Expressive Watercolours with Phil Biggs
Join watercolour expert Phil Biggs for a day of hands-on painting, using a variety of different techniques to help you get to grips with this wonderful medium. Looking at the importance of using a tonal scale, we will use a limited palette of carefully chosen colours to help build up the scene, looking at ways to create realistic skies, simplifying details and mixing natural looking colours. Suitable for all abilities.
Tutor: Phil Biggs
Thursday 30th April 2026 10 am – 3.00 pm. Refreshments provided and with everyone bringing a packed lunch. Parking is on site. This is a non-residential workshop.
Some materials will be available to borrow during the day, if you do not have any materials at all please do let us know in advance so that we can ensure we have spares.
Recommended materials to bring along with you - please bring the nearest you have
Paper: Saunders Waterford NOT at least 140lb (Phil will be using 300lb) ¼ imperial (11 x 15 inches) or ½ imperial size (15 x 22 inches) masking taped or stretched on a suitable board.
Colours (Winsor and Newton if possible)
CADMIUM YELLOW or Any Bright Yellow
RAW SIENNA or Yellow ochre
BURNT UMBER
LIGHT RED
INDIAN RED
COBALT BLUE
FRENCH ULTRAMARINE
If you have them - Sable Brushes, don’t forget as large as possible. A squirrel mop is very useful if you have one.
HAIRDRYER if you have one - spares will be available on the day.
