Jenny believes that her Watercolour Workshops are good value and wants to show you why.

Here is a quick re-run of the February 2001 Sydney Watercolour Workshop

Every Workshop has different content, but is arranged in a similar manner

Saturday 9.00 am

The Painting Demonstration

Jenny is painting a complete painting, and showing the techniques that will be covered during the course including sketching, preparing the paper, colour selection, the initial under-painting and the final touches.

Saturday 10.30 am

Over To Us - We Start Painting

Jenny is showing us a series of wet-into-wet exercises to break the ice and to help us understand some of the wonders of watercolour. The exercises are then used in a very simple wet-into-wet painting. This is fun!

Saturday 12.30 pm - Lunch Break

Our Art Supply Shop

During lunch is a good time to purchase supplies from the Art Supply Shop - a feature of every Jenny Macnaughton Watercolour Workshop. It is open right through the Workshop and is stocked with brushes, palettes, paper and paper blocks, paint and many other items useful to a watercolour painter. Prices are pegged to those at the Art Scene at West Ryde, Sydney, who supply the stock.

Saturday 1.30 pm

After lunch, Back To Work

Jenny has sketched up a simple landscape and we are all following along after her. New techniques are being introduced and Jenny is circulating around the room providing helpful advice. Jenny uses a remote microphone so that her comments can be heard by all.

  Sunday 9.00 am

Colour Theory

Jenny has started the day with an explanation of why some colour combinations work better. This leads into a subject that we all have problems with, perspective when sketching. This all leads naturally into the next painting. Our confidence is growing.

  Sunday 9.45 pm

Back to Painting

As confidence grows, so does the complexity of the painting. This painting requires perspective skills and various watercolour application techniques. It looks daunting but with Jenny's tuition, it is really quite easy! Jenny keeps stressing that she is not trying to teach us to paint like she does. It is important to recognise that the techniques and methods she is showing us can be worked into our own natural style. After all, our own style is the sum total of our own natural ability and all that we have learned.

  Sunday 2.00 pm

The Final Painting - Flowers

Jenny is providing us with a short demonstration. It is great fun splashing on the bright colours in a fast, fresh and free manner. On this occasion the group is doing its own thing, but under the careful eye of Jenny.

It is 4.00 pm and the Workshop is over.  Jenny has driven us hard and we all have a bunch of paintings and copious notes to take away. Jenny has stressed that it is all up to us now. She has been talking about the importance of "brush mileage" - meaning that we all need to practice the techniques and paint as many paintings as we can so we can grow in confidence. This will allow our very own, unique style to come through.