Landscape Painting in Oils with Georgie Watson - Coastal
I am running two oil painting workshops in May for anyone interested in building their confidence in oils, with landscape as the subject.
These workshops will be based at Rye Creative Centre where we have a lovely art room with lots of natural light. The 2 workshops will focus on different elements of landscape painting which means you can benefit from both or just one.
You will need to bring your own paints, palette, brushes and solvents of which I will supply a list below if you do not already have them. there will be easels for the day and I will supply panels for you to paint on unless you prefer canvas or paper which you can bring with you.
As the weather warms up I plan some plein air painting workshops at different locations in the area. Let me know if there’s somewhere you would love to paint.
£75 for one workshop or £135 for two - a maximum of 8 students.
Workshop 1: Coastal
When:
4th May 2024 10am-3.30pm
Cost:
£75.00
How the day will run:
Bring along coastal image of your choice or one from my own collection I can email to you.
1. Planning your coastal painting with small sketches or thumbnails
2. We will then start with a Tonal painting of your chosen image to learn about the importance of Tonal Value in painting . For this we are just using one colour with white ideally a dark colour, burnt sienna or black which will allow us to see where the very darkest, the mid tones and lightest areas of our scene are before moving into colour . We will paint this together.
3. We will then look at the colour wheel and the complementary colours that help create harmony in your painting . After some small colour studies the afternoon will be spent painting independently with my help and advice.
I will demo at each stage to help you understand the process. I anticipate everyone working independently throughout the afternoon with my help when needed.
Materials you will need:
I’m obviously happy for you to bring along any paints and brushes and solvents/mediums you already use as long as they are roughly based on the selection below. Include your apron/old top, and rags or kitchen roll.
Oils:
Winton range is fine yellow ochre, cadmium yellow pale hue or chrome yellow hue, lemon yellow, alizarin or permanent rose, cadmium red hue, cadmium orange hue, cerulean blue, ultramarine blue, burnt sienna or terra rosa, black or blue/black.
Brushes/palette knife/palette:
I recommend just a small selection of brushes to start. If you are local you can buy these in ArtWrite Rye:
A large flat size 8 or 10
A smaller flat size 6 and
A couple of small rounds size 2 and 4
Just one small palette knife for mixing size 3 or 4
A basic flat palette wooden or perspex.
There are starter sets on Jacksons online art supplies that are good value that I have shared links with below:
https://www.jacksonsart.com/jackson-s-black-hog-bristle-brush-set-of-4-2-6-round-6-flat-8-filbert
https://www.jacksonsart.com/winsor-newton-winton-oil-brush-set-of-3
Medium/solvent:
For these workshops I will just be using a low odour solvent for thinning paint contained in a brush washer or if you are using water based oils you will only need water. You can use the brush washer for your solvent or dippers , links for both below or you can purchase from Artwrite Rye:
Booking:
To book and to ask any questions email me georgiewatsonart@gmail.com
See also:
Countryside Workshop