Love watercolour painting? Love ink? Now you can blend the two together. In this workshop you will be creating monochromatic watercolour painting using black ink only. You will get to discover the beauty of ink and all its wonderful tones that come from using only one colour. The theme for the day, one of my all-time favourite subjects, will be a pineapple.

During this workshop you will be guided through the basic watercolour techniques, and I will introduce you to beauty of ink and how to use it by showing you how to achieve all the various tones from ink. You will also be shown how to use bleach to enhance your painting with its fantastic qualities. This workshop is suitable for anyone who’d like to experience something a little out of the ordinary in watercolour and have some fun doing it. I absolutely love using ink in my watercolour paintings and would love to share this experience with you.

Course Outline:

• You will be shown how to prepare for your painting, how to get started with the drawing and how to begin painting.
• We will go through the basics of watercolour to get you started, and I will advise you along the way to ensure you are able to complete your painting.
• You will be shown how to use your ink, how to dilute it, and shown all the various tones you can achieve, and how to use them in your painting.

Learning Outcomes:

• Learn basic watercolour techniques
• Learn how to use ink for watercolour and how to dilute to achieve a variety of tones
• Learn how to apply bleach to your ink watercolour
• Create an A4 watercolour paintingWhat to bring (in bullet points)

What to bring:

• Quality watercolour paper A4 or A3 – enough for exercises as well as painting
• Watercolour paint brushes of various sizes – suggested sizes: 0, 2, 4, 8, 16
• Bottle of Black Parker Quink ink – can found at Office Works
• Masking tape
• Palette
• Water jars x 2
• Pencil and eraser to sketch your pineapple
• Sealed board to attach paper to (can be supplied by tutor if you don’t have one).

Art Supplies Discount:

As a bonus for learning Art with SGSCC, all enrolled students are entitled to a generous 10% discount off the purchase of art supplies when they shop in-store at Eckersley’s Art & Craft, Taren Point!
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About the Tutor:

I am Vicki Peck, creator and owner of Vicki Peck Art.
I have an absolute passion for all things art, including creating my own paintings, helping others find their creative talents through my art classes and helping people heal and grow through art therapy.

A little about me:
I have created art for as long as I can remember and come from a family of many artistic people. I studied art – painting & ceramics (my other passion) and majored in ceramic design but continued to paint along the way.
I am originally from South Africa and left in 2000 to broaden my horizons overseas. After spending quite a while in the U.K, I moved to Australia in 2005, with my now husband.

In the search to do something more creative work after being in an office while overseas, I decided to become a florist(another passion)…I studied and became a qualified florist and spent a few years doing this.
Then kids came along and my creativity got paused… and now I’m back to being creative in any way possible!
My little growing art business is still only a side hustle as I spend most of my time in an office job still, so life is pretty busy, but good busy!

Along with doing school holiday art classes, weekly senior art classes, commissions and doing my own painting, I am also now an art therapy practitioner and loving my time spent doing this each week.
For my paintings I predominantly use oils, but also absolutely love watercolours, and use this medium when I can give it the time it deserves.
My themes vary from landscapes, seascapes and still-lifes, and I love painting flowers! I paint from the heart and won’t paint something unless it feels right and makes me happy.

I love helping others find their path in art, and always encourage everyone to find their own unique style, to be confident in their abilities and embrace the process.

Other Information:

• To ensure resources are ready for you at the start of your course, we ask you ideally enrol at least one week before the course commences.
• All courses need a minimum number of students to run ("we try our hardest to get those") . If your course does not have enough students it will be cancelled before the commencement and you will be informed.