Essential Watercolour Techniques - 6-Day Retreat
1. 26th January to 1st February 2026 

2. 3rd March to 9th March 2026

 

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Whether you are new to painting in watercolour, or developing your skills, it pays to understand and consolidate the basics techniques, which will give your work a firm foundation, enabling you to paint with confidence. The course will cover the following areas:
 

• Managing your washes

• Improving your brush skills

• Understanding and mixing colour

• Simplifying a scene

• Describing form with tone

• Achieving depth with detail

• Creating visual interest

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From the glistening creek and magnificent specimen trees, to characterful buildings and moss-covered rocks, our learning will be in the most delightful surroundings. Working on location and in the studio, we will take advantage of the inspirational landscape at Fine Creek, Virginia, as the basis for lessons and exercises, all designed to improve our skills and increase our enjoyment of the watercolour medium.

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Guests will be staying for the duration of the retreat at The Mill at Fine Creek, in individual cottages - cozy and luxuriously appointed - while enjoying top-class food, wine and hospitality for the duration of their stay.

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