Watercolour Workshop with Vinessa Redford

In this Watercolour Workshop, we will explore expressive brushwork and unconventional mark-making to create a dynamic loose floral composition with a limited autumnal palette.

All are welcome, but prior experience with watercolour is recommended, as we will build on fundamental watercolour techniques, rather than cover the absolute basics. All supplies are provided.

Thank you to Above Ground Art Supplies for sponsoring this workshop with professional watercolour paint and other art supplies to all workshop participants.

This workshop is being offered as part of the Regional Archive x Issues Magazine Shop Artist-in-Residence program. The program extends the art from the printed page to the liminal space of the shop, creating new opportunities to feature Canadian artists working in print and on paper.

Vinessa Redford is a Canadian artist whose practice centres on a contemporary exploration of florals and organic forms. Since 2021, she has developed a style defined by her meditative, expressive engagement with watercolour. Her work is characterized by experimental mark-making and ongoing exploration of palette, texture and form. She shares an intimate view of her creative process on social media as @pigmentsandmood and is currently based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Info: Overview of supplies, followed by a short colour mixing exercise.

Info: A refresher on the four fundamental watercolour techniques (wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, dry-on-wet, dry-on-dry), along with an introduction to expressive mark-making using modified brushes and palette knives.

Info: Create a small floral study on mixed media paper, incorporating expressive brushwork, mark-making, and the four fundamental watercolour techniques.

Info: Develop your study into a finished floral painting on 140 lb 100% cotton Arches hot press paper.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Issues Magazine Shop, 1489 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Canada