Abstract landscapes is an area of art that has grown so popular in the last few years. Abstracting can be fun, enjoyable to paint and popular with buyers too. It’s proving a golden combination, creating a rich treasure trove of art to inspire others to pick a brush too.
Join Jason on this one day workshop using acrylics to explore abstraction. Jason will guide you through ways to structure your abstract artwork, so that you are free to explore more expressive painting methods and be more daring in your use of colour.
Please check below to see what you will need to bring with you.
What to expect
Time at ArtisOn is designed to take you away from it all. We provide the environment, the time and the guidance you need to create. You can expect a warm welcome, skilled and friendly tutors and the chance to meet like-minded people keen to share ideas. You can even leave us to clear up the mess! There will usually be two workshops going on and we encourage everyone to mingle and be nosey about what the other workshop is up to.
We encourage you to arrive at 9.30am. This will allow time to meet other participants over a cup of tea or coffee and biscuits before beginning workshops at 10am. There will be a mid-morning break for refreshments and a chance to talk over progress with others. Lunch is usually around 12:45 for about 45 mins – you can expect a delicious homemade 2 course lunch. There will be a further afternoon break with tea or coffee and cake. All food and refreshments are included in the price of your workshop.
The finish time given is a target. There are occasions when the session may overrun so do let us know if you need to be away promptly.
We aim for your day to be a real treat. You could always learn a new skill in a shed or a draughty village hall with a curly sandwich, but we want you to have more fun than that! So we make sure we provide a day where you will be looked after, with good food, good company and great inspiration!
What you’ll need to bring with you
Please wear clothes you don't mind getting messy.
Paint
Please bring your acrylic paints - reds, yellows, blues, browns, plus black, mixing white and titanium white.
Paper
Please bring a reasonable amount of acrylic or watercolour painting paper to work on. - 10 x A3 sheets.
In addition bring some drawing paper because some time will be spent working through common compositional formats.
Drawing Equipment
A soft graphite pencil eg2b
A pencil sharpener
An erasure
Accessories
Masking tape
A kitchen roll
A kitchen cloth - the blue type you clean your work benches down with
Palette
Water pots
Palette knife
Reference Material
Although we will not be directly copying landscape images, some students find it helpful to look at landscape pictures while they work. If you have any inspirational images of landscape you would like to bring, then please bring them along to the workshop. Some students like to print off images of abstract landscape they feel inspired by to help them visualise their ideas. Jason will have other images to work from too.