Caroline instructed us to have all of our colors mixed ahead of time. She used yellow ocher and ultramarine to make the grays. All primaries mixed together will also make a gray. She used the turquoise straight without mixing it. For method one she took a large brush and painted a wash across the sky. … Read more
Caroline often starts in the middle of the picture and works out. The dark/light contrast attracted her so that was where she started drawing the buildings, measuring shapes in comparison with others. She drew with a 4B pencil but normally would choose a 7B. She hold the pencil from the end( the back) to get … Read more
Caroline lead a workshop with sixteen eager members on how to draw a portrait from a live model. She started the afternoon with the basics on portrait drawing and left us to use what ever media we chose to do a head or full body painting/sketch. It was lots of fun with much hilarity over … Read more
Caroline started off the demo showing us the two types of oil pastels that she was using. The first was Fabrer Castell which she used to draw in the shape of the flower in white pastel on a black background. These pastels are cheaper to buy and don’t fill in the colour effectively.. The second … Read more
The still life painting started out with mapping out the shape. A line was drawn down the middle of the page after which the shape of the jug was drawen. Shadows and reflections were then painted in black with mixes of blue.Big brushes were used to add layers of shadow colors.Once the correct shape and … Read more
PAINTING SPRING FLOWERS IN ACRYLIC ON A BLACK SURFACE Lucy Parker demonstrated a dramatic version of a seasonal still life on good quality black paper. Many people were tempted to give it a try themselves during that afternoon, where Lucy was available to assist. She started by using quality acrylic paint with good pigment to … Read more
Birds nest and eggs Medium Chalk pastels on black paper. Work from dark to light, starting with a brown to outline the nest and position the eggs so they will form the focal point. Start building the nest with the dark browns introducing lighter colours and blending them, this can be done with the pastel … Read more
Pointillism describes a technique in which hundreds of small dots or dashes of pure colour are applied to the canvas in order to create maximum luminosity. Colour spots are blended into a range of tones. The dots of colour give a richer and more subtle effect then can be achieved by conventional techniques. George Seuart … Read more
Caroline Marsland, Dupont instructor, started this painting using a fluid wash of acrylic with watercolour techniques, . Using these light washes gives luminosity to the sky which is painted with cobalt blue. You don’t get this affect with thick paint. Caroline added a yellow red mix with the blue on top for the sky, blending … Read more
TIMED SKETCHES (1 minute/5 minutes/15 minutes). Caroline used charcoal and pastel paper. Pastel paper gets the best from charcoal as it has more ‘tooth’ giving stronger tonal values. Why timed sketches? The time limitation makes you really look. Concentrate on the line. Look at shapes, the major shapes, and corresponding shadows. Time restriction limits being … Read more