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Watercolour Workshops: Developing Your Colour Palette + Holiday Card Painting

  • Giftyou Cafe (#01-3177) 740 Bedok Reservoir Road Singapore, 470740 Singapore (map)

Build a harmonious watercolour palette with just 3-8 colours and learn how to apply your personal palette to finished paintings.

About this Event

For optimal learning experience, class sizes are limited to 8 pax per session.

Morning Session: Developing Your Colour Palette (10.30am - 1pm)

$65 (Regular), $62 (Early bird)

Artist grade watercolour tubes are not cheap, but they made a whole world of difference when it comes to ease of use and producing quality artwork.

This workshop is here to guide beginner and intermediate watercolourists in their journey to:

  • Learn about the fundamentals of colours and pigments in watercolour

  • Start using artist grade watercolours (or transition from student grade to artist grade watercolours) without breaking the bank

  • Level up their paintings by using more sophisticated colour palette

You will learn:

  • Fundamentals and applications of colour theory

  • Criteria and techniques for selecting and testing your limited colour palette

  • What colours to buy (and not to buy) to get the most bang for your bucks

  • Enhancing mood and storytelling through selective application of colours

  • Working with colours can be really therapeutic and fun!

  • No drawing skill required!

Materials provided:

  • Artist grade (Winsor & Newton, Daniel Smith) watercolour limited palette to take home

  • Artist grade watercolour paper to work on

  • Quality watercolour brushes (for use during workshop only)

  • Pencils, erasers, and basic drawing materials (for use during workshop only)

What to bring:

  • A colour palette inspiration - choose one of the following, please bring the physical object or print version instead of digital copy/photo! (e.g. patterned textile, scarf, interior design magazine, fashion magazine, wrapping paper, chiyogami paper, graphic poster) Pick something that has no more than 5 colours.

  • Your current watercolour palette (if you have been working with one - optional)

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Afternoon Session: Making your own unique Holiday Card (2pm-4.30pm)

$40 (Regular), $38 (Early Bird)

Put your now unique and sophisticated colour palette to work in this session by making your own holiday card. Choose from an array of simple drawings and designs that will make your colour palette shine! No drawing skill required!

This workshop can be taken as continuation to the Colour workshop, or as a standalone.

You will learn:

  • Basic composition and picture making

  • Guided drawing: simple holiday-themed objects and scenes

  • Basic watercolour technique (wet-in-wet, glazing, flat washes, masking etc.)

Materials provided:

  • Artist grade (Winsor & Newton, Daniel Smith) watercolour limited palette (for use during workshop only, unless you also participate in the colour workshop where you get your custom palette to bring home)

  • Artist grade watercolour paper to work on (15x20 cm)

  • Quality watercolour brushes (for use during workshop only)

  • Pencils, erasers, and basic drawing materials (for use during workshop only)

  • You will get to bring home or send the finished card(s) to your loved ones!

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Earlier Event: October 5
Art Journaling Workshop Day
Later Event: December 9
Gift-a-Lesson