Courses
TECHNIQUES FOR ATMOSPHERIC WATERCOLOUR with Claire Forbes
Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th January 2027 / 9.00am - 4.00pm
Cost: Standard $280 / Early-Bird $250 (Some materials included)
Venue: Mount Hutt College
TECHNIQUES FOR ATMOSPHERIC WATERCOLOUR
Join Claire with step by step demonstrations, discussion, games and exploration.
Students will practice a variety of methods to achieve fresh, dynamic paintings.
Focuses include preserving light and creating depth, brush handling and calligraphy, painting wet into wet, wet on dry, and layers, paint strength and timing, scraffito, splattering, lifting and glazing, colour matching and mixing, and composition and design.
Some papers and paint will be included, and a list of useful supplies to bring will be provided prior to the class.
Suitable for anyone with some painting experience, or enthusiasm! If you've painted with Claire before - welcome back! This course will cover similar concepts, with fresh material.
NB Lunch add-on is for both days.
Introducing 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.
