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Cambridge Three-day workshop with Hazel Soan Class 2025/3
Dates:
5/6/7 April 2025 9.30 am - 4.30 pm
Venue:
St Andrews Church Hall, 85 Hamilton Road, Cambridge, Waikato
Class level:
Intermediate and experienced painters
Student fee:
$610
During this workshop Hazel will share with you the techniques and skills she uses to
bring
her
own watercolours to life. Through multiple demonstrations and individual guidance,
she will
help
build your expertise, giving you the tools to advance your own watercolour journey.
Watercolour
is a vibrant medium, benefitting from efficient colour mixing and meaningful
brushstrokes.
Through wet into wet blending and layering you will learn how to trust this exciting
medium
to
create lively paintings. Your eyes will be opened to the differing properties of the
pigments
and how to take full advantage of them. You will grasp that it is not just the hue
of a
colour
that counts but its whole set of properties such as opacity or transparency, lifting
or
staining, and its warmth or coolness. With this understanding you will enter a new
realm of
freedom and confidence in watercolour painting. The themes for this adventure will
be
varied,
featuring subjects dear to Hazels heart, from her own reference. The aim is to
broaden your
understanding of this remarkable medium and give you a newfound confidence in your
painting.
Blenheim Two-day workshop with Hazel Soan Class 2025/4
Dates:
Wednesday 30 April and Thursday 1 May 9.30 am 4.30 pm
Venue:
Marlborough Arts Society Studio, 204 High Street, Blenheim
Class level:
Intermediate and experienced painters
Student fee:
$405
Watercolour is a visually appealing medium, known for its transparency and spontaneity. It is
lively, rich and vibrant and able to convey movement. This two-day workshop is a standalone
class, but builds on the themes and techniques explored in the Cambridge workshop so that those
wishing to attend more than one event will not find it repetitive (except in a good way!). This
workshop will concentrate on watercolours ability to convey life and movement. Along with
explaining the properties of the colours it will explore wet into wet blending and how to take
full advantage of this uniquely fluid medium. The emphasis of this workshop will be on creating
lively watercolours. A variety of subjects will be demonstrated using reference from Hazels
favoured subjects and personal guidance offered. The aim is to enhance your trust in the medium
to perform its wonders and as ever, build on your own confidence.
Blenheim Two-day workshop with Hazel Soan Class 2025/5
Dates:
Sunday 4th May and Monday 5th May 2025 9.30 am 4.30 pm
Venue:
Marlborough Arts Society Studio, 204 High Street, Blenheim
Class level:
Intermediate and experienced painters
Student fee:
$405
Aspiring artists sometimes find it hard to pull their paintings together or bring them to a
strong finish, often overworking them in the process. Watercolour is a direct and spontaneous
medium, benefitting from a bold approach, it is also a delicate medium known for subtle and
transparency. This workshop will encourage both a direct and sensitive approach, aiming to get
the most out of this beguiling medium. It will explore the importance of light and shade and the
selective process of knowing what to leave out and what to leave in as well as knowing when to
stop. This class will be a standalone workshop but will build on the information disseminated in
the other 2 workshops so that anyone wishing to participate in more than one workshop will
benefit from an alternate emphasis. Tonal values are paramount in figurative painting, being
brave in application is vital. Understanding tone and colour in combination and through
interaction will enable better and more consistent results.
Hazel Soan workshops are all fully booked
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2-Day Marlborough Magic Workshop in Blenheim with Jacky Pearson
Dates:
Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd May 2025 9 am – 4 pm
Venue:
Baptist Hall, 8 Beaver Road, Blenheim
Level:
Beginner/intermediate to experienced painters
Student fee:
$295
Jacky Pearson tutors at venues across New Zealand and overseas. She is an excellent
teacher, explaining, demonstrating and giving individual attention to all students.
Jacky’s plan: “Let’s get sloshing and have a fun two-day workshop in the Marlborough
Region. We will paint the Marlborough Sounds with its trees clinging to the
hillsides, beautiful light, reflections, skies and boats. The emphasis will be wet
on wet washes and wet on dry glazes which gives a watercolour a glow and depth.
We will prepare a tonal version of each painting to better understand the riddle of
composition and technique. We will practise these aspects of painting before
completing two paintings over the weekend with step-by-step demonstrations.”
Reference images and handouts will be supplied. Some watercolour experience is
required.
To book your seat email
bookings@watercolournewzealand.nz
2-Day Beginners Workshop Washes & Edges with Charlotte Hird
Dates:
Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 July 10 am – 5 pm
Venue:
Wellington Art Club, 27 Chelsea Street, Miramar
Level:
Suitable for beginners and intermediate painters
Fee:
$200
Learn the core techniques of watercolour paintings and develop skills to paint your
world of landscapes and still life. Watercolour is all about control of the water on
the brush, the pigment in your palette and dampness of the paper.
To make that
practice fun we will use vibrant colours and make beautiful edges and washes to
build up the colours. Learn many techniques including wet into wet, colour mixing,
tonal range, one point perspective and figures in a landscape. This course is
suitable for watercolour beginners and those developing their skills.
All materials are provided.
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