Courses
ATMOSPHERIC WATERCOLOUR LANDSCAPES with Claire Forbes
Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th January 2025 / 9.00am - 4.00pm
Cost: Standard $226 / Early-Bird $196 (materials can be provided on request)
Venue: Mount Hutt College
WATERCOLOUR
Explore a range of approaches to create drama, softness and mystery in watercolour using basic materials and varied techniques.
You'll be amazed what can be done with modest materials if the right techniques are well understood. Then you can take the study, use artist quality materials and really see some magic!
Start with student-grade paint and paper and practise creating soft edges, bold transitions and crisp highlights. Following along step-by-step demonstrations of seascapes, cityscapes and rural scenes you will secure the skills before using them in our own work.
NB: The lunch add-on is for two lunches
About Claire Forbes
Claire Forbes was born and raised in Nelson. She attended Nelson Polytechnic in 1993/94, specialising in painting.
After travelling overseas in 1996 she resettled in her home province, first living in the Mapua area and then near Wakefield. During this time she concentrated on oil painting, with still lifes and landscapes predominating.
In 2003 she moved to Timaru with her husband and two children and soon after joined the local Arts Society and started painting watercolours. She has exhibited in both group and solo shows in Wellington, Dunedin and the South Canterbury area.
She has won numerous awards and merits, including First Prize at the Edinburgh Realty Art Awards in Dunedin in 2012. Claire’s local town and city scenes are well sought after by collectors and she is represented by York Street Gallery in Timaru.
Claire has a particular interest in “plein air” painting and works on location whenever possible.
