Randy Hale’s subject for his first Watermill interactive online session this season is the awesome Otter Cliffs in the Acadia National Park in Maine in the USA. He will show you how to move travel sketch to finished painting. The date is 7 December 2023. (Details and a link below.)
Randy is so enthusiastic about the location that he’s even done a second practice painting of the clifftop, seagulls and all! (Above: we’ve incorporated the new preliminary drawing in the material you will receive when you register.)
Not only will Randy show you how to make the best finished painting from travel sketches, he also has tips for you on how to capture the moment in those sketches. Randy says: “The objective is to produce a finished composition which maximizes dramatic impact of the location as you recall it!”
Unlike many online painting tutors, Randy will not expect you to ‘look over his shoulder’ for a long demonstration, and perhaps be allowed to ask the odd question or two. No, you will be painting along at more or less the same time, trying out, step-by-step what they have shown you. Your tutor will demonstrate a tip or technique for only a few minutes before you start painting the same subject at home. Then, after you have had your turn, they will move on to the next part of the process. Lois Breckon will be on hand to feed your questions. The session will last two or three hours.
7 December 2023 Randy Hale
Otter Cliffs. Acadia National Park in Maine in the USA.
Capture the moment: from travel sketch to finished painting
To register, please click here.
Start time: 5 pm London, UK, Noon from Maine to Florida, USA, 10 am in Denver (Mountain Time Zone) USA, 9 am from Los Angeles to Seattle, USA
Once you have registered you will be provided with two links. The first is the Zoom link for you to join the session, Please note that the start time is 5.00pm (UK time, GMT). Double check the start time in your own time zone.
The second link is where you can download a source photograph of the scene that Randy has chosen for you, his practice painting to show you where you are heading, a simple line drawing, and a list of materials (including paper, paint and brushes) that he suggests you may need for the session.
After the event, you are invited to add your painting to the gallery and to view paintings by fellow students. Randy will give a short critique of every painting that is posted within seven days of the end of the session. We will also send you a link to a video within 48 hours of the end of the session, that will enable to you revisit Randy’s step-by-step teaching.
When you have painted with Randy online, why not join him for real at the Watermill in Tuscany Italy next summer? We would love to welcome you here. You can find more details of Randy’s week-long course, which runs from 8-15 June 2024, by clicking here. Randy keeps returning to this awesome scene, (Randy’s course is currently fully booked, but there are often cancellations, so if you’re keen to come, please let us know via our Contact Form by clicking here and we will put you on a waiting list.)
Randy Hale
8 – 15 June 2024 – fully booked, waiting list open
Watercolour
To learn more about Randy and his course at the mill, please visit the 2024 Tutor Profile Page.