Aspen Painting Workshop: Fall Is for Artists
Discover new ways to create expressive landscapes inspired by golden aspens, autumn colors, and Colorado mountains. Working from your own photographs or memories, you’ll learn to move beyond simply copying a scene and create a painting shaped by your personal experience. Each session includes a drawing meditation, instruction, demonstrations, and plenty of painting time for artists of all levels. This is a "criticism free" space, full of encouragement. Create paintings you are proud of. All levels of experience welcome.
We’ll explore:
- Color mixing, layering, and expressive mark-making
- Abstract composition principles with examples from well-known artists
- How to simplify aspens and mountain landscapes
What to Bring: Bring photographs from your outdoor adventures to transform into expressive paintings. |
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Friday Mornings
Dates: October 16, 23, 30
Time: 12:30 - 3:00
Skill Level: All
Location: Lael Gallery & Studios and online
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Supply List: local: Guiry's, Michael's, online: Blick, Artarama, Amazon
Acrylic:
- Gloss Gel Medium (to mix into the paint)
- Acrylic paint (professional paint is better):
- Titanium White
- Black
- Hansa Yellow or Cadmium Yellow Light
- Quinacridone Red or Alizarin Crimson
- Phthalo Blue
- Ultramarine Blue
- Cadmium Red
Surface:
> Newsprint pad or drawing paper
> 2-4 canvases or canvas board (12x16" or larger)
> Disposable Palette (palette paper)
> optional: canvas pad (not paper)
Tools:
> 2 or more brushes: flat, round... (Not watercolor brushes)
> Variety of 2 or more palette knives (preferably metal)
> Compressed charcoal
> Masking tape
> Rags and/or paper towel
> Spray bottle
> optional for collage : Mixed Media: paper collage, color pencils, soft pastels, oil pastels, crayons, markers, pens...
> optional for collage : Mark-making tools: old brushes, things to scratch with, kitchen utensils...
> optional: Stay-wet palette or "Junk Jar" an empty container with a lid to keep leftover paint. |
