Art Course £45.00

Date: 14 March 2021

Time: 1:00pm - 3:30pm

Location: Online (Zoom)

Have you ever wondered why you struggle mixing colour to achieve that green you had in mind? Well, come along and learn!

Taking inspiration from Monet’s landscapes and lilypad paintings you’ll learn impasto he used (thick paint application) in oils and how to mix a variety of greens.

This class is a great starting point for anyone new to painting or that would like to learn in depth colour mixing techniques and tips on how to use oil paints in a thick and textured way.

We will work from landscape inspiration photographs

Sundays, March 14th & 21st (2x sessions)

1pm – 3.30pm

Syllabus:

• Looking at inspiration artworks, with a special focus on Monet
• Practice mixing a variety of green hues (warm up)
• Setting out; Preparing your surface, choosing a composition, practice drawing
• Impasto techniques tips and how to

Zoom

The sessions will be hosted through Zoom.

Please download the Zoom app. If you haven’t zoomed before don’t worry, it’s not complicated. A little blue camera symbol will pop up on your phone, pad and laptop.

You’ll find the Zoom link for the sessions on the booking ticket AND I will send you the link via email that will take you directly to the sessions (no password required) on the day of the workshop.

I will start the session 10mins before the official start of the workshop. This will give us an opportunity to iron out any technical difficulties if there are any and have a chat 🙂

Materials

You’ll need a few basic materials for the course:

* Printed photograph of landscape with lots of greens

• Oil Paints
• Metal palette knives of different sizes and shapes
• Turpentine
• Linseed Oil
• Cloth rags (to wipe palette knives or canvas)
• Gloves
• Brushes
• Canvas
• Gesso or white acrylic
• Paper
• Charcoal
• Coloured pastels
• Palette
• Cloth rags
• Cling film
• White bar soap (finely gratted)

Oil Paint Colours

The colours listed (below) are staples and can be mixed to create almost any colour you could want.

Colours that are nice to choose yourself based on personal preference tend to be secondary colours and yellows; greens, pinks, violets, oranges, yellows.

Earthy Tones; Umber and Sienna (these two are a must) but there are different tones of each that you choose from.

Why Work with a Limited Colour Palette?

Working with a consistent and limited colour palette allows you to get to know, over time, how each pigment behaves and mixes with others. The great thing is that once you get to know how these colours mix you can translate it to any other art medium!

(* )These are personal favourites of extra colours but you can choose your own based on taste

• Cadmium Yellow
• Cadmium Yellow Light
• * Naples Yellow (softer and more subtle than the cads yellow family)
• Cadmium Red
• Alizarin Crimson
• Ultramarine Blue
• Phthalo Blue or Prussian blue (these are both deep)
• Cerulean (good for skies)
• * Sap Green
• * Viridian (this is an intense green)
• * Pthalo green (dark)
• Burnt Umber
• Raw Sienna
• Yellow Ochre
• Titanium White
• * Zinc White (more translucent) good for portraits
• Ivory Black
• * Paynes grey

Adults only workshop 18+ yrs

Tickets are non refundable

Any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch with Flora Ménager:

tel: 07379071336

email: lifeinterpretedstudio@gmail.com

Participant Artwork

Eileen at work in her studio

Adults only workshop 18+ yrs

Tickets are non refundable

Any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch with Flora Ménager:

tel: 07379071336

email: lifeinterpretedstudio@gmail.com

Landscapes & Mixing Greens – Monet’s Impasto Techniques in Oils

Sundays March 14th & 21st

1pm – 3.30pm

£45

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