Watercolour Painting Workshop: Still Life

Develop your painting skills with this still-life painting short course in Sydney!

Enhance your painting skills and unlock your creativity by, focusing on the beautiful still life genres. Specifically, if you have been longing to learn how to create stunning still-life paintings using watercolours, then this course is tailored for you.

Step into the creative and expressive world of watercolour painting. If you have always wanted to learn how to do a still life with watercolour, then this is the course for you.

In this one-day workshop, you will be introduced to the basics of watercolour painting. 

First, we will warm up with basic drawing and perspective exercises. Then, you will explore factors of watercolour to understand techniques and possibilities better and gain confidence in your approach to the painting process.

You will learn to sketch and colour an arrangement of your object proportionately. Your instructor will then guide you in exploring ways to create depth in your still life.

We will cover how to observe, how to paint shapes, how to reflect shadows and light, mix colours and more. Through individual attention, you will be assisted in handling the medium confidently.

By the end of this painting workshop, you will know how to use watercolour paints as well as how best to employ them in your art practice. 

Learning outcomes

By the end of this still-life painting workshop, you should have the following:

• Sketch proportionately
• Knowledge of the basics of working with watercolours
• Create different tones 
• Apply the principles of light and tone
• Create depth in an object
• Applied different painting techniques
• Worked with paints and solvents, if appropriated

Course content

What will be covered in this still-life painting workshop?

• Tips and exercises on pencil sketching
• Detailing and creating depth 
• Fundamentals for still life painting
• Principles of Composition and Proportion in Art
• Working from observation
• Painting shapes and shadows
• Colouring mixing and matching
• Subject matter: Still life as set up in the studio (primary subject matter) 

Before embarking on painting, students will warm up with basic drawing and perspective exercises. This is a unique workshop designed to accelerate your ability to paint!

Intended audience

Who is this painting workshop for?

This is a great workshop for beginners or for those who want to refresh their skills and understanding of the medium.

Course venue

Rozelle Campus

2A Gordon Street, Rozelle NSW 2039 (corner of Gordon St & Victoria Rd in the grounds of St. Joseph's Church)

Class materials

What to bring to class

• Pencils: 1 × 2B, 1 × HB and 1 × 2H
• Sharpener and eraser
• Plastic ruler
• Drawing pad (A4)

Materials provided:

• Paints
• Sheets (A4)
• Brushes

Additional information

Please note the following:

• Closed-in shoes required
• Please wear old clothes
• Long hair must be tied back
• Lunch can be purchased on Darling Street (10 min. walk) or bring your own lunch (Fridge and Microwave available)