David Bellamy – On-line watercolour workshop of a Mountain Painting

I write this as a follow-up to my online workshop this afternoon on Shopkeeparty, which was a simple 45-minute demonstration in watercolour of the Middim Khola River in the Nepal Himalaya where I led a trek and paint group in 2000. The aim was to demonstrate how to achieve a sense of space and distance, create a tranquil mood in dramatic backlighting, dropping in spot colour and illustrating several brush techniques.

This shows the finished painting: I added a little extra sparkle by scratching with a scalpel below the trees and finally painted in a few dark blobs in the foreground to suggest larger stones in the river, but otherwise it is basically as completed during the workshop. If you took part I hope you enjoyed the experience and if you missed it you can still find it on Youtube

Next Tuesday, 11th August I will be running a watercolour Masterclass again with Shopkeeparty, and this will last around 2.5 to 3 hours. The subject will be Blencathra mountain in the Lake District with Thirlmere in the foreground, and of course with much more time I will be covering so much more, showing mountain structure, atmosphere, reflections in still water, massed and individual trees, crags, how to introduce more colour naturally, brushwork, negative painting and much more. I will be using my favourite, Saunders Waterford paper. Details are available at    https://shopkeepeasy.com/davidbellamy   You will be able to ask questions throughout and we will move at a pace that will ensure you can keep up with the painting being demonstrated. The Masterclass painting will bring in more colour than the above scene which was aimed at creating a strong moody backlit subject.

In the meantime, enjoy your painting!

10 thoughts on “David Bellamy – On-line watercolour workshop of a Mountain Painting

  1. Hello to you and Jenny
    I – and several hundred others – enjoyed this exercise online yesterday, Nice to see you again and get tips from you. Thanks for participating in this venue and I look forward to a future masterclass.

  2. I look forward to watching your demo from yesterday on youtube. I had registered but when I tried to join the Zoom meeting I was shut out because there were 100 people who had already joined before me and apparently 100 is the limit! It was very frustrating because I had to get up pretty early here in the western USA in order to see it.

    • Carole,
      I’m so sorry you missed the online workshop after making the effort. You can still see it though on Youtube if you access the link below. Start at the 15-minute point because it has not been edited and there is a lot of setting-up stuff during the first quarter of an hour! I hope you enjoy it.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ye45Symhg8

  3. Went on to Zoom 10 mins before start
    SO DISAPOINTED..it wouldn’tet me i n
    Said it was fulll…I had previously applied and been accepted

      • Sorry about this problem, but I know there were hundreds wanting to view it. I shall try to find out why this is happening – I’m new to this, but I’ll get in touch with the people who organise the event. In the meantime you can see it again on Youtube if you access the link below. Start at the 15-minute point because it has not been edited and there is a lot of setting-up stuff during the first quarter of an hour! I hope you enjoy it. David

      • Carole, I’m so sorry – there were many who didn’t gain access so I will see if I can find out why from the organisers. You can still 45-minute taster version which costs nothing, now on Youtube, which you can access in the link below. Start at the 15-minute point because it has not been edited and there is a lot of setting-up stuff during the first quarter of an hour!

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ye45Symhg8

        Best wishes,
        David

  4. Dear David. Thank you for the webinar where I learned three useful tricks! I didn’t manage to log in either although I had registered myself immediately when you notified that in your blog about a week ago. I watched the webinar live on youtube. Stay safe and healthy! Martin Kupka

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