Non-Member Registration: September 29th 2018
Non-Member Fee: $65
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Registration ends October 19th unless it is filled before. Class size limited to 14.
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We are pleased to have nationally recognized artist April Rimpo, a prize winning artist, teacher of workshops, demonstrator, juror, and Signature member of six National Watercolor Societies and the International Society of Acrylic Painters. Her acrylic and watercolor paintings have appeared in three North Light Best of Acrylic books and in their Best of Watercolor book, Splash 19.
In this one day workshop we’ll use just four pigments to create a dramatic night scene. April will do a quick presentation on changing a daytime photograph into a night scene to help you develop a vision for future work.
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We’ll use highly saturated paint and create a couple color swatches to allow you to understand the mixtures of paint you might need during the painting.
Supplies:
Bring reference material of simple landscape scenes with lots of sky. Could include a simple structure and trees. A few people can add scale and a focal point, but the sky is the main story.
Although you can use different watercolor paints these are the colors April recommends and will be using for the sky and landscape. If your references has some reds (like a red barn) in it, bring a dark cool red like Permanent Alizarin.
- Daniel Smith (DS) Hansa Yellow Medium (Pigment: PY97)
- DS Permanent Orange (PO62)
- DS Indanthrone Blue (PB60)
- DS Manganese Blue Hue (PB15)
- DS Alizarin
Bring 15ml or larger tubes of paint, we'll start with paint from the tube (not from your palette) to prepare for the painting. We'll use a lot of paint so be sure your tubes aren't nearly empty.
If you want to use paintings you already own, single pigment colors are recommended. The orange and dark blue you select should be complements that create a very dark (nearly black) blend as well as pale grays and nice browns. The Permanent Orange and Indanthrone Blue are April’s complements.
The lighter blue (e.g., DS Manganese Blue) will be for lighter areas of the sky and for the nighttime greens that we will create.
Non-staining and non-granulating colors for the sky work best.
An alternative Blue Orange Complements you could consider are:
- DS French Ultramarine (PB29) with Davinci Benzimida Orange (PO62) – Warning Ultramarine does granulate but not a big deal for a class painting
Avoid using Phthalo Blue since it is not a natural color for a sky and is a staining color that will cause a lot of problems when we need to lift paint.
Paper – One or two quarter sheets of 140 lb Cold Press watercolor paper and a smaller scrap piece for testing color blends. (I use Arches or Saunders Waterford, but bring what you have)
Paper Towels –a white, smooth-surface paper towel, that will be used to lift color from the paper. Viva paper towels work well.
4oz (1/4C) to 8 oz (1/2C) containers for preparing substantial pools of the 4 paint colors plus 4 blends of these pigments. Small plastic condiment containers should be large enough for the orange and yellow paints. April will demonstrate the proper about of water to pigment ratio. It will be roughly the consistency of milk.
Watercolor brushes:
- ¾” to 1” flat brush
- 4 to 6 round
- 8 to 10 round
- 2” to 3” hake or soft flat brush
- Liner, rigger or Cheap Joe's Lizard's Lick brush for detail work
These are the basics, feel free to bring other brushes that you like.
Masking Fluid (e.g., Incredible White Mask Liquid Frisket)
Please pack a lunch and beverage. Light refreshments will be available
Check out April's work online at
www.AMRart.org
Blog: http://aprilrimpoblog.AMRart.org
