Date: Saturday 24th August 2024, 11.00 - 14.00
Venue: The Gallery at Green & Stone
Tickets: £45
Atmosphere and Still Life in Watercolour
Join us for a beginner-friendly watercolour sketching workshop focused on capturing light, shadows, and the essence of still life and interior. Elena will demonstrate her techniques to bring sketches to life with colours and washes, additionally offering one-to-one guidance throughout the session. Exploring the interplay of light and shadows, attendees will learn to create the ambient light of the interior space, and introduce still-life objects to the composition with variety and contrast. The session will begin with a series of short exercises, after which you'll create a final sketch reflecting your unique style and expression.
All levels are welcome.
All art materials provided by Green & Stone.
About Elena Stogneva
Now living with her family in Hertfordshire and working as a professional artist, Lena grew up in the Soviet Union/Russia. After her regular school day, she attended drawing school, where her passion for art began to flourish. Later, she earned a degree in Architecture, honing her perspective and geometry skills, particularly for drawing street views, urban scenes, and city skylines—her favorite subjects. Over the years, Lena has experimented with various materials, often creating quick pen sketches during holidays and in her spare time. Recently, she discovered watercolors, which have now become her preferred medium. Lena specializes in urban landscapes, capturing the play of light and shadow to convey the city's moods and emotions. She enjoys experimenting with angles, especially those that look down from vertiginous viewpoints. She views her art as visual storytelling, bridging contemporary art and illustration. “I believe you have to see and feel the subjects before you draw. It’s wonderful to capture the buzz of the city—its people, smells, and cultural mix—and translate that into my sketches and paintings. I like to see my pictures as messengers, and it makes me happy if others feel that emotion when they look at them,” says Lena.
To learn more about Elena, please visit her website here.
