Elevate Your Landscapes with Sheree Jones

Description

Are you a newer painter looking for some inspiration & guidance in a relaxed environment? Are you an avid painter looking to take your work to the next level? Then this fun and informative workshop is for you!.

Sheree will share her extensive knowledge with informative demonstrations, fun exercises and lively discussions. In this two day workshop she will guide you through simple steps to creating better landscape paintings. Working in the studio from reference photos you will learn how to translate good ideas from concept to canvas, focusing on colour & values and composition & design. Sheree will share her tips and techniques on:

Colour

• working with a limited palette
• how to get the colours you want how to make interesting darks and grays

Design

• working with thumbnails and value sketches
• how to translate what you want to paint into a well thought out design
• how to crop & edit a scene for greater impact

Special Instructions

There is a cafeteria in the building that should be open on Saturday and Sunday from 10am-2pm. We also welcome you to bring goodies to share if you are so inclined--no obligation. We strive to have a friendly, inclusive, and sharing environment at our workshops!

Parking: day passes are available for the seniors' centre parking lot for those participating in programs over 4 hours. The SAC front desk will administer parking passes that allow you to park beyond the limit. Return them to the desk at the end of the day.

Registration Details

https://nsartists.ca/courses/view/id/2537

Note for non-members of NSAG:  If you live between Deep Cove and Bowen Island, consider becoming a member for discounted rates on our workshops, monthly free demonstrations, and the opportunity to sell your work at our shows. Check us out further at https://nsartists.ca/aboutjoin

Suppy List

Supply List

Sheree works with a limited palette in oils. She teaches with the same colours both in acrylics and oils. The list below will give you a vast number of mixing possibilities with just seven warm and cool colours plus white.

Paints (oil or acrylics)

Sheree uses Gamblin oils mostly, but Opus brand in oils or acrylics are good value

• Titanium White
• Cadmium Yellow Lemon or Cadmium Yellow Light
• Cadmium Yellow Medium
• Cadmium Red Light
• Alizarin Crimson (permanent)
• Ultramarine Blue
• Transparent Earth Red (oils)
• Transparent Red Iron Oxide (acrylics)
• Viridian (the blue green in my palette, good for making darks with Alizarin)

Note: Bring the colours that you are used to working with. There is no need to go out and buy all of the above suggestions. If I were to limit my palette even further, it would be the following:

• Titanium White
• Cadmium Yellow Light or Hansa Yellow Light
• Alizarin Permanent
• Ultramarine Blue
• Transparent Earth Red 

• Small sketchbook
• Double ended black Sharpie pen
• Copic marker Neutral gray #4 (optional for value studies) 

• Small canvas panels primed (5” x 7” or 8” x 10”)
• A canvas size of your choice for your own project (not larger than 16” x 20”)

• Pad of gray palette paper, or a wooden, glass or plexiglass palette (for oils)
• Pad of gray palette paper, or a Stay Wet palette (suggested for acrylic painters)

Brushes:

• A variety of brushes, medium to large size, whatever you are used to.
• I use a variety of hogs hair and synthetics, long flats and filberts.
• Be sure to bring sizes from #2 to #10 if you have them

• A palette knife ( I prefer Opus #6 - their Italian made ones)
• Masking tape

• Odourless mineral spirits (for oils)
• Spill proof mineral spirits container (for oils)
• Water container (for acrylics) 

• Paper towel and plastic bags for garbage
• A cover to protect the table
• Optional: an easel or a desktop easel