Date: Monday 10 August – Friday 14 August
Tutor: Jonathan Newey
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: £300
Venue: Beaconsfield Studio
Sketching Buildings with Watercolour –
Sketching Buildings with Watercolour is a five-day course designed to develop confidence in capturing architectural subjects with accuracy and artistic expression. Participants explore perspective, proportion, and line work while learning how to apply watercolour washes to enhance structure, light, and shadow. Each day focuses on different building styles, including historic architecture, urban streets, detailed facades, modern structures, and buildings in the landscape. Through demonstrations, location-inspired exercises, and individual guidance, artists refine observational skills and composition techniques. The course balances sketching and painting approaches, encouraging loose yet structured results. Suitable for beginners and improvers, it offers a supportive and inspiring environment to build architectural painting skills.
Suggested materials
Surface: 1 x A4 or equivalent pad of ‘Not’ surface watercolour paper 140lb/300gsm
‘Not’ refers to the surface texture of the paper and is also known as CP (cold pressed) or Bockingford
Brushes: 1 x size 10 or 12 and 1 x size 4 round watercolour brush.
Paint: Watercolour paint, either tubes or pans.
If bringing tubes then you will need 1 white mixing palette or china plate
Recommended colours: Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue (optional), Cadmium Yellow Pale, Burnt Sienna, Raw Sienna or Yellow Ochre, Alizarin Crimson or Cadmium Red
A waterproof, black sketching pen. Size 02, 03, 04, or 05.
1 x water receptacle (jam jar or plastic container)
Tissues, 2B and 4B pencil, eraser, ruler
