Teaching Watercolour Basics

I did some more adult teaching this week, I’m running a short course in watercolour basics, covering a range of simple and accessible techniques. The group started with stretching some watercolour paper with paper gumstrip (learnt last week), sectioning it up with masking tape and producing 4 samples of different techniques. This is the demonstration one I did, using coarse salt, rice, cling film and aluminium foil. It’s frustrating that we all have to wait until next week to see how they turn out when they’re dry!

I’ve used Winsor & Newton’s Cotman half pan colours onto a heavy Bockingford paper.