About this Event
Discover watercolours and learn how to bring animals and botanicals to life through atmospheric washes, delicate layering, and expressive mark-making.
This workshop explores a blend of controlled technique and creative looseness, guiding you from soft, flowing backgrounds to lively, textured animal studies. You’ll learn to build depth through glazing, create luminous highlights with lifting and negative painting, and use energetic brushwork to suggest fur and organic detail.
Throughout the session, you’ll complete warm-up exercises, guided studies, and a final personal piece that brings together botanical elements and vibrant wildlife. Perfect for adults with some basic watercolour experience or adventurous beginners, this workshop encourages experimentation, play, and the development of your own unique style—all while building confidence with watercolour’s most captivating techniques.
Antoinette Brown is an artist and art educator specialising in drawing and painting. Her practice explores the intricacies of human experience, primarily through graphite and works on paper. She also teaches watercolour and other media, bringing a thoughtful and considered approach to both her artwork and teaching. Antoinette has exhibited with the Reading Guild of Artists and Wells Art Contemporary this year, whilst also receiving the Marie Dyson Award and the St Cuthberts Mill Award for works on paper.
This workshop is for adults. Please note that this workshop needs a minimum number of bookings to go ahead.
By attending this workshop you are agreeing to act in accordance with our workshop behaviour policy which can be viewed here: www.jelly.org.uk/life-drawing-code-of-conduct-policies
Find us in our next space on the 1st Floor in Broad St Mall. We are the last unit nearest the public toilets.
Inclusivity, safety, respect, confidentiality and consent are fundamental principles at Jelly workshops and events.
Frequently asked questions:
We are a small team working behind the scenes answering your questions. If you email us via eventbrite or via our website we will answer as soon as we can.
Where are you based?
Our studios are located within Broad St Mall. You can find us on the first floor. We are the last unit before the toilets and exit to the carpark. If you get lost please ask any Broad St Mall security guard and they will direct you.
If I cannot make my paid workshop, can I transfer my ticket to another event or get a refund?
We are able to offer a refund or transfer your ticket to a future event if you contact us a minimum of 7 days before the event starts. After this time we cannot offer any refunds or transfers. Please note that event brite fees are non refundable.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Jelly, Jelly, 1st floor, 115-116 Broad Street Mall, Reading, United Kingdom
GBP 60.00
