acquaint beginners with the basic methods of depicting flowers and at the same time stimulate the more practised into new directions, exploring different compositions and colour combinations, exploring your brushwork and freeing you up to paint fresh and vibrant flower paintings.
This new watercolour course with Coombe’s lead tutor Paul Riley, combines two of Paul’s great loves, flowers and his growing interest in extensive use of multiple brushes in each painting. If you want to feel liberated in your watercolour painting, free from using pencil or other medium, to focus exclusively on your brush work, then this is an ideal course for you.
I’m painting in a different way, exclusively using the brush to give more fluidity and expression..it loosens up the method of applying the paint giving an extra dimension to the work
Flowers provide a great opportunity to explore a range of techniques. The variations in form and colour are endlessly fascinating and this course will provide you with the opportunity to explore those techniques including getting to grips with a range of brushes and brushwork. Each type of stroke and each effect is explained together with help in understanding individual brush types so Paul will demonstrate the various grips for specific purposes e.g. flower petals, stems and leaves.
Various brushes are shown in the course list, which will be the minimum used – Paul has an extensive collection that participants can experiment with. They are all made from natural hair, which gives a special touch in usage and cannot be compared with artificial hair. Paul will explain the differences and context for using each i.e sable, squirrel goat, wolf, pony etc, including mixed types e.g. sable/squirrel
“I love to surround myself with the clutter of my trade. I have a large variety of tools and brushes – all good friends that give great pleasure and joy when used.”
— Paul Riley
“Flowers mean different things to different people so during this course we will recognise the different ways of seeing them. Some people love the pattern quality inherent in flowers; others that extraordinary variety of forms. No particular way is the way; all the possibilities are explored.”
Paul Riley is the lead tutor and co-founder of Coombe Farm Studios. He has taught watercolour flower painting for over 30 years and has written numerous articles and bestselling books on the subject matter including the classic “flower painting”which you can get from world of books and the updated version “The Magic of Watercolour Flowers” available from us here at Coombe here.
A short film about Paul Riley, his approach to painting and the founding of Coombe Farm Studios.
MATERIALS LIST FOR THIS COURSE
Please bring these items with you, borrow some during the course, or purchase at our online shop by clicking the links below & purchased items will be at Coombe for you when you arrive for your course.
Essential course watercolour paints in tubes or pan (tubes listed below)
Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour 8ml tubes
Cadmium Red // Permanet Rose // Cadmium Yellow // Lemon Yellow //Cerulean Blue // Ultramarine // Intense Blue
Purple Lake // Raw Sienna // Burnt Sienna // Raw Umber
Optional extra paints
Winsor & Newton Artists Watercolour 5ml
Essential brushes
Optional Extra Brush
Paper
Paul uses Saunders Waterford 300gsm NOT, bring similar with you or you can purchase from us at cost price as you paint during the course.
Other items
Kitchen Roll
Small lightweight stool if you have one (we have spare stools at Coombe if you need to borrow one)
2B pencil & sharpener
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The total price for this residential course is £753 + VAT (£904) including food, accommodation and your tuition.
At the point of booking/adding to cart, you are asked to pay a non-refundable* deposit of £150.
The remaining balance (£754) is payable three weeks before the course starts (either by bank transfer, cheque or card over the phone).
*Non-refundable and non-transferrable. Please read our full Terms & Conditions including cancellations.
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This total course price is £564 + VAT (£594) including your tuition and lunch each day.
At the point of booking/adding to cart, you are asked to pay a non-refundable* deposit of £150.
The remaining balance (£526) is payable three weeks before the course starts (either by bank transfer, cheque or card over the phone).
*Non-refundable and non-transferrable. Please read our full Terms & Conditions including cancellations.
