Watercolor & Gouache Masterclass by Vidya Kumaresan on Nov 28th, 29th, Dec 5th & 6th

About the Artist:

I am Vidya Kumaresan (@thewishingink) a Self taught artist from Namakkal and the founder of The Wishing Ink, which mainly focuses on making personalized hand-drawn art. I specialize in hand lettering, Calligraphy, Water coloring and have two years of experience in Graphic designing as well.  I started learning hand lettering / calligraphy two years back and have been teaching the art for a while now. I love anything and everything that's handmade and believe in spreading good vibes through art.

Here's what you'll learn at this Masterclass:

Watercolor Sessions

Session 1 - Basics of Watercolors (2.5 hours)

• Introduction to Watercolours
• Tools and materials
• Exploring Watercolour Techniques - Simple, Gradient and variegated washes
• Exploring Watercolour Techniques - Wet on Dry, Wet on Wet and Negative space
• Simple Brush Strokes and Warm up exercises.

Session 2 - All about colours (2.5 hours)

• Introduction to Colour Theory
• Colour wheel : Primary, Secondary and Tertiary colours
• Cool colours and Warm colours
• Creating a colour chart.

Session 3 - Floral Composition (2.5 hours)

• Painting loose flowers and leaves
• Focal point, Balance and contrast
• Creating a floral composition
• Final Project and Discussions.

Gouache Sessions

Session 4 - Basics with Gouache (2.5 hours)

• Introduction to Gouache paints
• Gouache vs Watercolor vs Acrylic
• Tools and materials
• Paints and consistency
• Colour mixing and Layering
• Painting simple elements with gouache

Session 5 - Painting Botanicals (2.5 hours)

• Choosing and sketching florals using reference
• Creating a colour palette
• Tracing the sketch
• Layering the paints
• Final project and discussions

DURING REGISTRATION YOU CAN CHOOSE TO ATTEND ALL THE SESSIONS OR JUST THE WATERCOLOR SESSIONS OR JUST THE GOUACHE SESSIONS

Materials required (Watercolor session):

• 300gsm A4 or A5 cold pressed Watercolour papers or pad with max 10 sheets
• Artist Grade Watercolor paints with at least 12 colours max (can be tube or cake)
• Round Brush of Size 8 and 10
• Pencil, Eraser, Ruler
• Palette, Paper towel and cup with water.

Materials Required : (Gouache session):

• A4 or A5 Watercolour paper (Preferred choice : Hot pressed paper)
• Artist Grade Gouache paints (Brustro, Pebeo, Daler Rowney, White night etc)
• Round Brush of size 0 and 4.
• Pencil, Eraser, Ruler
• Palette for colour mixing, Paper towel and Cup of water.

P.S.: IF YOU AREN'T ABLE TO SOURCE GOUACHE PAINTS ON TIME FOR THE SESSION, YOU CAN OPT TO FOR POSTER COLORS

TO BUY THE ART MATERIALS THAT YOU NEED, YOU CAN GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://www.amazon.in/shop/madcapworkshops

The Masterclass will be hosted via Zoom. We will send you a unique Zoom link a day before the Masterclass for you to join.

• Date: Nov 28th, 29th, Dec 5th & 6th
• Time:
• Session 1 - November 28th - 8.30am to 11am (IST)
  
• Session 2 - November 28th - 6pm to 8.30pm (IST)
  
• Session 3 - November 29th - 8.30am to 11am (IST)
  
• Session 4 - December 5th - 6pm to 8.30pm (IST)
  
• Session 5 - December 6th - 8.30am to 11am (IST)
  
• Duration: 12.5 hours (5 sessions)
• Cost : Rs.1399/- onwards
  

(Recorded Session Available. If you aren't able to attend the Live Sessions, you can choose to get the Recorded Version during registration. Recording will be accessible for 96 hours)