Explore these resources created by artist Hester Berry, to develop your develop technique, observation, and good practice in painting and drawing when approaching the landscape as a subject.

The series begins with suggestions for how to keep a sketchbook followed by exercises in drawing and painting.

We hope that these exciting resources will inspire you to experiment with materials and techniques and  enable you to discover your own visual language for drawing and painting the landscape.

Explore Hester Berry’s resources to help build upon drawing and painting from life.

Explore the basics….

Develop your understanding of landscape painting

Introduction to Landscape by Hester Berry

An exercise in looking and discovering

Landscape Painting: Tone in the Landscape

Explore tone in the landscape 

Landscape Painting: Plein Air Painting

Explore what ‘Plein Air’ means

Landscape Painting: Colour in the Landscape

Simplify colour by breaking it down

landscape Painting: Expressive mark Making

Practice and hone technical skills

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PAINTING THE STORM AT BOURN PRIMARY SCHOOL

Collection of Landscape Resources by Hester Berry

part 2: Exploration of Watercolour in the studio

Talking Points: Paul Klee

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part 2: Exploration of Watercolour in the studio

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part 1: Introduction to Watercolour

The resource describes and demonstrates individual watercolour techniques, and then shows examples of these techniques in paintings from the Fitzwilliam Collection.

part 2: Exploration of Watercolour in the studio

After studying paintings from the collection at first hand and identifying how various marks within the paintings may have been made, teachers undertake their own exploration of working with watercolour.