Tuesdays are Zoom days and what better way to start a new year than sketching Impressionistically!! This series of 5 workshops takes a closer look at the work of 5 great French artists through the Impressionist era. We’ll have great fun replicating their mark-making and colour choices on some modern day images of our own. It’s amazing how much you will learn from these techniques and how it can help you develop your own sketching style 2 centuries later!

These online sessions are for a small group only and take place via Zoom where you can participate in ‘real time’, ask questions and get feedback. Even if you are unable to join the Zoom the video from the workshop is recorded and will be available after the event to anyone pre-registered in advance.

Each Zoom workshop lasts approximately 90 minutes

January programme

• Tues 3 January – “Close to Cross" – lovely landscape watercolours à la neo-impressionist painter Henri Edmond Cross
• Tues 10 January – “Mimicking Morisot" – facing up to faces with Berthe Morisot, one of the few famous female artists of the era
• Tues 17 January – “Mostly Monet" – an afternoon in the garden influenced by the infamous Claude Monet
• Tues 24 January – “Gorgeously Gauguin" – get bold with bright patches of colour along the decorative lines of Paul Gauguin
• Tues 31 January – “Terrifically Toulouse" – extremes and exaggerations inspired by the legendary Henri Toulouse-Lautrec

Basic materials suggested:

• • Paper suitable for watercolour (220gsm or higher)
  • Pencil
  • Watercolour pencils
  • Waterproof ink pens/fineliners
  • Basic watercolour set
  • White gouache
  • Hairdryer
  • Pastels (dry) / white charcoal pencil (optional)
  • Jar of water, tissue/paper towel, scrap paper, small water spray

Further information:

• Limit of 10 participants for a small group setting
• Direct, live interaction with the artist
• Step by Step instruction
• Time to complete each step in real-time
• Recording available to watch on replay
• Appearing on camera or voice is not necessary

3-5 days after the live session, you will get a link to the recording. By purchasing a Zoom workshop, you agree that other viewers may hear your voice in the recording.