Travel Sketching with Susie Murphie / 1 Day Workshop

In this workshop you will learn how to create quick little sketches wherever you go.

Time is always the factor...you have to simplify what you’re looking at. Susie will teach you how to do this and give you the confidence to tackle all manner of scenes. She will also make sure you know how to apply beautiful transparent watercolour, quickly and easily so that your work will always have impact.

Susie uses a limit palette of six colours and uses this combination for all her painting whether at home or abroad. She advises against getting the classic travel pans of paint as they are very limiting to use.
You will learn all sorts of helpful tricks on this fun day that will transform the way you sketch, whether at home or on a trip overseas.

Suitable for beginners.

Materials List [updated April 2024]

Windsor and Newton tubes (not pans) of:

• Ultramarine Blue
• Cerulean Blue
• Quinacridone Magenta
• Quinacridone Gold OR Transparent Gold Deep
• Raw Sienna
• Burnt Sienna

Other brands are tempting however their colours can vary a bit. Daniel Smith makes very different Siennas and cerulean. Avoid. Also, don’t believe art shop staff when they tell you that a similar colour will do. 

• Brushes-sizes 12-18…round pointed brushes from Bunnings (craft department) are pretty good when they’re available. You can also buy them online from Atelier Art Supplies under the brand ‘Renoir’. They are all under $5 each. 
• Paper- A4 or A3 coldpressed (medium) surface pads. Eclersley’s sells Reeves paper around $30 and other  brands which are good. Don’t buy from a $2 shop or similar. What they call watercolour paper is not that at all. 
• Pencil and rubber
• White plates in melamine or china for mixing
• Palette for holding the paint 
• Cloth rag or old tea towel
• Large water container that won’t topple over…old yoghurt or ice cream tub etc