Levels: Beginners (with some experience)
Learn to paint with confidence in this one-day plein air workshop with artist Sheree Jones.
Sheree will guide you through simple steps to making a good plein air study - from choosing your subject to creating a solid composition.
Sheree will share her tips & techniques for painting outdoors:
- How to pack light - the essential equipment (the dos & don’ts)
- Working with a limited palette
- The importance of a thumbnail & value sketch (keeping it simple)
- How to keep your sense of humour in the field
Paint in your preferred medium (oils, water soluble oils or acrylics) & open yourself up to new and exciting possibilities.
Quick reminder: Since the workshop is outdoor; bring your hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, folding chair, bottled water, wear comfortable clothing & carry lunch (not provided, so pack your own tasty treats!).
Required Materials:
1. Paints (oil or acrylics)
- Titanium white
- Cadmium yellow lemon (or) Cadmium yellow light
- Cadmium yellow medium
- Cadmium red light
- Alizarin crimson
- Ultramarine blue
- Transparent earth red (oils)
- Transparent red iron oxide (acrylics)
- Viridian (no need to buy if you don’t have it)
~Any other paints that you are used to using in the field~
2. Portable easel (or pochade box with a tripod)
3. Viewfinder
4. Small sketchbook
5. A double ended black sharpie pen with one fine point & one chisel tip (for drawing & note taking)
6. Small canvas panels (6” x 8”,8” x 8”, 8”x10” or small sizes of your choice) ~bring up to four if you like doing several small studies~
7. Palette. A pad of gray palette paper, or a wooden or plexiglass palette (for oil painters). A Stay Wet palette or a pad of gray palette paper (for acrylic painters)
8. Brushes:
- A variety of brushes, medium to large size.
- Two or three long flats or filberts (size 2, 4 & 8)
- One round (if you like to use them)
9. A palette knife (what you like to work with - Sheree uses a #7 size)
10. Masking tape
11. Odourless mineral spirits & spill proof container (for oils)
12. Water & container, spray bottle (for acrylics)
See you all there!
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