Watercolour painting
Learn washes, layering and loose brushwork to paint flowers, landscapes or city scenes.
What you do
Watercolour is about letting the water do some of the work. An artist shows you how to load a brush, lay a flat wash and a graded one, work wet into wet and add crisp details once the paper has dried. You practise on small studies, then paint a finished piece: a botanical, a landscape or a sketch of the street outside. It is quiet and absorbing, the kind of session where time disappears.
What you take home
One or two finished paintings and a feel for a medium you can carry anywhere in a small tin.
Who it suits
Wellbeing weeks, calmer team sessions and beginners who want to learn a technique properly. Simple to set up in a meeting room.
The practical bits
- Duration:2–3 hours
- Public sessions:usually 6–15 people
- Private and team sessions:from 6 people. Bigger teams get more tables, sessions or hosts.
- Where:at the host's studio, or at your office or venue
- Drinks:works without alcohol
- Good for:Wellbeing weeksNew-joiner welcomesAway days and offsitesBirthdays
This is an activity format, not a specific class. Tell us your city and date and we find a host who runs it, with real dates and a per-person price.
Where you can book this
Pick a city to ask for it there. Not listed? Any city in the world works: tell us where you are and we find the host.
Europe
- DenmarkCopenhagen
- FranceParis
- GermanyBerlinMunich
- IrelandDublin
- NetherlandsAmsterdamRotterdam
- PortugalLisbon
- SpainBarcelonaMadrid
- SwedenStockholm
- United KingdomBathBirminghamBishop's StortfordBrightonBristolBurton-on-TrentCardiffColchesterEdinburghFolkestoneGerrards CrossGlasgowLeedsLeigh-on-SeaLeighton BuzzardLiverpoolLondonLutterworthManchesterManningtreeMilton KeynesNewcastlePlymouthSaffron WaldenSheffieldWinchester
North America
Oceania
Middle East
Typical prices
- Typically ≈ US$31–107 pp in London
Middle half of per-person prices across classes we have researched there, shown in your currency (≈). Your quote depends on the host, date and group.
