Description
This September, travel through the Magic of Watercolour and Zoom to England!
We will spend the first six weeks in The Cotswolds – a bucolic place of stone cottages , bridges, thatched roofs and gardens. Then in November we will go down to Cornwall and Devon – to visit coastal fishing villages and take walks on the moors. Explore, journal, sketch and paint. You will be emailed the sketch for each class painting the week before – you can print it, copy it, or trace it. To the contour drawing and colour study at the beginning of each class, Barb is adding a “watercolour skill” segment where you will practice a technique together.
Part 1 – Cotswolds – Sept 9 – Oct 21 (no classes Monday Oct 14 – Thanksgiving )
Part 2 – Cornwall & Devon – Nov 4- Dec 9 *Tickets available soon*
Beginners welcome
Three Zoom classes Mondays ( 9:30-11:30 am, 1-3 pm, 6:30-8:30 pm) students are welcome to switch times when necessary.
Zoom classroom link and password will be provided through email.
Class Calendar
Mornings 9:30-11:30 am 6 classes total
Afternoons 1-3 pm 6 classes total
Evenings 6:30-8:30 pm 6 classes total
Your Instructor
Barbara Hotson
Barbara Hotson (Honours BA, MA) lives and paints at Applegate Farm near Walters Falls. She has been painting exclusively in Watercolour for twenty years. Endlessly intrigued and challenged by the interaction of water and pigment on paper or watercolour canvas she has resisted the sirens’ call to experiment in other mediums.
She early on gravitated to painting in series and developed a sub- text for each. Her Country Roads Series depicts the landscapes of Southwestern Ontario; the culture and heritage they represent. The Beaches Series celebrates her love the water and the magic of sand and sun.; how the image of a beach brings out the child in all of us. The Gates Series is about the Transitions in our lives; how we don’t get to see what is on the other side until we pass through the gate.
Barb participates in the Autumn Leaves Studio Tour, The Escarpment Tour and teaches at Artbarn School in Toronto. Her work has been described as “magical and luminous” and her students describe her teaching as “opening our eyes to possibilities”. She enjoys doing commissions and working with a client to create something unique and special.
hotsonbarb@gmail.com
416-948-5473
You can visit her Etsy shop here.