Workshops

Painting a forest background with depth

This is a 3-hour practical acrylic painting workshop exploring how to create depth and interest in background trees and foliage. Come along for an afternoon of painting and learning in my Brockville studio. This workshop caters to beginners up to developing artists.

Saturday 26 September
2–5pm | $85 per person

Limited spaces

In order to create depth we’ll explore an interplay between:
– Brush choice & mark-making
– Soft & hard edges
– Mixing colours and value scale
– Translucent & opaque paint
– Smooth & textured effects

Please, book here by contacting me with your name, email and how many places you would like to book. I will get back to you as soon as possible to confirm your spot and send you the address.

Materials:
Please bring whatever you have available of your acrylic paints and brushes. Don’t worry if you don’t have everything or different equipment. We will make do. The canvas we will be painting on is provided by me and it is of smaller size, therefore, smaller brushes are an advantage.

Paints:

Here is a list of paints I will use of the GOLDEN range:

Titanium White and Zinc White
Cool Yellow, warm yellow (Benzimidazolone Yellow Light, cadmium yellow)
Cool Red, warm red (Alizarin Crimson, cadmium red)
Cool blue, warm blue, etc (Cyan, Ultramarine, Prussian Blue)
Sap Green
Cobalt Teal
Earth tones (Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Ochre
Ivory Black

Also bring: any medium or liquid to thin paint (eg.Glazing liquid or airbrush medium)

Brushes:

Fan brushes (size: 0/2 or 1)
Filbert (size: 8,10 or 12)
Flat brushes (various sizes from size 2-12)
Small rigger or liner brush (size 0/5, 0/2 or 1)
Mop brush or any kind of blender brush

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Some impressions of paintings in progress from the still life workshop with www.theartistscorner.co.nz – Nostalgic Musings in Acrylic– 12th/13th October 2024:

Watch this space for future workshop announcements.

Painting Rocks workshop with the Green Island Painting Group in June 2024.