Travel Sketching in Watercolour with Jane Blundell (May 2-3)

Course	Travel Sketching in Watercolour
Tutor	Jane Blundell
Date	Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd May 2026 (2 Day Workshop)
Time	10 AM to 4 PM (12 hours)
Location	Belconnen Arts Centre
Address	118 Emu Bank, Belconnen
Class size	12 Plus Tutor
Price	$252 CAW & ASOC Members $315 Non-Members

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Learn how to capture the places and objects around you through travel sketching with watercolour. In this two-day workshop, Jane Blundell will introduce the tools and materials needed to create a simple, portable sketching kit and demonstrate techniques for drawing and painting from life. Through guided exercises, participants will explore mark-making, line, tone and watercolour washes while learning how to quickly record buildings, landscapes and everyday subjects. Suitable for beginners as well as anyone wanting to build confidence sketching on location.

About the tutor

Jane is a professional artist and teacher, who has been working with watercolour for over 45 years. She runs watercolour classes and courses online and in person, with students all over the world. Her explorations on colour and colour mixing are shown on her website – check out the Watercolour Mixing Charts section! Her aim in teaching is to build understanding so you can use the material in the way the suits you.

Materials list

Palette of watercolours – these can be made to order. Please contact Jane directly through her website to arrange this https://www.janeblundellart.com/palettes.html

Jane uses and recommends Daniel Smith watercolours and their Ultimate Mixing Set is perfect as it contains her suggested basic colour range. Feel free however to bring what watercolour tubes, palettes and pans you have, to get set up the way you want to set up.

Suggested colours are
Buff titanium
Hansa yellow medium (primary yellow)
Quinacridone Gold
Pyrrol Scarlet (warm red)
Pyrrol Crimson or Permanent Alizarin Crimson (crimson red)
Quinacridone Rose (rose red)
Ultramarine (warm blue)
Cerulean Chromium
Phthalo Blue Green Shade (cool blue)
Phthalo Green blue shade (mixing green)
Goethite
Burnt Sienna
Indian red
Raw Umber
Jane’s Grey

Others colours to consider bringing – Undersea Green, Sap Green, Perylene Green, Yellow ochre or Mont Amiata Natural Sienna, Raw Sienna, making up a great 20 colour palette.

*Pencil – clutch style or traditional. 2B is preferred.
*Ruler
*Eraser – kneadable or plastic or both
*Pen/fountain pen with waterproof ink
*Brushes – recommended are a number 8 and 4 sable or equivalent – Raphael, Da Vinci or other. Plus a ¼” flat and a 1” flat. Bring what you have.
*Sketch book with watercolour paper and/or loose watercolour paper – a mix of 300gsm and 185gsm. Preference for cold pressed (medium texture)
*Paper towels
*Two water containers
*optional – masking tape if you wish.