I will also cover:

• How to create a quick pencil and watercolour sketch of your photograph or scene to ease into the painting process, and use your sketch as the basis of your final painting.


• How to use different watercolour techniques such as wet-in-wet, wet-on-dry, dry brush and how to get different brush marks to imply areas of texture and foliage.


• Using negative painting techniques to create maximum contrast.


• Essential materials.


• How to paint simple figures to bring a sense of scale to your painting.


• How to compose a painting successfully to create different focal points and to make it more interesting than the reference photograph. 


• How to adopt a loose painting style by using minimal brush-strokes.


• How to keep your paintings looking vibrant by contrasting light and dark washes, and allowing different layers to show through.


• How to combine man made objects with nature, such as houses, fences, power-poles, with grasslands, trees, water and rocks.