• Home
  • Events
  • News
  • Gallery
  • About
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Events
  • News
  • Gallery
  • About
  • Contact
Lechlade Art Society
  • Home
  • Events
  • News
  • Gallery
  • About
  • Contact
ROGER JONES - WATERCOLOUR  WORKSHOP - COLOURS: ONE, TWO, THREE, AND MORE
 
Saturday 29 February 2020, 10.00am – 4.00pm, The  Pavilion, Lechlade


The fifteen members who attended Roger's excellent workshop were all enthralled by his skill and versatility. Roger describes his technique and materials for this workshop as follows:

The foundations for an effective and appealing painting lie in first establishing its viewpoint, composition, and range of tonal ‘values’ from dark to light, all often best rehearsed in a sketchbook.

Initially, dark lines drawn by pencil or brush may suffice. Then  maybe two colours for further resolution of tonal range with a hint of colour;  then a limited palette of three primary colours or more, or their alternatives, for further development and exploration towards  your figurative  or abstract interpretation of reality. This also allows you the chance of capturing, or more likely introducing,  that very first prority in your approach- the impact of  atmosphere, mood, drama. All this can be achieved by the disciplined  and adventurous use of single brush strokes and not overmixing but partially combining colours. ‘Mingle  not mix’ and ‘one stroke and move on’ are your guiding mantras, the final priorities of the seven  I apply in painting, watercolours or oils.

I will be using initially Neutral Tint, then Sepia and Raw Sienna.
 

Next three  primary colours: French Ultramarine, Permanent Rose, and Winsor Lemon.
Four ‘lookalike’ alternatives, (among others), will be: Indigo, Light Red, Raw Sienna  and Cobalt Violet.

These colours, or their alternatives, will be provided as the  need arises, together with papers and reference pictures. I will also provide other equipment as needed, plus back up notes, static demonstrations and finished work as examples of working  methods.  Spaces are limited and based on a first- come first-served basis, so get your skates on!


If you have comments, suggestions, updates or corrections for this website, please visit the Contact page.
Copyright 2014-2020 Lechlade Art Society