WORKSHOPS
It doesn’t matter what the subject matter of a workshop... I concentrate on finished paint quality and teach you how to get the paint on the paper and how to make it look great.
Don’t worry about drawing skills or lack thereof. I will help you learn how to draw. But overall it is the look of the watercolour that is the most important thing.
Watercolour Bootcamp — this is a day of fast painting and drawing covering all sorts of subjects.I’ll be giving you all sorts of tips to give new confidence and vibrancy to your work.
Let me know beforehand if there is something in particular that you want to do and I’ll do my best to include it.
Also suitable for brave beginners.
I have listed the materials you will need to bring along with you at the bottom of this page.
WORKSHOP dates for 2022
JANUARY 5-7, Bootcamp, Art Est School and Gallery
3 days of instruction over all different subjects. The common theme is making the paint look beautiful and adding the look of confidence to your work.
JANUARY 8, dramatic INK and watercolour chooks and animals, Cilla Campbell
One of my favourite things to play with…ink and salt. The effects are stunning. Add paint into the mixture and you’ll create the best looking chooks ever!
January 9, private zoom workshop 10-1 $70. I’ll be covering three different subjects. Let me know if there’s a subject you’re wanting to tackle so I could include it. Contact me at susiemurphie@hotmail.com
January 23, 24, 25, Willoughby Workshop. Assortment of subjects including portraits, pets.
JANUARY 29, Travel Sketching, Royal Art Society
February 6, private zoom workshop 10-1 $70. I’ll be covering three different subjects. Let me know if there’s a specific subject you’re wanting to tackle so I could include it. Contact me at susiemurphie@hotmail.com
FEBRUARY 12, Drawing with Confidence, Cilla Campbell
FEBRUARY 20, Bootcamp, Kuringai Art Centre
FEBRUARY 27, Art Est School and Gallery
March 6, private zoom 10-1 $70. I’ll be covering three different subjects. As always you can request a subject if I think it’s suitable for everyone. Contact me at susiemurphie@hotmail.com
MARCH 19, Flowers and Trees Cilla Campbell
MARCH 27, Art Est School and Gallery
APRIL 24, Art Est School and Gallery
MAY 29, Art Est School and Gallery
JUNE 11, Aussie Birds, Cilla Campbell
JUNE 26, Art Est School and Gallery
JULY 31, Art Est School and Gallery
AUGUST 13, Seascapes and Landscapes, Cilla Campbell
AUGUST 28, Art Est School and Gallery
SEPTEMBER 24 , Willoughby Art Centre
SEPTEMBER 25, Art Est School and Gallery
OCTOBER 15, Underwater life, Cilla Campbell
OCTOBER 30, Art Est School and Gallery
NOVEMBER 14, Watercolour Lucky Dip, Cilla Campbell
NOVEMBER 27, Art Est School and Gallery
MATERIALS LIST
PAINT: For all workshops I have the same materials list which includes SIX colours only and ARTISTS QUALITY only.
I use this limited palette for everything I paint.
I use Windsor & Newton paint because I’m used to the way these colours mix.
Other brands have slightly different ‘recipes’ for their colours which, surprisingly don't give quite the same results.
And please, don’t believe the advice from shop staff who will tell you that a similar colour is just as good! These six colours are a tightly balanced limited palette of colours that you can mix endless variations with.
I started in the 1980's with many beautiful tubes of glorious colours, and now I use just these…for everything.
• French Ultramarine
• Quinacridone MAGENTA
• Quinacridone GOLD
• Raw Sienna
• Burnt Sienna
• Cerulean Blue
BRUSHES need to be large round watercolour brushes with a fine point somewhere between size 12 and 18...not mop style brushes. Bunnings has perfect brushes in their CRAFT section. (Needs to be a big Bunnings to have one). Their prices max out at around $5. Buy half a dozen!
The next best value is at Officeworks…. round brushes with a good point for around $12.
PAPER needs to be bought from an art shop. The cheap stuff can be really dodgy and does not behave the way it should to give good results.
I use A4 and A3 medium or smooth paper but bring what you like to use.
If you’re more of a beginner choose the medium texture, often called cold pressed. It is much more forgiving.
You’ll need a rag too. Not just paper towels.
Bring a decent sized water container. Not a jam jar. Something with a wider base that won’t topple over and that will support Ia couple of brushes sitting in it. Essential for fast painting.
Masking tape might be useful at times
And a pencil that's not too soft...or hard. You don't want your pencil lines to smudge or to leave a 'dent' in the paper. 2B is about right although they vary enormously.
