Tutor Lucy Burton
10am - 4pm
(Lunch provided 12.30 - 1.00pm)
This one-day workshop is suitable for beginners and those with experience
Workshop Details
Using a photographic image of Clematis flowers we will be working ‘alla prima’ in thick oil paint to capture the flowers in an interesting painterly way. We will be focusing on colour mixing, brushwork and applying the paint in a dynamic , gestural way.
Skills / Techniques Covered
Materials
Materials are not included in the booking fee. Some materials will be provided by the tutor. The approximate cost of these will be £5, payable to the tutor during the workshop.
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 provided 12.30 - 1.00pm)
This one-day workshop is suitable for beginners and those with experience
Workshop Details
Using a photographic image of Clematis flowers we will be working ‘alla prima’ in thick oil paint to capture the flowers in an interesting painterly way. We will be focusing on colour mixing, brushwork and applying the paint in a dynamic , gestural way.
Skills / Techniques Covered
- Composition
- Tonal Grounds
- Colour mixing
- The ‘Islands to Oceans’ approach to painting
- Alla Prima painting in Oil Paint
- Brushwork
Materials
Materials are not included in the booking fee. Some materials will be provided by the tutor. The approximate cost of these will be £5, payable to the tutor during the workshop.
Students - please bring with you:
- A selection of synthetic brushes to include some ‘short flat’ synthetic acrylic brushes. I like to use:
- Daler Rowney System 3: short flat ¼”, ½”, ¾”.
- Daler Rowney System 3 filbert size 2
- Small round size 1 synthetic brush.
- A Palette knive - Winsor and newton size 22 or similar
- Oil colours as follows - Titanium White, Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium red, Alizarine Crimson, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, French Utramarine, Phthalo Blue. (If you have any others already bring them with you). Or buy a starter set on the day for £5.
- ‘Liquin’ painting medium
- A flat mixing palette - tear off paper palettes are fine. (£2 in ‘The Works’)
- Pencil, Ruler
- A box to take your work home in (to fit a thin 8” x 8” board)
- A jar and some white spirit for cleaning your brushes, some rags or plenty of tissues to wipe brushes clean.
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.