Watercolour Calton Hill En Plein Air

Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th August 1-4pm with Jason M Bentley

Starts 9 Aug

265 British pounds

Great King Street

Available spots

Service Description

In this exciting two day watercolour workshop, we will explore a variety of land/cityscapes. Taking viewpoints from the iconic Calton Hill in central Edinburgh, 360 degrees of choice gives great variety of unique watercolour scenes, including the view over the Firth of Forth, Arthurs Seat, and the amazing architecture of the Royal Mile. If studying something closer than the expanse of the environment is preferred, we can look inward to render the wonderful architecture and columns on the hill itself. Focus of this course will be on developing a selective eye by creating multiple small colour sketches. Palette preparation, color mixing, brush handling, and other techniques will be employed to build the atmospherics observed. Materials List Please bring a variety of brushes. HB pencils and erasers. Quality watercolor paper on a block or loose to be stretched over board with tape. Travel palette Paper towels Canister (with water) and a small bowl to pour! Recommended basic colours (feel free to also bring what you have as most could be used) - Lemon Yellow - Raw Sienna or Yellow Ochre - Quinacridone Red - Raw Umber - Sap Green - Cobalt or Cerulean Blue - Lamp or Ivory Black It would be beneficial to bring a travel easel if you have one (tripod with pochade box for example) to work flat or at a slant. Or a collapsible chair with which to sit and paint on your lap. In the event of inclement weather, we will meet at Edinburgh Drawing School and work from a variety of photos from this site.

Upcoming Sessions

Cancellation Policy

We will provide a 50% refund if you give written advance notice up to 30 days before the course start date. 0% refund 30 days before a course starts. Please note there is an administration fee of £5 payable in respect of such refunds to cover payment processing fees. You will need to inform a member of administration staff in writing by emailing EDS at info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk. Additionally, if you withdraw for any reason after the course has started you will not be entitled to a refund. We are a small business and we depend on every booking to ensure that classes can go ahead. If a tutor has to withdraw from teaching the scheduled course for any reason (medical/personal/professional) before the start of a scheduled course, during a scheduled course, if the course is 8 weeks long or scheduled as x3 terms of 8 weeks long each, The Edinburgh Drawing School will find a replacement tutor for the course designed by that tutor for The Edinburgh Drawing School. The course content will be the same as the originally booked course. A student will not be entitled to a refund should the school have no option but to find a replacement tutor. If a tutor leaves and starts work elsewhere, and a student prefers to take classes with them personally at the tutor's new workplace, that is at the discretion of the student and no refund is entitled to them or will be given. If a student is unable to attend a class due to medical/personal/professional reasons, then EDS must be informed immediately so that the tutor can be notified. If you are missing a class because you suspect that you have developed Covid-19, please let us know immediately so that we can alert fellow student and tutors. Non-attendance of classes/workshops does not automatically mean a refund, however EDS will assess the circumstance If a tutor cannot teach a class due to illness, the scheduled class will be covered by another tutor or the class will be postponed and rescheduled for the following week at the same time on the same day of the week. Make up classes are scheduled during the half term week, or in the week following the end of term. The Edinburgh Drawing School runs 8 week terms of scheduled classes, 9 weeks if including the half term and then 10 weeks to include a week at the end of term for any necessary make up classes. Thus, the business always completes it's contractual obligations of 8 scheduled classes to booked students. If a student cannot attend a make up class, no refund is due.