Paint a Leaf - Botanical Watercolours for Beginners

Lesley Alexander will demonstrate basic watercolour techniques after which you will have a go yourselves at painting an autumn leaf.

Ideal for complete beginners in watercolour or those wanting to try a new medium

You will:

• understand what watercolour is and how it differs from other art mediums
• learn different watercolour techniques
• learn how to mix colours using a limited palette of 3 colours
• transfer an outline of a leaf to your watercolour paper
• begin your painting using techniques learnt earlier

What to bring:

Essential materials and equipment will be provided, but please bring

• white plate for mixing on
• paper towels or soft cloth
• HB pencil and sharpener
• eraser
• 30cm ruler
• 2 x water containers/jamjars/plastic beakers
• notebook or sketchbook
• A4 piece tracing paper

Feel free to bring watercolours, watercolour paper (Hot Press) and brushes you may already have - ideally they would consist of

Magenta - Winsor & Newton,
Phthalo Blue or Winsor Blue Green Shade and
Yellow - either Pure Yellow (Schminke) or Winsor Yellow

website - lesleyalexanderart.com

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