Plein Air Painting on the Waterfront with Sheree Jones
August 25, 2024
$120 - 135
Description
Learn to paint with confidence in this one-day plein air workshop with artist Sheree Jones along the beautiful Ambleside waterfront.
Sheree will guide you through simple steps to making a good plein air study – from choosing your subject to creating a solid composition.
Sheree will share her tips & techniques for painting outdoors:
– How to pack light – the essential equipment (the dos & don’ts)
– Working with a limited palette
– The importance of a thumbnail & value sketch (keeping it simple)
– How to keep your sense of humour in the field
Paint in your preferred medium (oils, water soluble oils or acrylics) & open yourself up to new and exciting possibilities.
We’ll meet at the Music Box for an introduction then venture out into the park & waterfront to paint. Bring your hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, folding chair, bottled water, wear comfortable clothing & lunch.
Registration Details
West Vancouver Community Arts Council & North Shore Artists' Guild Members $120.
Non-members $135.
Suppy List
1. Paints (oil or acrylics)
- Titanium white
- Cadmium yellow lemon (or) Cadmium yellow light
- Cadmium yellow medium
- Cadmium red light
- Alizarin crimson
- Ultramarine blue
- Transparent earth red (oils)
- Transparent red iron oxide (acrylics)
- Viridian (no need to buy if you don’t have it
~Any other paints that you are used to using in the field~
2. Portable easel (or pochade box with a tripod)
3. Viewfinder
4. Small sketchbook
5. A double ended black sharpie penwith one fine point & one chisel tip (for drawing & note taking)
6. Small canvas panels (6” x 8”,8” x 8”, 8”x10” or small sizes of your choice)
~bring up to four if you like doing several small studies~
7. Palette. A pad of gray palette paper, or a wooden or plexiglass palette (for oil painters). A Stay Wet palette or a pad of gray palette paper (for acrylic painters)
8. Brushes:
- A variety of brushes, medium to large size.
- Two or three long flats or filberts (size 2, 4 & 8)
- One round (if you like to use them)
9. A palette knife (what you like to work with - Sheree uses a #7 size)
10. Masking tape
11. Odourless mineral spirits & spill proof container (for oils)
12. Water & container, spray bottle (for acrylics)