Boats and Reflections in Watercolour | Szczepan Urbanowicz

This is a 2-day watercolour workshop dealing with all things nautical and specifically “Sailing boats & reflections”.
Szczepan (Stefan) loves boats – especially sailing boats and he has spent a lot of time drawing, sketch, painting, designing and building them. Join Szczepan for this intensive watercolour workshop to understand and conquer all aspects of sketching and watercolour painting sailing boats.

What will I learn?

This workshop is intended to be a relaxing environment for watercolour artists of “intermediate” skill levels to participate in a structured learning and interactive environment. It aims to extend each student’s existing skills by using well understood watercolour techniques in “easy to follow”, step by step painting methods.

We will be covering such things as
• understanding boat form
• how to draw and understand boat forms from all sides and angles
• boats on water including shadows, reflections and waterlines
• understanding reflections with still and rough water
• nautical theme compositions

We will generally aim to complete 2 paintings per day with a number of smaller exercises/ studies to understand different aspects as noted above.

Who is this course suitable for?

Please note, this workshop is suitable for intermediate and advance level participants in a structured learning and interactive environment.

What do I need to bring?

Please click on link below for materials list.

You can bring your own materials or rent a paint pack for $60 which includes 2 large sheets of watercolour paper.

VIEW MATERIALS LIST

Please bring your lunch and snacks or you can purchase from cafes close by. We do have a fridge and microwave at the studio for your convenience.

What is provided?

• tea, coffee and biscuits (please bring your own cup)
• a friendly, supportive and encouraging learning environment
• connection to the Brisbane Painting Classes art community

About the artist

Szczepan graduated with an Honours Degree in Architecture from the University of Auckland in 1993. He is a Member of the Watercolour Society of Queensland. Beyond his new start in 2018 into teaching watercolour classes and offering workshops, Szczepan continues to paint plein-air and was recently selected as one of Australia’s representatives to the Fabriano in Acquarello Festival in Fabriano, Italy in May 2018. He is active in the WSQ and is injecting a new excitement into the local watercolour scene. He continues to develop a broader range of subject material to supplement his love of architectural and urban themes. Recently exploring nautical themes and seascapes alongside a lifelong fascination with sailing craft and old gaffers.