Plein Air Landscape in Oils or Acrylics
September 10 - 12, 2010
9am - 4pm
Intermediate Level
Instructor, Glenn Clark
Early Bird Fee: $225 + 11.25 GST (MUST PAY IN FULL BY JUNE 1ST) Regular Fee: $250 + 12.50 GST
Location: Cariboo Mountains, aprox. One hour past Barkerville on the Likely/Barkerville Road. (Car pooling is recommended) (Bring a lunch and thermos)
Please do not be late for class. During these sessions students will be producing 8 x 10 sketches on site. Clark will do an hour long demonstration on the first class.
While working on the sketches students will be encouraged to eliminate details and work directly from the palette to canvas. Students will draw with paint.
Working from the palette is key and students will be encouraged to find colour on the palette using their knife, before transferring it to the canvas. Clean painting habits is important and good studio practice will be encouraged. Creating gesture and texture will also be encouraged. Having fun and exploring colour and method is key. The painting could act as a colour guide for the final larger more detailed painting. A photo of the site taken during the sketch would provide detailed information for this larger work. Creating one sketch should take between 1 - 3 hours.
Students will need for the field sketches:
4 minimum 8 x 10 canvass boards pre-primed with acrylic burnt sienna
(can be made available at $2 each)
1 Disposable hand held paper pallette
1 palette knife
1 portable easel capable of setting up outside
(some may be available by the instructor)
1 Stool if necessary
1 camera (can be shared with students)
1 oil box with assorted colours
1 1/4 inch flat brush plus assorted favorites
1 wide sealed container jar with thinner
1 bag with rags
1 masking tape
1 black pencil crayon
1 water bucket, soap
1 small box to carry wet painting home (cut the top out of a cereal box)
Dress for the weather. If pouring rain or torrential winds we will work in the studio in Wells Painting with a storm on the horizon is worth the trouble.
Artist Quality Paints recommended.
titanium white, ultramarine blue, pthalo blue, cerulean blue, veridian green, light green, sap green, yellow deep, yellow, red deep, red medium, red light, burnt and raw umber, burnt sienna, yellow ochre, alizeron red, purple, orange, black, turquoise.
Island Mountain Arts School Policies
- Registration: A (non refundable) deposit is payable upon registration. Final payment is due no later than seven days before a course begins. Please add 5% GST to adult courses.
- The registration deadline is two weeks before class start. Registrations will be taken after that date, space permitting.
- Refund: There are no refunds on course deposits. If full payment has been made, and a student withdraws from a course, 75% of the workshop fee will be refunded. Note - there are no refunds the final week before classes begin.
- Cancellation Policy: If Island Mountain Arts cancels a course due to insufficient registration, the entire fee will be refunded. Cancellation decisions are made two weeks before course start.
Island Mountain Arts
Box 65, Wells, BC V0K 2R0
1-800-442-2787 or 250-994-3466
Fax: 250-994-3433
info@imarts.com
www.imarts.com