Watercolour Basics 6 Week Course - Sept/Oct 2026

Course description

A tried and tested 6 week course,  equipping you with all the basic knowledge I wish I had when I first started with watercolour.

This is an in-person course. It will run on Fridays 10 am -1.30 pm, on 11/9/26, 18/9/26, 25/9/26 and 9/10/26, 16/10/26, 23/10/26 with a week’s break at halfway point. All materials, tuition and refreshments will be provided.

There will be an optional private Facebook group to post your paintings made during the course and for asking questions and feedback.

That is also an option to purchase a starter watercolour kit for £50. This kit includes a 9 x 12“ watercolour pad with 12 sheets, a board for taping your paper on, a set of brushes and a plastic pallet loaded up with the paints we will be using during the course. This kit is for painting and practising at home. Please let me know when purchasing the course by adding a note at checkout.

Location:

4th Chandler’s Ford Scout Hut

Hiltingbury Road
Chandler's Ford
Eastleigh, Hampshire
SO53 5NP

In this course, we will cover:

Week 1: 

• Types of watercolour paper
• Painting-wet on wet and wet on dry of a landscape
• Different consistencies of paint
• Creating flat and graded washes
• How to set up for watercolour painting
• Homework painting

Week 2

• Painting- introduction to values and painting a value study- river scene
• Composition and choosing reference photos
• Water control and the stages of drying
• Look at different kinds of brushes and how to use them
• Homework painting

Week 3

• Different kinds of pigments and colours
• How to choose colours for your palette
• Painting- river scene in colour 
• Colour theory and painting colour wheel
• Homework painting 

Week 4

• A mainly painting session-studies of 3-4 subjects of participants’ choice eg- flowers, clouds, seas, stiillife, animals
• Homework painting

Week 5

• Planning edges 
• Special effects- use of salt, clingfilm etc
• Painting- seaside with waves and flowers 
• Homework painting- painting without brushes

Week 6

• Correcting mistakes 
• Final painting
• Wrap up and review 

If you have any questions , please email me pradeepa@limewoodart.com

What previous course participants have said:

A wonderful 6 week Introductory course into Watercolour Painting. The input, content and delivery was easy to follow and made for an interesting, informative and instructive course and gave me confidence to have a go and paint! - Marilyn

At the beginning, I had attempted watercolour and was not confident at all. At the end I feel that I can confidently approach a painting with watercolour. It has been amazing learning from Pradeepa, who is a very skilled and experienced artist. I would absolutely recommend this course to anyone wanting to do it. -James

An informative course, full of learning, heavy on content. Pradeepa is an enthusiastic teacher, keen for her students to make the best of their abilities and super helpful. - Samantha