Description
Program Description
Our goal in this Plein Air workshop will be to capture the light key and atmosphere of the moment, to see the essence of nature both in its simplicity and complexity. We will, through the use of color, create an illusion, by emphasizing light and shadow differences, much as the Impressionists did. We will spend the first session working with block studies and a color demonstration to prepare for landscapes in Provincetown.
I encourage the use of a palette knife to avoid ” drawing”. Paint can be applied more freely and dramatically to keep your color pure and vibrant. I will challenge you to be loose and be responsive to the light around you, to use color perhaps as you’ve never used it before.
Required Supplies
- I highly recommend you have a hat ,plein air umbrella or a set up that allows color mixing in shade . This allows for better accuracy applying paint as well as color mixing.
- Oil or water mixable oils:
- • Large Titanium White
- • Cad Yellow light
- • Lemon Yellow
- • Yellow Orchre
- • Cad Red Light
- • Permanent Rose
- • Dioxazine Violet or Purple
- • Magenta
- • Ultramarine Blue
- • Manganese or Sevres Blue
- • Phylo Green Yellow shade
- *Other colors of your choice
- Plein Air Easel set up
- Palette Knife diamond shape (I recommend Lowe Cornell J-15 or smaller. Holbein MX3 (artxpress)
- Bring a few brushes if you would like
- Gesso Boards (6) 9×12, 11×14
- Blue pastel pencil
- Small view finder is nice but not necessary
- Paper towels
- Plastic bags for trash and used paper towels
- Any questions? Please contact me directly: sydhale@aol.com
