Catherine Beale SWA. Watercolour Portraits

Catherine Beale SWA
'Breathing Life' into Watercolour Portraits Thursday 8 - Friday 9 October 2026
An opportunity to create beautiful, expressive portraits full of colour with an experienced portrait artist. Use more water to generate atmosphere and naturally free up your painting style with an element of one-to-one tuition.
Catherine will introduce you step-by-step to how she plans light across her portraits before spreading on loose 'gravity-painted' watercolour washes, experimentally mixing on the painting for fresh colour.
Follow stepped demos. Understand how to build tone to generate the illusion of 3D. Combine these loose watercolour skills in a series of close-up portrait studies using classic portraits and source photos of friends/family before working from life and a seated study. £190.
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