PAT MCKENZIE WATERCOLOUR WEEKEND - Mix up your watercolour technique!

Dates: Saturday 12th AND Sunday 13th October 2024

Time: 10am – 4 pm on both days.

Watercolour is a very exciting medium to paint, however in this workshop we will be changing things around.

We always tend to paint light to dark in the traditional way of watercolour, however what happens when we begin with the darks, and I mean DARKS, then progress to mid tones and then the light tones at the end?

We will spend two days exploring this method and will come away with two finished paintings.

A great way to liven up your watercolours or to start exploring a new medium you have always wanted to try. Look at the materials list and you will see you will only need 5 colours to achieve this.

REQUIRED MATERIALS LIST:

Paper – 300 gsm cold press Arches. Size 27cm x 37cm

- Another smaller sheet, approx. 38 x 18 for a colour swatch.

Palette - A large FLAT palette approx. 28cm x 38cm with a small lip around the edge.

Brushes - 2 or more large mop brushes and a couple of smaller sizes, whatever you have.

Bring along your usual palette of artists quality watercolour paints and these five specific paint colours:

1. Ultramarine Blue

2. Permanent Rose

3. Cadmium Yellow Dark (OR Winsor Yellow)

4. Van dyke Brown

5. Cobalt Turquoise Light

NO substitutes in colours will do! You will not get the desired result if you substitute the colours. Winsor & Newton, or Holbein artists quality paints are ideal. If you don’t have a colour, you can have some of mine.

BYO lunch. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided by the Anglesea Art House.

Pat McKenzie

Pat was always interested in art, but it was not until moving to the family farm in Aireys Inlet, near the famed Great Ocean Road, did she manage to have the time to pursue her interest in painting . Pat is an award winning artist who works in all mediums, while enjoying the challenges of all genres. She enjoys painting “en plein air” and travels often with her paints, where she tries to capture the essence of that environment onto paper. Her skills have been developed over the years and she now enjoys teaching
others the joy of painting. Pat was President of the Anglesea Art House for 7 years before passing the
baton on to Jennifer O’Sullivan. She is now a country member of the Victorian Artist Society and the Victorian Watercolour Society. She exhibits regularly, and has won many awards for her work and has work hanging in private collections both in Australia and Internationally. The ANL shipping Lines due to the Mission to Seafarers Maritime Exhibition and her commission for 12 watercolours to be used on the wrapping for the Gourmet range of chocolate at the Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie. Her studio has been open in the Surf Coast Arts Trail since its inception, Pat presently teaches watercolour at the Geelong Art Society and the Torquay Community House. Her studio is always open by appointment.
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