Service Description

May 17 is SOLD OUT. Email us to be added to the waiting list. Learn how to use the impressionist palette based on the Chevreul colour wheel to make your own landscape painting. Acrylic and Oil. Intro session: short sketch painting based on Claude Monet to familiarise yourself with the impressionist palette. Main project:  you will create your own landscape painting using the impressionist palette, applying what you learned in the morning session.  Some of what you will learn on this workshop: - How to use a rainbow palette and make chromatic black - Planning a composition by exploring combinations of colour opposites. Scumbling, dry impasto, wet-into-wet techniques - Contrasting warm and cool colours. Colour and value And more!  You will enrich and broaden your painting skills using an impressionist palette to achieve form, depth, and compositional variety. You will also gain skills and knowledge in using contrasting colours and light spectrum palette. We will explore the tactile and fluid quality of paint to achieve vibrant colour, colour tints, and texture.   You can bring your photograph of a landscape or use one provided. Group size: 5 students max. Having five students maximum on each workshop guarantees you will receive personalised tuition and feedback tailored to your needs and level. No generic advice and no getting lost in a crowded class. You will work in an artist’s studio, a professional studio environment. You can choose to work on the easel, on the wall, or sitting down with a board. As a bonus, we are on the hill, so you can also enjoy the breath-taking panoramic view of London. Saturday 17 May. 10:30am-4:30pm We will break for 45min - 1hr for lunch. We are located five minutes walk from Crystal Palace Triangle. You can also bring your lunch and relax at our kitchen table. Coffee, tea and biscuits will be provided throughout the day.   Our Saturday workshops open to all levels, from practising professional artists to complete beginners. They are an excellent way to learn, remember, and inspire one another in a supportive ​atmosphere. *Group bookings*  Our Saturday workshops are a fabulous way to spend a creative day with friends. If you want to turn one of the workshops into a celebration, we will make you a cake! And you get a massive discount when booking all five places on a particular workshop. E-mail us for details or if you would like to arrange a different date.