And an eraser which I will encourage you not to use until the end
It doesn’t matter what the subject matter of a workshop... I concentrate on finished paint quality and teach you how to get the paint on the paper and how to make it look great.
Don’t worry about drawing skills or lack thereof. I will help you learn how to draw. But overall it is the look of the watercolour that is the most important thing.
Watercolour Bootcamp — this is a day of fast painting and drawing covering all sorts of subjects.I’ll be giving you all sorts of tips to give new confidence and vibrancy to your work.
Let me know beforehand if there is something in particular that you want to do and I’ll do my best to include it.
Also suitable for brave beginners.
I have listed the materials you will need to bring along with you at the bottom of this page.
WORKSHOP dates for 2022
JANUARY 5-7, Bootcamp, Art Est School and Gallery
3 days of instruction over all different subjects. The common theme is making the paint look beautiful and adding the look of confidence to your work.
JANUARY 8, dramatic INK and watercolour chooks and animals, Cilla Campbell
One of my favourite things to play with…ink and salt. The effects are stunning. Add paint into the mixture and you’ll create the best looking chooks ever!
January 9, private zoom workshop 10-1 $70. I’ll be covering three different subjects. Let me know if there’s a subject you’re wanting to tackle so I could include it. Contact me at susiemurphie@hotmail.com
January 23, 24, 25, Willoughby Workshop. Assortment of subjects including portraits, pets.
JANUARY 29, Travel Sketching, Royal Art Society
February 6, private zoom workshop 10-1 $70. I’ll be covering three different subjects. Let me know if there’s a specific subject you’re wanting to tackle so I could include it. Contact me at susiemurphie@hotmail.com
FEBRUARY 12, Drawing with Confidence, Cilla Campbell
FEBRUARY 20, Bootcamp, Kuringai Art Centre
FEBRUARY 27, Art Est School and Gallery
March 6, private zoom 10-1 $70. I’ll be covering three different subjects. As always you can request a subject if I think it’s suitable for everyone. Contact me at susiemurphie@hotmail.com
MARCH 19, Flowers and Trees Cilla Campbell
MARCH 27, Art Est School and Gallery
APRIL 24, Art Est School and Gallery
MAY 29, Art Est School and Gallery
JUNE 11, Aussie Birds, Cilla Campbell
JUNE 26, Art Est School and Gallery
JULY 31, Art Est School and Gallery
AUGUST 13, Seascapes and Landscapes, Cilla Campbell
AUGUST 28, Art Est School and Gallery
SEPTEMBER 24 , Willoughby Art Centre
SEPTEMBER 25, Art Est School and Gallery
OCTOBER 15, Underwater life, Cilla Campbell
OCTOBER 30, Art Est School and Gallery
NOVEMBER 14, Watercolour Lucky Dip, Cilla Campbell
NOVEMBER 27, Art Est School and Gallery
MATERIALS LIST
PAINT: For all workshops I have the same materials list which includes SIX colours only and ARTISTS QUALITY only.
I use this limited palette for everything I paint.
I use Windsor & Newton paint because I’m used to the way these colours mix.
Other brands have slightly different ‘recipes’ for their colours which, surprisingly don't give quite the same results.
And please, don’t believe the advice from shop staff who will tell you that a similar colour is just as good! These six colours are a tightly balanced limited palette of colours that you can mix endless variations with.
I started in the 1980's with many beautiful tubes of glorious colours, and now I use just these…for everything.
• French Ultramarine
• Quinacridone MAGENTA
• Quinacridone GOLD
• Raw Sienna
• Burnt Sienna
• Cerulean Blue
BRUSHES need to be large round watercolour brushes with a fine point somewhere between size 12 and 18...not mop style brushes. Bunnings has perfect brushes in their CRAFT section. (Needs to be a big Bunnings to have one). Their prices max out at around $5. Buy half a dozen!
The next best value is at Officeworks…. round brushes with a good point for around $12.
PAPER needs to be bought from an art shop. The cheap stuff can be really dodgy and does not behave the way it should to give good results.
I use A4 and A3 medium or smooth paper but bring what you like to use.
If you’re more of a beginner choose the medium texture, often called cold pressed. It is much more forgiving.
You’ll need a rag too. Not just paper towels.
Bring a decent sized water container. Not a jam jar. Something with a wider base that won’t topple over and that will support Ia couple of brushes sitting in it. Essential for fast painting.
Masking tape might be useful at times
And a pencil that's not too soft...or hard. You don't want your pencil lines to smudge or to leave a 'dent' in the paper. 2B is about right although they vary enormously.
And an eraser which I will encourage you not to use until the end
