WATERCOLOR
Watercolor is approached as a complete artistic medium with its own logic of transparency, timing, colour and surface. The course begins with academic and technical foundations, then expands into different methods, subjects and stylistic approaches.
Programme
The course starts with the academic and technical foundations of watercolor. Students study colour theory together with the properties of paper, brushes and paints, then learn how the medium changes under different working conditions. Wet-on-wet, work on damp paper and dry-brush methods introduce different levels of control, while mixed approaches, including watercolor with tempera, expand the available technical range.
These methods are applied across a broad set of subjects: still life, landscape, architecture, portrait and the human figure. The course does not tie any single technique permanently to just one subject; students learn how the behaviour of the medium can be adapted to different visual problems. Students learn to plan washes and sequences, control moisture and preserve clarity while responding to the fluid and time-sensitive nature of watercolor.
Later work broadens the language of the medium through decorative, formalist and abstract approaches. That shift gives students room to move beyond direct observation and explore different ways of organising colour, shape and space. Throughout the course, technical control and visual judgement develop together, helping the student choose an appropriate watercolor strategy for the subject, the intended image and the degree of interpretation.
What You Will Learn
- understand the foundations of colour theory
- choose and use paper, brushes and paints
- work wet-on-wet and on damp paper
- use dry-brush and mixed techniques
- combine watercolor with tempera
- apply watercolor to still life, landscape, architecture, portrait and figure
How You Learn
The course combines technical exercises with complete studies. Students first learn how the material behaves, then apply those methods to increasingly varied subjects. Because watercolor depends on sequencing and control of moisture, planning the image becomes especially important while the student still has to respond to the medium as it changes.
Outcome
Greater technical control of watercolor, stronger colour sensitivity and the ability to choose an appropriate approach for different subjects, from observational studies to more interpretive work.