Filmed on 27th Aug 2020, join artist Robert Dutton to create an expressive painting of a Summer river filled with dappled shade and brilliant sunlight using mixed media techniques. The emphasis is on the loose, free and expressive painting techniques (energetic and lots of fun), aimed to loosen you up and use big brushes in exciting ways.
By the end of the class you will have engaged with your subject a lot more, expressed what you see and feel and created a truly exciting mixed media painting filled with colour and texture...and so much more!
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Example picture:
Reference photo:
Materials Required:
Gouache or watercolour
Tube paints in the following colours highly recommended (or use your own favourite colours).
The following are Roberts carefully selected palette,
bold are essential colours
Magenta
Winsor Violet/Violet
Alizarin Crimson
Cadmium Orange
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber
Cadmium Yellow Deep
Qiunacridone Gold
Lemon Yellow
Viridian
Cerulean Blue
Cobalt Blue
Winsor Blue
Prussian Blue
Ultramarine
Indigo
Yellow Ochre
Winsor Green
Soft and hard pastels – highly recommended Unison Colour and Royal Talens Rembrandt pastels – your favourite colours
Large drawing board (your own choice) I shall be working 20 x 22 inches (51 x 56 cm) but you can work smaller if you wish.
A variety of different watercolour brushes to include some large ones such as sizes 24, 30 round and 1 and 2 inch ‘flats’, Swordliner (large) + your own favourites. Large Chinese brushes – essential.
An old hog brush or tooth brush for textured paint effects.
Water Spray atomiser
Several old jam jars or similar containers (for clean water mixing)
White old ceramic plates on which to mix your paints and containers that have large wells for mixing large volumes of colour. Eg bases to plastic milk bottles (the rest of the bottle discarded), and so on.
Kitchen roll.
Bulldog clips to attach your paper to the board.
Watercolour paper 300lb 100% rag content (essential) Highly recommended Canson Heritage ‘not’ 300gsm (140lb)
You will also need a 4B graphite stick, an eraser
Hair dryer to quickly dry any wet washes.