Watercolours for Wellbeing - High Pavement, Sutton in Ashfield - Adult Learning

High Pavement Learning Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield

Date	5 June - 10 July 2025
Sessions	Thursdays: 1pm - 3pm
No. sessions	6
Venue	High Pavement Learning Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 15
Cost	FREE - £42

About this course

Would you like to enjoy watercolour techniques, in a stress- free environment?

This course will help you build confidence in painting, enjoying colour, experimenting with tools, materials and techniques, as well as with the effects that sponges, twigs and salt create. You will begin to experiment on a small postcard to play with these techniques. You can then try larger pieces, but still enjoy freedom not restricted by drawing ability. The tutor will demonstrate techniques to incorporate nature in your work, such as tracing, squaring up an image, and rule of three to create a simple landscape composition.

You will be able to practice these techniques to help you paint images of your choice.

What will be covered on the course?

Session 1: Play with watercolours on postcards

Session 2: Understand how paint follows water

Session 3: Paint a colour wheel and analyse how colour creates mood.

Session 4: Use tracings and squaring to help draw forms,

Session 5 : Freely express yourself through this art form

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

By the end of the course you will have-

1. Gained insight into watercolour materials

2. Experimented with traditional and non-traditional painting tools

3. Demonstrated paint following water

4. Overcome fear of drawing

5. Understood how colour reflects mood in a painting

6. Enjoyed self-expression through art

What skills or knowledge do learners already need to have to attend the course?

None just an interest in painting!

You will need:

Makkas Watercolour Paper Pad A4 30 Sheets 140lb / 300gsm Cotton Blend Student Grade | Includes Pad Only | Cold Pressed & Acid Free Watercolour Sketchbook (Watercolour Pad) : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen
Nylon or sable watercolour brushes
Watercolour paints
2 glass jars
A board to rest on
Inspiration images

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: