Wild Watercolours

Wild Watercolours is a workshop for both complete beginners and those with an interest in painting to spend a day learning how to work with watercolours, inspired by the beautiful landscapes of Denmark Farm.

Spend guided time looking closely at the environment ,mosses, lichens, plants and the wider views of the landscape. Through outdoor fast sketches and collecting small samples, ideas about colour, shape and forms will be brought back, and used as inspiration.

Watercolours are a medium that allow for both intricate detail as seen in botanical studies and vibrant expressive and responsive painting.

After a morning of expressive sketching, making small studies and learning about colour mixing, mark-making and brushes, you will spend the afternoon relaxing into creating a larger painting inspired by your sketches and the landscape.

This workshop is for anyone who has wanted to work with watercolours but hasn’t had the opportunity to spend time getting to know them, and with the guidance of an experienced tutor discover the versatility of the medium. All abilities welcome and no prior experience required.

This workshop is about spending time looking, seeing the landscape up close and spending time observing and responding to our environment. Painting is a wonderful way to develop a deeper connection to the world around you, and watercolours are an expressive and versatile medium that allow you to explore ideas and colour in a way that is relaxed, low-pressure and meditative.

Your tutor for this course is Chisara Vidale.

Based in Ceredigion, Wales, Chisara is a visual artist and facilitator whose work explores themes surrounding interspecies kinship, queerness, hybridity and ecology. Although her practice centres around painting in watercolours, she frequently works across textiles and sculptural installations. Vidale has exhibited work in both group shows and solo exhibitions and worked in collaboration with artist collectives and sustainable brands. As a facilitator she has led workshops and courses for adults and young people, at venues such as Arbeit Studios London, Createspace Wales and Eco Hub Aber, as well as at community events such as Art in the Park.
www.chisaravidale.com