Combining watercolours with pen line has always been popular with artists, illustrators and sketchers.  Spend a day with artist tutor Claudia Myatt exploring this versatile technique in the Art Safari studio, with demonstrations, exercises and feedback, including:

• the different ways that artists and illustrators have used line and wash
• choosing your pens – waterproof or water soluble, pens or modern, how to make your own
• improving your confidence with pen drawing, how to loosen up and make the lines dance
• colour first or line first – exploring different styles
• line and wash as a sketching medium
• line and wash for finished artwork

Materials needed:

• sketchbook
• watercolour pad or loose sheets (use NOT or smooth (HP) watercolour paper rather than rough)
• 2B pencil
• variety of sketching pens – waterproof, non-waterproof, whatever you can find in your art kit or local art shop or stationers. Most modern pens are inexpensive – a set of 5 Unipin waterproof sketching pens is about £10. Do get in touch if you have any queries about which pens to buy.
• watercolours and brushes
• any old watercolour brushes and/or small twigs from the garden!
• a sharp scalpel (optional)
• bottle of Indian ink (optional)