10 AM - 4 PM
This day workshop is suitable both for beginners and those wishing to refresh their skills. The day will start at 10.00 and end at 4pm, with a half-hour break for lunch. The day will be a combination of tuition on drawing techniques and composition in the morning, followed by a quick refresh on watercolour skills before lunch.
After lunch, you will use what you have learned to create some colour-washed drawings either in your sketchbook or on larger pieces of paper. There will be plants and flowers available to draw, or if you wish to work from photographs of your own, do bring those.
Weather permitting, you might wish to work outside, so think about bringing warm clothing.
You need to bring your own equipment and lunch. Tea and coffee will be provided. A suggested equipment list will be included emailed with the ticket confirmation. However, you can also email deirdrenicholls@icloud.com.
If you would like to attend this course but the cost would be an issue, there are funded spots available. Please email enquiries@hugoburgefoundation.org for more information.
About the Facilitator
Deirdre is a professional artist and educator with works in public and private collections in the UK and overseas. Deirdre loves to teach and in recent years she has been running day, weekend and week-long watercolour courses abroad as well as locally in the Scottish Borders.
Born in Scotland Deirdre has travelled widely and taught both adults and children for over 40 years. She trained at Liverpool and Winchester Schools of Art and followed this with a Post-Graduate Teaching qualification from Sussex University. She was taught by some renowned artists such as Patrick Heron, Norman Ackroyd and William Crozier. Deirdre’s work has been shown at all three UK Royal Academies (London, Edinburgh and Belfast). Represented by the Compass Gallery in Glasgow, her work can be seen on Instagram (https://thescottishsculptor.com) and her website is athttps://deirdrenicholls.com.
