Oil Painting Workshop

One Day Workshop
Sunday 24 June 2018
10am – 4pm

$175
$150 if booked by 10 June 2018
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Whether it’s a bright mountain top, a dark interior, or a grimy alley way, it’s the environment that provides atmosphere in painting.​ 

​​Located in an industrial area, Scratch provides this unique opportunity for painting students.  Painting the Environment combines plein air (out door) research that is then applied as in a studio practice, where students return to the studio with research material to create planned composition and painting approaches. 

Students learn how to collect visual material on location through quick drawing & painted tonal studies, supported by photos to use later in the studio as reference to further develop visual ideas ready for a painting.

Under the guidance of experienced artist Christopher Horder, students will gain a deeper understanding of how to arrange elements through the application of tonal Notan, which helps identify potential subjects for composition. It’s suited for all levels, and is integrated with an in depth analysis of colour theory and its practical application.

Materials List

The paints listed below are all Series 1 pigments and will costs approx $11 each in the Art Spectrum range. Any art store will be able to help with the following items.

Oil paints
Ultramarine Blue
Raw Umber
Spectrum Red
Spectrum Yellow
Zinc or TitaniumWhite

No. 1 Painting Medium
Odourless Turps
A3 Pad of Canvas Paper

Brushes
Filbert size 12, Flat size 8, & Round size 4
Cheap Bunnings 4-6cm flat wash brush

Ink Pen Brush
A3 Sketchbook
Willow Charcoal

A few rags
2 glass jars with lids
paper towels

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Tutor:  Christopher Horder