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Ali Hargreaves - 04:00:00

SAA Live - Ali Hargreaves Workshop - Robin in Mixed Media

Perfect for a Christmas card, Ali will teach you how to paint this vibrant watercolour painting of a robin, using many classic watercolour techniques and some more inventive ones.

You will be learning:

  • How to mix the perfect colours
  • How to make changes to a reference photo
  • Use tone to great effect
  • Experimenting with “wet in wet” and “wet on dry” techniques
  • Learning when best to use hard edges versus soft
  • Adding table salt, water spray, iridescent medium & white acrylic ink for adding exciting special effects
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