What you will expect to learn

The materials we’ll use are very portable - sketching and painting pads, graphite, sharpener, eraser, fine felt-tipped pens, biro and ink and watercolour.

You will learn about perspective, line, tone and how to get a quick impression.

Sketching and painting are wonderful ways to observe and record your surroundings. By sitting and observing, at different times of the day, you will become familiar with your immediate environment. It will be a more insightful perception of your surroundings than if you only take photos.

By drawing and painting you will have a more intimate experience of where you are, you'll understand some of the nuances of the architecture, the sensuality of the sculptures, and the energy of the people.

 Materials

You will need to provide the following materials.

 A pack of permanent black markers, a sharpie fine point and a superfine marker 0.2 mm and a black ball pint pen.

 Winsor and Newton ‘Cotman’ watercolours which come in their own little plastic palette (preferred)

A couple of watercolour brushes size 12 and size 6.

A container for your pencils and pens.

Either a mechanical pencil about a 2B and a 4B or a regular graphite pencil and a sharpener with its own

container for the shavings.

 Two erasers, a Cretacolor white eraser and a kneadable eraser.

An A5 or A4 cartridge sketchbook for dry drawings in graphite and ink.

An Arches watercolour, 300 grams, rough surface watercolour paper. Approx. 19x26cms.

A small container of water, a cloth and some paper towel.

A stub of a wax candle.

A bag to carry your gear.

 You may like to take a small camping stool or a cushion to sit on when we sketch ‘All’aperto’.