Workshops
I paint using just 3 colors and white. - (Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Red Light & Titanium White). All paintings you see here on this website are a good example of this limited palette. All landscape workshops are conducted in limited palette.
Upcoming Workshops -
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In-person classes at Pacific Art League
Paint with a Limited Palette - online zoom workshop
This will be a 5 day workshop spread over 3 weeks. We will paint one landscape and one seascape using a limited palette (red, blue, yellow & white).
This is a beginner oil painting workshop. Although we will be painting with a limited palette, the concepts can be applied to any colors of your choice.
Medium - Oil Paints
Dates - TBD.
Time - 10 AM - 12:30 PM PST
Venue - Zoom
Tuition - $240 / $280
All classes will be recorded and be available until end of December 2023
Week One - Color Wheel and color mixing, learn to assess values (black & white), mixing interesting greens, muting/unsaturating color. Learning how to mix greens is important when you paint a landscape because there is so much green out there.
Understanding the anatomy of an ideal landscape. Value indicates how light or dark a color is. Understanding value is key to a successful painting. Values help create distance and atmosphere in a painting. We will try to interpret the landscape in black and white to simplify the concept. This will be the foundation for future classes.
Brushwork, edges, composition - these topics will be discussed throughout the workshop.
Mindful sketching & Color Mixing and how I think through color. I will also go over some of my favorite materials.
Week Two - Apply what we have learned in W1 and paint a landscape from start to finish. I will paint to demonstrate how I think through color and how I simplify a complex landscape.
July 1st - composition and Block-in an 8x10. I will share my palette while painting, so you can see how I mix my paints. Simplifying the landscape into larger shapes. Understanding Color temperature, Edges, Brushwork, Composition.
July 2nd - Finish the 8x10
Week Three - Apply what we have learned in W1 and W2 and paint a seascape from start to finish. I will paint to demonstrate how I think through color and how I simplify a complex scene.
July 8th - composition and Block-in an 8x10. I will share my palette while painting, so you can see how I mix my paints. Simplifying the landscape into larger shapes. Understanding Color temperature, Edges, Brushwork, Composition.
July 9th - Finish the 8x10 Seascape and revise concepts.
Come prepared to get your brushes dirty. See you in class !
