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Join professional urban sketcher Ian Fennelly for this fun and highly informative 3hr workshop, walking you through how to sketch and paint an historical British high street in Windsor. ** Details below ** Broadcast live on 26th January 2021.
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**Recommended materials below**
SUMMARY
The Creative Journey:
Before we begin (Ian will talk through this part)
Look at the visual features - Look at the big shapes, think about the colours and tones, and notice any patterns that jump out.
Decide on the focus - Think about what might go in and what might stay out
STEP 1. Pre step
Place the pens on the page to break up the space and visualise the basic composition.
Where will we begin? How does it relate to the page? We then take the pens off the
paper.
STEP 2. Outline
Focus on big shapes and talk about composition. Discuss the relationship between
those first shapes and lines, and the edge of the page.
Using the fine liner part of the grey tone brush pen, we lightly sketch out the basic
composition of the street and surroundings.
Step 3. Inside the shapes
We then use the permanent fine liners to go inside the basic shapes to tighten up the
sketch and add realism and structure.
Step 4. Watercolour
Discuss colour choice - local colour, emotional colour, technique and choice of
brushes. Using a combination of flat brushes and thin riggers, we apply layers of
colour to the sketch, allowing the paint and water to play on the page.
Step 5. Brush Pens
When the paint has dried we use the grey tone brush pens to add tone and depth to
the composition, this also calms down some of the colours.
Step 6. Detail part 1
Using the permanent fine liners pen we start looking for patterns and textures,
drawing inside the shapes and on top of the watercolour.
Step 7. Detail part 2
Using the same pens, we refine the detail and look deeper in to the subject.
We'll then evaluate the session and share experiences + feedback review
You should expect to develop the following techniques:
1 Sketching the outline and basic shape of the composition.
2 Applying layers of watercolour to the outline sketch
3 Developing a range of tone
4 Creating detail and pattern based on close observation
5 Telling stories through art
Reference photo:
Workshop painting:
Recommended materials
1. A3 watercolour paper. Hot press if possible.
2. Tombow Brush Pens – black and a range of greys, particularly the lighter
greys - N15, N75, N79, N60, N89, N95
3. Fine liner pens – from 0.05 – 0.8 Pilot, Staedtler, Faber Castell, Derwent
Graphik – any of these brands are fine.
4. Watercolour pan set – I use Winsor and Newton but any good brand will be
fine.
5. Range of brushes, from flats to riggers