Beginners Watercolour (WOR26T024)
Curriculum area: Arts and Crafts
- Start date: Wednesday, 11 November 2026
- End date: Wednesday, 16 December 2026
- Number of weeks: 6
- Time: 10:00 - 12:00
- Delivery type: In-person
- Venue: To Be Confirmed
- Tutor: Jenny Daymond
- Full fee: £90.00 | Concessionary fee: £45.00 | Staff fee: £76.50
This offering is not yet available for enrolment, please return within three months of the start date to enrol. Contact your local centre using the details below for more information.
About the course
Would you like to learn how to paint in watercolours? You will learn how to paint nature and landscapes. You will learn beginners’ techniques, first trying out colour mixing and colour theory, testing out small samples and sketches from nature including how to paint trees, flowers, leaves, and sky. We will learn how to paint a simple lake district landscape scene using these skills and then move onto painting flowers and foliage, painting birds and coastal landscapes. The course is a five-week course.
How the course will be delivered
Our tutor Jenny will guide you through and demonstrate the processes. There will be lots of support and encouragement. Jenny has been an illustrator and designer for over ten years and has illustrated in watercolour for The National Trust, for fabric design for children’s clothing and for packaging design, as well as painting lake district landscapes.
What you'll need to bring
You will need a set of quality watercolours containing 12 colours such as Cotman watercolours or Windsor and Newton watercolours, plus a sketchbook of watercolour paper or loose sheets of watercolour paper. Around 300gm is a good thickness of paper for most activities. You will also need some brushes, sizes 4, 6 and 10 would be useful. A pot or jar for water, sketching pencils- 2B and 4B, an eraser and a flat plate or colour mixing palette to mix your paints on.
Entry requirements
There are no formal entry requirements. Just a willingness to join in and have a go.
Additional transferable skills:
Creativity and Visual Thinking, Problem-Solving, Fine Motor Skills, Resourcefulness, Planning and Organisation, Collaboration and Communication
Contact us
Centre: Workington Adult Learning
Contact number: 01900 706023
Email address: workingtonadultlearning@cumberland.gov.uk