Painting with oils captures the light, surface and atmosphere of a subject like no other medium, and it is flexible, allowing the artist to be expressive and abstract, or to render the subject with accurate realism. These workshops will teach you how to handle oil paint with the confidence you need to create images filled with light, colour and atmosphere. Whether you’re new to the medium or an experienced painter this workshop will develop new skills and challenge your approach to working.

Learn to:

• Mix colour with confidence
• Develop skillful brush work to keep colours and shapes clean and bright
• Simply your subject and build your painting in stages
• Create a strong focal point to express your meaning
• Learn how and when to use mediums
• Learn principles to develop a strong composition
• Discussions on colour including simplified palettes and colour temperature

Workshop includes:

• Painting demonstration that will take you through the entire painting process
• 2 colour mixing demonstration using a split complementary palette.
• Slide show of current and historical painters
• Exercises designed to teach concepts
• Group discussions
• Individual tutoring to deal with your specific needs and goals
• a take home booklet of course information

Lunches and Refreshments included:

• Lunch will be provided on Saturday and Sunday
• Coffee, tea, water and snacks available throughout the day

Materials

With the exception of some items *Materials are not included*. 

See materials list link below

Location

Georgian Manor B&B studio

36 Elma Street
P.O. Box 353
Thornbury, Ontario 

Workshop Hours

Friday  1:00pm - 5:00pm

Saturday 9:30pm - 4:30pm

Sunday 9:30pm - 4:00pm

*Course does not include accommodation*. 

Cost for 3 day workshop:

 $415 + HST = $470

In this workshop we will cover key principles of composition, cropping and editing to bring out your subject. Group discussion and a  pastel demonstration will guide you through all the important stages of building your pastel and will include:

• cropping and editing your subject
• Creating a value map to guide your colour application
• How to work with the pastel wet and dry
• How to build a strong underpainting
• How to simplify the details 
• Strategies in when to use hard and soft pastels- how to layer pastel

Each workshop includes handouts, demonstrations, individual tutoring to deal with your specific needs and goals, group discussion and a final critique. Exercise are designed to develop new skills and challenge our approach to working (materials not included). Each class is limited to 14 people. 

***Materials list will be sent upon registration

WORKSHOP DATES (2 available dates)

APRIL 4-5 (Sat-Sun)- (NOW FULL -Join waitlist)

 10:00AM - 4:30PM BOTH DAYS

  & 

November 7-8 (Sat-Sun) (4 spots available)

 10:00AM - 4:30PM BOTH DAYS

LOCATION

YORK CENTRE, 490 YORK ROAD ('OTHERWISE STUDIO' - BUILDING I, SUITE  201), GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA

 Cost for 2 day work:

 $250 + HST  = $280.00

Note: this workshop does not include lunches but is centrally located to restaurants with walking distance.

In this workshop, we learn to make sense of the colours in our palette and use them to build pastel work that is fresh and bright, avoiding work that is muddy and over worked. Begin to understand your light source so you can make creative decisions that pay attention to colour harmony and balance, while infusing energy and atmosphere into your work. Group discussion and a pastel demonstration will guide you through all the important stages of building your pastel and will include:

• Understanding colour and value
• Colour temperature - and how to use it
• Using broken colour
• Putting colour harmony and balance into your work
• Understanding and using reflected light

 Each workshop includes handouts, demonstrations, individual tutoring to deal with your specific needs and goals, group discussion and a final critique. Exercises are designed to develop new skills and challenge our approach to working (materials not included). Each class is limited to 14 people. 

***Materials list will be sent upon registration

WORKSHOP DATES

December 5-6 (SAT- SUN)

 10:00AM - 4:30PM BOTH DAYS

LOCATION

YORK CENTRE, 490 YORK ROAD ('OTHERWISE STUDIO' - BUILDING I, SUITE  201), GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA

 Cost for 2 day work:

$250 + HST  = $280.00

Note: this workshop does not include lunches but is centrally located to restaurants within walking distance.

 JUMP DIRECTLY WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN!

WEDNESDAY JUNE 3RD (1/2 SESSION)

Until you can figure out your focal point it can be hard to jump in whole heartedly and express your ideas in a meaningful way. Learn to be brave and to paint with expression. In this session you will learn important steps to identify focal point, and edit out visual information that can be overwhelming and unnecessary. Using principles of composition, strategies of colour contrast, and varying pastel applications, participants will learn how to create more engaging paintings.

COLOUR FOR IMPACT

THURSDAY JUNE 4TH (FULL DAY)

If you are a pastelist then you are also someone who loves colour! The huge assortment of colours and pastel types available on the market today is exciting, but it can be overwhelming trying to make sense of it all. Understanding colour theory can be helpful but how do we  apply these theories directly to our work? This workshop will help you simplify what you see and give structure to colour. Learn to connect colour to it's correct value, how to use colour temperature for visual impact, and see how simplified palettes create atmospheric and emotionally engaging work. Learning these strategies will help you become more confident with colour, and create stronger images that are no longer overworked or muddy.

ON THE SURFACE OF IT... 

FRIDAY JUNE 5TH (2 HR DEMO)

Tired of the limitations and costs of pre-made pastel paper? Learn to create your own pastel surfaces in this 2 hour hands on demo. Pre-made papers can be wonderful to work on but they can be expensive, hard to get, and limited in size and colour. Knowing how to prepare your own papers can be a convenience that will save you money, and give you flexibility with size, colour and surface texture. 

This demonstration will show how to prepare several pastel ground recipes and show you great options of papers and substrates available to use. You will also learn how to refresh the tooth on an overworked pieces so you can rework the image instead of throwing it away. With a variety of textures available to meet your painting style, you will have the freedom to make your paper as you need it, and in the sizes you need. Students will be allowed to practice making paper and test surfaces for final effect. 

DATE

JUNE 3-7, 2020

LOCATION

Neilson Park Creative Centre

56 Neilson Drive

Toronto, ON  M9C 1V7

www.neilsonparkcreativecentre.com

*To register for these ICAN session (and to see other sessions available) to go https://www.pastelartists.ca/ican/