Day One; Composition and Depth
Cezanne said "With an apple, I will astonish
Paris,” and this is what he did giving licence to generations of artists to
break the rule book. The history of painting was never to be the same again.
Helen will reference the Tate's 2022/2023 exhibition of his work and inspire
students to create their own final painting in his style and break the rule
book in their own work.
·We
will look at the depth that he created in his paintings and sketch our
compositions working from a still life of fruit/bottles/bowls etc. Helen will
work alongside students showing them how to capture these objects "in space”
and use negative space effectively.
·We
will then also make some quick pencil and oil "sketches” to plan composition on
cartridge paper. Helen will be drawing and painting with the students during
each session and questions will be answered.
·Students
will choose their composition for a final painting.
Day Two; Colour
•We
will have a morning of laying out our colour palette and colour mixing and will
then practise various ways of applying paint. This will be in "sketch form”
using oil. We will discuss colour theory and how this can be used in our own
paintings for maximum effect.
•We
will discuss how Cezanne achieved such rich and vibrant colour in his work and
apply this to our own practise.
•We
will draw our chosen composition onto board or canvas using paint or charcoal
and begin to add layers of colour
Day
Three; Tone "Seeing the Light”
•We
will focus on understanding and using tone alongside our colour application. We
will do this by making some tonal oil painting sketches on paper to help us
capture the light and dark tones in our paintings.
·Helen
will help students individually in the progression of their paintings. Students
will learn to exaggerate tone for a dynamic effect.
- We will then add background colour/tone to our compositions and
Helen will discuss layering paint in a variety of ways.
Day
Four; Texture and Layering Paint
- Helen will show students how to progress building up layers of
paint. We will use palette knives, sponges as well as a variety of brush
strokes to be very expressive in the application of paint. By using a
combination of bold and finer brush strokes we can create strong
impressionistic characteristics to our work.
- Paintings will be reviewed, followed by a critique for students to
continue into the last day with confidence with their paintings.
Day Five; Adding
details and more depth of colour
·In
the final day students will be shown how to add more depth of tone and colour
to enhance their compositions as well as detail.
·A
group critique will be made at the end of the day to learn and appreciate the
works produced, as well as a one-to-one session with each student.
Course Materials
·Included
in the course (and to take home and enjoy at home) 1 x oil board for final
paintings, cartridge paper for oil sketches a palette knife and 2 brush set
(size 2 and 4)
·Provided
in the studio (for use during the course) Oil paint: titanium white, lemon
yellow, cadmium yellow, yellow ochre, raw sienna, cadmium red, alizarin
crimson, viridian, cerulean blue, cobalt blue, ultramarine, raw umber. Palette
paper, jam jars, dippers for medium and tear off palettes. Low odour solvent
e.g. Sansodor, rags, paper roll and fresh flowers to paint.Also provided
boards easels studio tables and chairs.
What to Bring Along
Extra Canvases or boards
Favourite brushes
Pencil Pen and Sketchbooks
Your own flowers and vases if you wish
If you would like to discuss anything before
the course please email me on
Helengreeneart@gmail.com
