Friday 20 September 2024

11:00am to 1:30pm

€50 per person

(Includes coffee and cake!)

This month we will be looking at Irish wildflowers for inspiration for our watercolour workshop.

Imagine Irish wildflowers like Poppies, Dog roses and Fuchsia dancing and swaying in the gentle breeze or in hedgerows as you walk through the countryside. We will capture the vibrant colours and lush green foliage of early autumn as we welcome budding artists to a creative watercolour art workshop to the artist’s home in Castlebellingham. 

Inspired by seasonal flora and the scents of early autumn, we will have fresh blooms for everyone to respond to, and to feel and observe for inspiration. We will work on a loose floral watercolour art piece of ‘Wildflowers.’

To start we will do an overview of the fundamentals of watercolour painting, including paper quality, brush types and painting techniques and everything you need to get started. After practising some different techniques, Caoimhe will do a step by step demonstration to get everyone started on their composition. She will take everyone through all the steps from composition, drawing, colour mixing and painting techniques. 

This class is suitable for everyone from complete beginners to seasoned artists who just want to be in a creative space. Perfect for taking some time out after a busy summer as we settle into the new autumn routine….

This class is suitable for everyone from complete beginners to seasoned artists who just want be be in a creative space…. Perfect for taking some time out…

Two hour watercolour workshop followed by coffee, tea and cake 11am-1.30pm

Caoimhe O’Dwyer is an award winning designer and an honours graduate of Ireland’s National College of Art and Design (NCAD). After studying fine art and design Caoimhe specialised in fashion design while completing her B. Des. She has studied in the Acadamia Koefia Di Alta Moda in Rome and has worked with acclaimed international designers in New York and Paris and Rome.
Caoimhe won the international Mittelmoda fashion award in 2004, which led to a commission as consultant to La Perla in Bologna, Italy in 2005. She established the Caoimhe O’Dwyer fashion label from her studios in Malahide, Co Dublin before moving to Castlebellingham with her family in 2008.