Service Description

Learn to use the impressionist palette, based on the Chevreul colour wheel, to create your own landscape painting full of light and vibrancy. Morning session: A short sketch painting inspired by Claude Monet, to get you familiar with the impressionist palette and how it behaves. Main project: Using what you've learned in the morning, you'll go on to create your own landscape painting with the impressionist palette. Some of what you'll learn: * How to use a rainbow palette and mix chromatic black * Planning a composition through combinations of colour opposites * Scumbling, dry impasto and wet-into-wet techniques * Contrasting warm and cool colours, and working with colour and value * And more! You'll broaden your painting skills using the impressionist palette to achieve form, depth and compositional variety, while building your knowledge of contrasting colours and the light spectrum. Along the way, we'll explore the tactile, fluid quality of paint to achieve vibrant colour, colour tints and texture. Choose and bring a landscape photograph to work from or use one we provide, or even work from life using the view from our studio window! As a bonus, we're up on the hill, so you'll have a breathtaking panoramic view of London to enjoy while you paint. Small by Design Maximum 5 students per workshop. Keeping our groups small means you get personalised tuition and feedback, tailored to your needs and level. No generic advice, and no getting lost in a crowd. You'll work in a professional artist's studio, with the choice of easel or wall space. Materials. What to Bring: Alongside your usual brushes and canvas or canvas paper, please bring the following colours in acrylic or oils: - Lemon Yellow or Cadmium Yellow Light - Cadmium Yellow or Cadmium Yellow Deep - Cadmium Red - Viridian or Phthalo Green - Cobalt Violet Light, or a purple/violet of your choice - Cobalt Blue or Cerulean - Ultramarine Blue - Titanium White and/or Mixing White Hue versions of the cadmiums are perfectly fine. No need to bring earth colours or black. We'll break for 45 minutes to an hour for lunch. We're a five-minute walk from Crystal Palace Triangle, with plenty of nearby options or feel free to bring your own and relax at our kitchen table. Coffee, tea and biscuits are provided throughout the day. Any questions? E-mail or call us.