Watercolour Hare Workshop Staffordshire

Saturday 29th June 10am-4pm

Join us for a day learning day on how to paint a beautiful portrait of a hare using watercolour with Rita Gould. She is well known for her beautiful and detailed paintings of butterflies, insects, flowers, animals, toadstools etc. This in-person event will be held at Walton Village Hall, Green Gore Lane, Stafford, UK.

This workshop consists of learning a few watercolour techniques and painting step-by-step a main piece on A4 size, finishing it off with details.

What is included?

All materials and tools are provided for you and refreshments (Coffee,tea and cakes). By the end of your session, you will have a completed A4 size painting of a Hare.

Please, bring your packed lunch with you as this is not provided!

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop will be for everyone, even if you are a beginner.

Structure of the workshop

On this day you will be supplied with line drawing of the Hare, reference photos and Rita will teach you how to transfer it onto good quality paper, how to stretch watercolour paper, how to prepare your artwork and how to protect it. We will be learning about importance of tonal values, composition, colours, watercolour basics and Rita will take you through this step-by-step.

About your watercolour teacher

Rita Gould is a watercolour artist and a graphic designer based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, UK. Her watercolour and gouache illustrations are hand-drawn and show her immense love and passion for nature. She inspired by moths, plants, butterflies, gardens, childhood memories and many more. Rita’s illustrations are full of intricate details, colour, and texture. She brings all her passion into creating nature-themed stationary products like calendars, notepads, postcards, greeting cards, stickers, and art prints. Nowadays Rita is teaching watercolour online on https://www.patreon.com/RitaGould, developing her YouTube and Instagram channels and running a few real-time workshops in Staffordshire and West Midlands.