Tutor Jonathan Newey
10am - 4pm
(Lunch 12.30 - 1.00pm)
This two-day, onsite workshop is designed for a range of abilities including complete beginner
Workshop Details
This is a 2-day class that will show you how to paint impressionist style summer landscapes with acrylic paint. Using photographs as reference, you will be shown how to paint the warm colours of summer with different colour mixes and impressionist brush marks. By the end of the workshop, you will have produced at least one painting and possibly started a second.
List specific skills and techniques that will be taught in the course:
Materials
Materials are not included in the booking fee. The items you will need to bring with you are listed below:
Students - please bring with you:
We advise that you do not buy any materials required for a course more than two weeks in advance, because occasionally a course is cancelled due to low enrolment.
10am - 4pm
(Lunch 12.30 - 1.00pm)
This two-day, onsite workshop is designed for a range of abilities including complete beginner
Workshop Details
This is a 2-day class that will show you how to paint impressionist style summer landscapes with acrylic paint. Using photographs as reference, you will be shown how to paint the warm colours of summer with different colour mixes and impressionist brush marks. By the end of the workshop, you will have produced at least one painting and possibly started a second.
List specific skills and techniques that will be taught in the course:
- colour mixing
- light and dark
- different brush marks
- scumbling
- using the acrylic paint thick and thin
Materials
Materials are not included in the booking fee. The items you will need to bring with you are listed below:
Students - please bring with you:
- 1 x A4 tear-off palette or a few paper plates
- 1 x size 4, 8 and 12 round acrylic painting brush
- Brush sizes vary depending on manufacturer. You will need brushes approximately 5mm, 10mm and 15mm wide
- Daler Rowney System 3 paint (or an equivalent make such as Winsor Newton) 75ml tubes, one each of the following colours: Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue or Prussian Blue, Cadmium Yellow, Burnt Sienna or Burnt Umber, Cadmium Red and Titanium White
- 1 x A3 Pad (or a couple of sheets) Daler Rowney System 3 acrylic paper
- (if you have watercolour paper then this will suffice)
- 1 x palette knife
- box of tissues or a couple of small rags
- cling film to cover your palette
- an old shirt or apron to wear when painting
We advise that you do not buy any materials required for a course more than two weeks in advance, because occasionally a course is cancelled due to low enrolment.