Painting Boats in the Open Air 2-Day Workshop
Build confidence in oil painting ‘en plein air’ at various locations on the Franklin Waterfront. ‘En plein air’ means "in the open air". It describes the process of painting a subject outdoors and from life. Painting in this manner is considered the best way for an artist to learn to see and interpret the colours in nature and to capture the mood and feeling of a place.
This introductory two-day workshop is best suited to artists with some prior oil painting experience keen to develop their skills and confidence. Topics covered over the two days will include selecting your subject, composition, blocking in and tonal values, colour mixing and the challenge of changing light – working fast.
Experienced Tasmanian plein air artist, Rick Crossland will share his knowledge and skills through demonstrations and instruction throughout the day.
Numbers will be limited to 8 to make this an intimate group experience. Cost for the two days (covers demonstrations, instruction and morning tea). Book your tickets early, to enable additional information and/or a pre-workshop meeting for all those who have registered, to discuss equipment and practical considerations.
Venue: Franklin Waterfront 3333 Huon Highway, Franklin
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Workshop FAQs
- A light portable field easel. An easel for plein air painting needs to be light as you may be carrying it fairly long distances. However, it needs to be sturdy enough to withstand breezy weather conditions. Lightweight aluminium easels are great and there are also small versions of the traditional French easel. Both Artery and AdArt stock field easels that are suitable for plein air painting if you don’t already have one. The Art Society of Tasmania may also have some for loan if you are a member.
- Paints – I recommend a limited palette. Yellow Ochre, Cad Red, Aliz Crimson, Cad Yellow, Cad Yellow light (or Cad lemon), ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, burnt sienna, titanium white (lots).
- Solvent
- Sketchbook and pencils/charcoal. Plein air painting is exhausting if you are focussed, and drawing is a great way to help you to relax and improve your painting. These will also come in handy in sorting out your composition. A quick pencil sketch of your subject, noting tonal variations, colours and shadows can be useful if you must abandon your work due to weather.
- I recommend boards rather than canvas – These are touch dry within 2 days of painting. I recommend preparing, 20x30cm boards or 25x35cm.
- Wet board carrier (for transporting your wet boards) Raymar ones are great and lightweight. AdArt or Artery may have something similar. Alternatively, these can be made quite easily from Foamcore which is available at Officeworks. An alternative is to transport boards with cellotape and matches to separate the boards then transport carefully in a box.
- Rubber gloves – 3 pairs. I use the Just Gloves from Woolworths.
- Paper towels/rags
- Portable stool if you prefer to sit while painting.
- Palette of a reasonable size. Most small ‘tear-off’ palettes are too small to mix colour on.
- Palette knife
- 5-6 brushes, or more. 2x size 2, 2x size 4, plus a rigger and a large brush.
- Plein air umbrella – These are used to enable you to see and paint colours more accurately from nature, to keep direct sun from you and/or your work, to ease eye strain, and to make your painting experience more accurate and fruitful. We probably won’t be needing one during our April sessions but if you may be interested in purchasing one for the future.
- Camera – To take a photograph of the scene for future colour reference, in case you need to do some finishing touches to your paintings, NOT TO COPY!.
- Backpack to put all your gear in.
Safety Information
Ages 12+, parental supervision required
Long pants + Closed shoes
Small bags only
Toilet on site
Time will be spent outdoors in areas that may have uneven surfaces
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