we painted aoraki / mt cook

17 January 2022
Aoraki / Mt Cook - watercolour demo painting by Renee Walden
Aoraki / Mt Cook - watercolour demo painting by Renee Walden

Last weekend I had 20 wonderful people from all over the world join me in painting New Zealand's highest and most iconic mountain - Aoraki / Mt Cook. We painted it from one of most gorgeous vistas with the turquoise waters of Lake Pukaki in front.

Above is the demo painting I did and everyone followed along via Zoom. Look at some of the incredible results below...

Student paintings - Aoraki / Mt Cook in watercolour
Student paintings - Aoraki / Mt Cook in watercolour

I think you can tell how much fun we had :-)

Next online course is a 3-lesson, weekly class on the big topic of perspective. Starting soon. Those on my mailing list are invited first, so if you'd like to be in the know, then please add yourself to my email list here.

Thank you Peter Burdon on Unsplash for the wonderful reference photo.

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