starting 6^th of November 2016

with watercolourist Mariette Vermeulen

Explore the intensity and versatility of Watercolour painting as seen in the paintings of John Constable and JMW Turner. Turner used a limited palette to express exciting land and seascapes.

This workshop is a follow-up to the Introduction to Watercolor Painting. For four weeks Still Life painting and painting botanicals will be taught. Completing the Introduction to Watercolor is recommended, but not mandatory.

Time table & prices

Brief description:

Week 1

-painting apples and other fruits and vegetables

Week 2

-the basics of still life painting. What makes a dynamic still life painting; looking at real time still life setups and painting from photos.

Week 3

-painting flowers. Realism and the $250 dollar painting lesson.

-abstract flowers. Keeping it loose.

Week 4

-more botanical painting, contrasting darks and lights.

Materials required from students:

• * basic set of watercolour paint in tubes by Cotman made by Windsor Newton. Set must include Ochre Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Sepia, Payne’s Grey, Burnt Umber, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine blue, Windsor Red, Alizarine Crimson. Sap Green is a good colour to have. So is Opera Rose. If you’d like to splurge, buy all these colours in artist quality. Amazon carries them.
• * 5 watercolour brushes to start (one inch flat brush, #12 round brush, #8 round brush, #4 round brush, fan brush)
• * a watercolour board for stretching out your watercolour paper (1/2cm triplex  78cm x 61 cm. Ace hardware will have this. Cut holes in it and create a handle for easy transportation. A thick piece of plexiglass is also good to use).
• * Gummed Watercolour tape.
• * 2 rolls of Scotch magic tape.
• * a porcelain or plastic palette for paints and mixing
• * watercolour paper (2 large sheets, 60×50, cold press 300g/m – 140 lbs paper)
• * 1 gummed watercolour block, same weight as the above or heavier. 23x31cm or larger.  Fabriano, Montval or Daler Rowney are good papers.
• * pencil HB, Eraser, Scissors, a small sponge, paper towels and two containers to hold water.

Teacher:  Mariette Vermeulen

Mariette Vermeulen is a painter, a watercolorist and a draughtsman. She was born in Hamilton Canada in 1964. She was educated as an Illustrator at Sheridan College in Brampton Ontario.  Vermeulen also has an Undergraduate and Master’s Degree in English Literature from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Mariette Vermeulen has always had a passion for drawing and painting. At first it was primary figure drawing and as her painting skills developed, landscape captured her imagination. She loves to explore the shapes created by dark and light in everything she sees.  Mariette has a deep love for painting outdoors.  “There is nothing more invigorating than spending a day trying to capture God’s creation. Images are fleeting and I am constantly in awe of how much I see and how to translate that moment in my work”. Mariette paints and teaches in Abu Dhabi.