Demystify painting and learn the nuts and bolts of studio practice by watching an artist work through a process live and online. Join artist Hilary Jean Gibson online while she works in our St Ives studio She will share with you some of the key ingredients of successful watercolours – tone and washes and how to use these insights to create a monochromatic coastal scene.

If you have ever struggled to understand tone and how it relates to your painting, this webinar will help you see the light. Hilary will demonstrate how to lay a flat and graduated wash, a fundamental skill you will need to create a successful watercolour painting. By applying different ways of applying tone, adjacent or superimposed washes you will also be able to harness aerial perspective. In this one hour demo Hilary will show you how you can use these newly found skills to create a monochromatic coastal scene.

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Our Studio Practice sessions are designed to compliment our Thursday webinars with practical in depth demos that can help motivate you by building confidence in materials and process. There will be an opportunity for students to pose questions to Hilary during the demonstrations

You can watch the session live or later. We record it so we can let you revisit the session to refresh your memory for up to two weeks after.

Once you have booked a session, you will receive a link. There is no need to register with Zoom. You will also be invited to join our Facebook Alumni group so you can share your discoveries with our community of fellow students from around the world.

What will I learn?

What is tone.

How to create a tonal strip so you can practice your scales

How to lay a basic wash so you can control big areas of colour

How you can create an aerial perspective watercolour by using tonal washes

Who would this course suit?

Anyone with an interest in art, and the nuts and bolts of how to take a painting from first idea to finished piece.

How Does an online session work?

Once you have booked a session, we will send you a link so you can join the session. You don’t need to register with Zoom just follow the link you revive when you book.

You can put questions to Hilary using the question and answer function during the session. We plan to record them so you can revisit the session to refresh your memory for up to two weeks after. You will also be invited to join our Facebook Alumni group so you can share your discoveries with fellow students from around the world.

What to Bring

You don’t need to bring any materials to the session. This will be a demonstration rather than a tutorial to follow.

You will need access to the internet and ideally a PC or laptop or a tablet with audio. Phones are not really suitable to watch a webinar on as the presenter will be hard to see when they share their screen with you. But we will be sending you a recording of the session so you can revisit it.

Timings and Breaks

We will start the session at 10.00 am. We expect this Studio Practice session to last about one hour. At about 9:45am follow this link to go to your session’s waiting room. We will play a video with audio of students artwork we have collated so far in response these session so you can check you are connecting ok. Any issues get in touch via email at [email protected], we will do our best to help.

In the session please pose questions to the artist using the Q & A function. We will pause for questions at different points during the session.