Chris Osborne Art 
Watercolour & Ink
This is a beginner workshop so the first 1 hour is learning to use watercolour brushes, see – Brush & Tone Techniques Workshop if you have already used water brushes before then select the Watercolour & Ink II Workshop.
You’re invited to paint with Chris Osborne in a 4 hour watercolour & ink workshop. Where he will guide you through sketching and painting from an image (See examples below)
He will cover the basics of perspective, sketching simple shapes to build a complex looking structure or landscapes.
Colour mixing with a limited palette will be covered along with tone work with Tombow brush pens. Then we will finish by working in all the details with a selection of fine liner pens.
This is a very loose style of watercolour painting enhanced with ink work, used for urban sketching but set in a classroom environment with a small group of 6 people.
The aim is to loosen up, have fun flicking paint and letting your pens dance around quality watercolour paper and having an artwork you will be proud to hang in your home.
Workshop Outline
Choose Your Subject
Osborne has expertly crafted a dynamic watercolour & ink workshop, offering an impressive selection of subjects. Take a moment to explore some of his original artworks that serve as the foundation of this engaging workshop.
The students will decide as a group the subject on their previous experience, ability and confidence. A reference photo will be given to work from at the workshop or an image supplied to work from an iPad.
Also if you want to see all the stages of each watercolour sketch then select the Blog Post Link under each image.
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The workshop is set out over 4 hours with short 15mins break after 2 hour, this should be plenty of time for students to complete a few simple exercises and their main artwork. Also a few demonstrations by the instructor.
Students will be shown a good workspace setup and how to avoid mishaps while working on their project.
Materials Supplied
This is a list of materials that each student will be supplied with to use on the day. (Please only take home your watercolour artworks and paper exercises in folder provided.)
Materials to take home
- Watercolour Paper Fabriano or Archers 300g Hot pressed (main artwork + scratch pad)
- A4 & A6 Drawing Paper (exercises)
- A4 Folder to protect Artwork
Materials to use then leave for next students at workshop
- Reference Image A4 Printout
- A3 Clipboard, Card, Mat (Tape paper to)
- Frog Masking Tape
- Watercolour Paper – Fabriano or Archers 300g Hot pressed
- A4 & A6 Drawing Paper for exercises
- Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolour Paint
- Artist Watercolour palette (Please don’t wash at end of lesson)
- Blackwing Matte soft lead pencil
- Kneadable Eraser
- Uni Pin Waterproof Pens 0.05 0.3 0.7
- Brushes – Small Round, Rigger, Stippling, large flat, Angled
- Water Container
- Tombow Dual Brush Pens
- Glassine Paper
- Kitchen Towel or Tissue
- Pencil Sharpener
Optional Materials
This is a list of optional materials students may wish to bring along to class.
- iPad + Charger to display reference images on to paint from in class (Note A4 printout supplied if you don’t own an iPad or tablet)
Reference Images to Download
You only need to download these reference files if your going to be working from an iPad and not a paper reference printout supplied.
Chris Osborne Art 
