From sketching outdoors or using inspiration from photos, drawing influence from nature to develop compositions and mark-making techniques that will later be applied to wooden boards.
The first day will also have you making collage work that can inspire future creativity. When painting, you’ll move beyond the sketches, working intuitively to respond to shapes, marks, colors, and compositions, creating balanced and harmonious pieces.
Additionally, we’ll incorporate stenciling techniques to add depth and dimension to your artwork. For those interested in experimenting further, a wood-burning kit will be available for etching into the boards.
MATERIALS LIST
Acrylic Paint (quantities that one can afford and bring what
you have) I recently discovered Holcroft Impasto and Riot.com.au are very very
reasonably priced. A mixture of Impasto paint (more of these) and Acrylic Flow.
If you like a lot of texture Impasto medium is good to double paint.
• White....lots more white than other paint is
important.
• Burnt Sienna/Burnt Umber
• “Warm” yellow
• “Cool” yellow
• “Warm” red
• “Cool” red
• “Warm” blue
• “Cool” blue
• (Pewter, Australian ghost gum and paynes grey,
hookers green if possible)
• White Gesso
• A4 Visual Diary, Acid Free 125gsm+
• Acrylic Satin varnish (optional, to paint at end to
seal work)
• Faber Castel 4 pitt Artist pens black
• A range of ‘hard working’ acrylic brushes – fine to
8cm
• Spatula for mixing paint
• A3 size flat palette - can be a piece of hard plastic
that can be cleaned each day
• Water bucket and a range of small plastic containers
(if you need to store unused paint colours)
• Scissors and stanley knife (if you are flying in for
the workshop, don’t worry about these)
• 10 x A3 card to cut out shapes or stencil work as
well as base card for collage work (this can
even be cereal boxes)
• Cleaning rags
• Masking Tape 36mm wide
• Wooden art boards – size to suit your style, they can
be rectangle or square (at least 2 from 30cm…. up to you if deep edge or thin
edge. (Again Riot.com.au have
very well priced options)
• White Poscas 3M/5M
REFERENCE IMAGES: Please bring images of landscapes
or botanicals/flora that you like and are drawn to. Think about what inspires
you. It’s always better if you bring your own images.
Preferably a few printed out images you can use for
inspiration or else iPads with images are also fine.
NOTE: We provide table easels for you to use.
LOCATION
Hudson St Hum, 7 Hudson St, Hamilton NEWCASTLE
The workshop space is wheelchair friendly.
BOOKING CONDITIONS
Please note that Artable does not provide refunds for workshops under any circumstances. If you provide more than 7 days notice, you can apply for a credit to another workshop. Check our refunds page for further details and COVID-19 related policies.
Please note that if a workshop is sold out a sold out sign will appear on the listing and you will be unable to book in. If a workshop does not have the number or spots that you require, a note will pop up saying 'out of stock'.
LUNCH
There is a great coffee shop across the street and several other options a quick drive away. There is a fridge on site if you'd prefer to bring your own.
PARKING
There is street parking available.
IMPORTANT NOTE
From time to time, we have to cancel workshops for reasons well outside of our control. We try very hard to limit this. Artable will give you a confirmation 21 days in advance. Please make sure that you book accommodation that is flexible if you are travelling to us and we recommend travel insurance.
Location:
Hudson St Hum, 7 Hudson St, Hamilton NEWCASTLE
