Thursday 12 December 2024

11:00am to 1:30pm

€50 per person

(Includes coffee and cake!)

A festive watercolour art workshop exploring the wonders of watercolour combined with the magic of Christmas. Imagine vibrant bursts of colour exploding onto the canvas as glass baubles glint on the Christmas tree in the fairy lights. Join me for a festive watercolour workshop where I will guide you through painting  a beautiful winter floral wreath and festive bauble motif. Inspired by lush winter foliage, the scents of Christmas pine and Christmas tree ornaments we will paint our own wreaths and baubles as I welcome budding artists to a creative watercolour art workshop at Glydewood, Castlebellingham.

Inspired by the festive season and the scents of Christmas, we will have lots of fresh winter foliage for everyone to respond to, feel and observe for inspiration. We will work on a loose floral Christmas wreath and a vibrant watercolour bauble painting also.

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, I will do a step by step demonstration to get everyone started on their artwork. I will take everyone through all the steps from composition, drawing, colour mixing and painting techniques. I will help participants with composition and take them step by step through to a fininshed festive painting.

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 in the lead up to Christmas and get creative.

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.