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Opus Watercolours and Italian Landscapes: Brushes and Surfaces with Elena Markelova

Opus Watercolours and Italian Landscapes: Brushes and Surfaces with Elena Markelova

  • 30 min
  • Port Coquitlam
    Opus Art Supplies, Unit 102A, 2748 Lougheed Highway, Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada · Directions
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Join artist and educator Elena Markelova for an inspiring in-store demonstration and hands-on try-it experience exploring the vibrant beauty of Italian landscapes.  In this interactive session, Elena will demonstrate how to bring scenic landscape elements to life using Opus Watercolours paired with premium Fabriano Watercolour Paper and innovative Tintoretto Brushes.

Attendees will learn key watercolour techniques, including wash control, layering, blending, and executing delicate details with specialized brushwork.  After the demonstration, participants can test the materials firsthand and experience how Opus paints interact with Fabriano's surface and Tintoretto's high-performance synthetic brushes.

Materials

  • Opus Essential Watercolours: Professional-grade watercolour paints known for rich pigment loading, vibrant clarity, and smooth, creamy flow.
  • Fabriano Watercolour Paper: Premium Italian watercolour paper providing ideal surface texture, sizing, and durability for traditional wet and dry techniques.
  • Tintoretto Brushes: Precision-crafted Italian brushes offering excellent water capacity, spring, and control.

 

Meet your artist

Elena Markelova

Elena is well known for her double-exposure animal and nature watercolour paintings, and detailed city maps – all inspired by the magnificent landscapes and enchanting wildlife of Canada. She was born and raised in a small town in Siberia, Russia, and often painted and drew. Elena’s mom signed her up for art school when she... Read more
Elena is well known for her double-exposure animal and nature watercolour paintings, and detailed city maps – all inspired by the magnificent landscapes and enchanting wildlife of Canada. She was born and raised in a small town in Siberia, Russia, and often painted and drew. Elena’s mom signed her up for art school when she was only 10 years old. She spent seven years there, then six more at Art University, learning different mediums and techniques while experimenting with subjects and ideas. After moving to Canada in 2012, Elena was searching for her own style and inspiration. A family trip to Pemberton was a pivotal point in her artistic career – as she saw the very first bear of her life just a few meters away, surrounded by stunning mountain scenery, she couldn’t resist the excitement and painted the bear with the landscape behind it. Since then, nature and the wilderness have become her true love and inspiration. The beauty, peace, and truth she finds there have no equal.

Website: ElenaMarkelova.com
Instagram: @elenamarkelova_art
Facebook: @elenamarkelovaarts
Youtube: @elenamarkelova_art
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Every Opus member gets $10 back in store credit on in-store events that are $10 or more. On longer workshops that cost more, you still get $10 back and the rest goes to the artist teaching.

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