Line & Wash - Tutorial Video

Come join me and watercolour enthusiasts from around the world as I take you step by step through a live online watercolour tutorial. Viewers can watch, or join in and replicate the steps while I explain some basic watercolour techniques, tips and recommendations.

Cost: £20.00

Duration: 140 Minutes

Module 1, 45mins - Technique Lesson: Sketching Loosly with pencil, ink and pen. Painting with freedom.

Module 2, 75mins - Main Demo: St.Pancras Station, London

Paper -

36x28cm, I recommend a cotton based paper, 300gsm - personally I prefer Saunders Waterford, Arches, Fabriano or even Bockingford. I use masking tape to keep it still on a board, which also leave a clean, crisp border once removed.

Brushes -

Medium/Large Mop Brush - perfect for big areas such as sky and foregrond. Squirell hair is best as it holds the most water.

Medium Synthetic Brush - something with a fine point for medium sized areas and smaller details, i use Escoda Perla's

Rigger Brush - a longer thin brush, perfect for branches, railings and long thin lines

Paint -

I currently use and highly recommend Holbein Watercolour Paints

For this workshop I will mainly be using Sepia, Burnt Sienna, Raw Umber, Paynes Grey, Pyrolle Red and Cobalt Blue

Other Equipment -

Water Pot - I usually use two, one to wash pigment out of a brush, a 2nd to load up with clean water

Atomiser - a fine mist water spray

Tissue - helps to dry a brush if needed, mop up drips

Hairdryer - to speed up the drying process

Pencil - for preliminary sketch

Masking Fluid - I use Brisk Blue Fineliner masking fluid

Palette - with several large wells  to ensure enough space for mixing

I'll be demonstrating how to use:

- Pencil (O.5mm HB)

- Pen (0.5 Micron, Black - waterproof)

- Ink (0.5 Medium Nib, Lamy Fountain Pen, Black ink - non-waterproof)

- Acrylic Ink (with a fine point chinese caligraphy brush, Mars Black Ink)