Details for "Bringing Landscapes to Life through Photos"

Bringing Landscapes to Life: Oil & Acrylic Painting from Photos

with

Sue Cowan

 When: Saturday November 26 + Sunday, November 27, 2022

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m

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Where: West Vancouver Seniors' Centre, Arts Studio

Scroll to the very bottom for the sign up button; please read the refund policy near the bottom of the page prior to registering.

Have you ever struggled to capture the real essence and feeling of your landscape photos on canvas? In this workshop, you will learn how to create distinctive, unique paintings from your own photos that reflect all the magic of time and place.

In the morning of each day you will define why and how you want to paint this particular landscape, exploring the mood, colour, edges and marks that will help to convey your concept. You will experiment with composition, consider values and perspective, and explore techniques to bring your vision to life.

In the afternoon you will develop your painting on a larger canvas. After the morning’s exploration, you will have researched the possibilities for your painting and decided on your course of action. Now on this larger canvas you will be able to paint with freedom and joy allowing your personal style to emerge.

Through this 2-day workshop you will learn through a variety of demos, explanation, and one-on-one support from Sue as you work in your choice of acrylic or oil from your own photos.

 Supply List for OIL

• Students may bring easels or work on tabletops either flat or with table easels .
• You may choose to paint in either oil or acrylic.
• Reference photos
• Paper & pencil for notes and sketches
• Piece of vine charcoal or any colour pastel pencil for initial drawing on paint surface
• Viewfinder, two L shaped pieces of paper or card for cropping
• Painting surfaces: small boards, or oil/acrylic pad for exploration. Canvas of your choice for full paintings. One per day or more if you paint quickly.

• Oil paints - whatever you already have. If you are starting out I recommend the following colours in any brand of regular oil paint or Cobra in water miscible: (If you are concerned about toxicity, the potential issues are with solvent not with the paints themselves. I use small quantities of high quality Odourless Mineral Spirits, like Gamblin. If you wish, Gamblin now makes a safflower oil which is non toxic to clean your brushes as you paint as well as solvent free medium.)

Essential

• Titanium white
• Ultramarine blue
• Thalo blue (or Winsor blue)
• Cadmium red hue (real cadmium is very expensive but a hue will give the same colour at less cost)
• Aalizarin crimson or rose red or quinacridone magenta or quinacridone red
• Cadmium yellow ( hue OK)
• Lemon yellow or cadmium yellow light hue
• Burnt sienna or raw umber

• Brushes - whatever you have, but make sure you have at least a one inch flat, a half inch flat, a quarter inch flat and a small round.
• Odourless mineral spirits unless you have water miscible paints. You must use the more expensive solvent like Gamsol from an art supply shop, not the kind from the hardware store. 
• Palette, disposable pad , plastic or wood, etc. with a flat surface for mixing. 
• Paper towels or rags and small container with lid for solvent
• Plastic to protect the table

• NO TURPENTINE, HARDWARE STORE SOLVENT OR LIQUIN PLEASE. I AM HIGHLY ALLERGIC.

Supply List for ACRYLIC

• Students may bring easels or work on tabletops either flat or with table easels .
• You may choose to paint in either oil or acrylic.
• Photo references of landscapes to paint, print or digital
• Paper & pencil for notes and sketches
• Piece of vine charcoal or any colour pastel or watercolour pencil for initial drawing on paint surface
• Viewfinder, two L shaped pieces of paper or card for cropping
• Painting surfaces
• Small boards, or oil/acrylic pad for exploration. Canvas of your choice for full paintings. One per day or more if you paint quickly.

• Acrylic paints - whatever you already have. If you are starting out I recommend the following colours in any brand except “Basics by Liquitex” (not great quality):
  • Titanium white
  • Ultramarine blue
  • Cerulean or pthalo blue
  • Alizarin crimson or quinacridone red, or magenta, or rose red cadmium red hue (real cadmium is very expensive but a hue will give you the same colour at less cost) or napthol red
  • Hansa yellow
  • Cadmium yellow (hue OK)
  • Burnt sienna or raw umber

• Brushes - whatever you have, but make sure you have at least one inch flat, a half inch flat, a quarter inch flat and a small round
• Gloss acrylic medium
• Water container
• Palette, disposable pad, plastic or wood, etc. with a flat surface for mixing
• Paper towels or rags
• Plastic to protect table

Artist Biography

Sue Cowan is an award-winning artist who is passionate about painting the world around her. With over 25 years of experience teaching drawing and painting, she loves to inspire new and emerging artists to gain skill and confidence in creating and expressing themselves through their own artwork. Sue celebrates the beauty of nature and uses a range of mediums to capture the true essence of places and landscapes.

To Register

If you are a NSAG member please login prior to registering for this workshop to pay the member rate ($180.00). Non-member fee: $225.00

Registration Confirmation

Payment confirms your registration and participation in the workshop. If you do not receive an email confirmation within an hour of paying please check your junk mail/spam folder, and if you do not see a confirmation email contact the guild immediately at contact@nsartists.ca.

Cancellation Policy

If you are unable to attend a workshop, refunds are not issued, but you may find another person to take your place. 

If the workshop is full and there is a willing replacement on the waitlist, you can cancel through Kolina Logan (kolinalogan@shaw.ca) in which case a refund will be issued.

No refunds will be issued within 24 hours of the workshop start time.  NSAG reserves the right to cancel the course.

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