Watercolour on Vellum

Botanical artist, Lesley Alexander will share her knowledge of painting on vellum. Used as a writing and painting surface since before the middle ages, Lesley loves the luminosity and glow that can be achieved working this traditional way.

Course outline

You will learn:

• what vellum is
• how it is prepared
• it's uses now and in times past
• how to prepare the vellum and
• watercolour techniques to work on this very beautiful surface before spending the rest of the time painting a small colourful pohutukawa leaf.

Ideally you will have some experience using watercolour but that is not essential.

A small piece of natural vellum will be supplied and some art supplies will be available for you to use, but please bring:

• Watercolour paper for practicing techniques - an small A5 piece is all you will need
• Notebook or paper for taking notes
• A4 piece of tracing paper
• Watercolour paints - professional quality is best, but bring what you have making sure they are transparent or semi transparent pigments
• White gouache
• Watercolour brushes - you will need small sizes such as #00, #1, #2, #4
• HB or H pencil
• Putty rubber
• Masking tape
• scalpel
• Palette - a white plate is ideal
• Soft cloth or paper towel
• Small water container x2
• Magnifying glass

There may be a chance to buy pieces of vellum at the end of the workshop

website - lesleyalexanderart.com

Insta - @lesleyalexanderart