MOD EducationCourse sheet
Petals in Watercolour: Washes and Glazes
- Season
- Summer
- Months
- June – August
- Medium
- Watercolour
- Level
- Improver
- Lessons
- 17 recorded
- Running time
- 9 h 20 min
- Access
- 24 months
- Subject
- Sweet pea, cosmos, poppy
Kit
On the table
What the lessons use. You may own some of it already; the first lesson goes through it again.
- Hot-pressed watercolour paper, 300 gsm
- Size 8, 4 and 1 round brushes
- The palette from Thirty Greens plus a rose and a crimson
- Kitchen towel
Outcomes
By the last lesson you can
- Lay a flat wash on a single petal
- Glaze a shadow without lifting what is underneath
- Lift a highlight with a damp brush
- Paint a translucent poppy petal
Calendar
Where it sits in the year
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun — in season
- Jul — in season
- Aug — in season
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Summer, June – August. Full flowers, colour and the long evenings to paint them. The recordings stay open for 24 months, so you can wait for the plants.
Next
Draw next
Also in these routes
- Route: From Graphite to Glaze4 courses · £1,947 (separately £2,678)
- Route: The Complete Florilegium12 courses · £3,263 (separately £10,149)