Expand your knowledge of color, form and structure so you can build better paintings. Gain mastery rather than confusion over colors, gain confidence about color mixing, and build strong rather than unconvincing forms and, ultimately, a painting with excellent structure.
This is an all level painting workshop, from beginning to advanced painters who want to master their understanding of color and form. Each session covers one or two key concepts and participants will have homework exercises to practice the lesson's content.
Amy demonstrates every session and paint a demo related to the topic.
All sessions are recorded and you have ongoing access.
Session 1: Values and Shapes. Mastering the use of light to dark as well as basic shapes in creating a solid composition.
Session 2: All about edges; Hard and Disappearing, and their function in building form and volume.
Session 3: Single Color Painting + Two Temperatures. Work with one primary color based on temperatures of warm and cool.
Session 4: Complementary Color. Mixing complements and then create short session paintings based on two colors.
Session 5: Color Mixing 101. A drill down in mixing and partnering colors. How to get vibrant colors and related neutrals.
Session 6: Color Mixing 102: Continued instruction in color mixing using a full double primary palette.
Amy's demonstrations are in oil but artists in other mediums are encouraged to join. Amy will paint using a limited oil palette and will provide a list of supplies. This palette, if you are new to it, teaches a lot about mixing color and you also don't need to buy too many colors. Feel free to add in your favorites.
If you are a beginning painter, you are welcome to register. All levels are welcome.
FAQs
1) Do I need to have a Zoom account? No. You will receive a link for the live class (you won't use this for the post-live workshop purchase). The "classroom" will open approximately 30 minutes prior to the start of the workshop. You can enter and get yourself acclimated, test your video and audio.
2) What happens if I lose connection during the workshop? It's okay, this can happen. Just exit and then use the link to rejoin the workshop. If your connection is really slow, sometimes it helps to power down your computer, wait a few minutes, power up and try again. Sitting closer to your router can also work, should you need to boost the connection.
3) Can I view the class on my phone? This is not the optimum way to see a painting workshop. The best way to see the class is with a desktop, laptop, or tablet.
4) Do I paint while you are painting? This is not very beneficial. Most participants want to engage with Amy's slide talk, discussion, and demo entirely so they can ask her questions. The sessions are recording and you will have lifetime access to them f so you can easily paint along with Amy later.
5) If I miss class can I have a refund? Unfortunately, no. The class is purposefully set up for those who want to attend live or want to attend at their leisure. You have ongoing access to the videos so you will be able to learn and paint at your convenience. On the other hand, If I have to cancel the class for any reason, everyone gets all of their money returned.
6) If I am a live participant with the community access: do I have to post my work? No! This is entirely optional. The community forum is a place to meet other painters, post your work, and continue to learn from one another. On occasion Amy will check in with the forum and post remarks for growth and encouragement.
7) How soon can I access the video? Please give 24 hours for the class to be saved and uploaded to Amy's private YouTube account. You will be sent a link to view the class again at your leisure without time constraint.
8) Is Amy's class private? Yes! Only registered participants attend the classes and have access to the videos. The YouTube channel is private and only paying participants can see them.
In the first session, Amy reviews a five value scale. We review three paintings that use values in different ways, for different effects (deep values with pop of light value, light values with pop of deep values and evenly distributed values). Amy then moves into a demo and shows how she uses major shapes (triangles, squares and rectangles) to develop a composition and then paints a demo of flowers using the five value scale.
Amy leads a discussion about the use of hard and soft edges to emphasize volume, distance, and emphasis in oil painting. During the lecture, Amy and the group review and assess six of Amy's paintings and identify both hard and soft edges and how these techniques help each painting.
After this, Amy draws a composition of a bouquet using vine charcoal and values, followed up by a demo of a black and white painting using hard and soft edges. There is a lot of community discussion in this particular live session.
Homework: make a value drawing in charcoal (participants may use Amy's image or their own set up); follow this by making a black and white painting consciously using soft and hard edges for purposeful results.
Live participants may post images and questions to the private forum.
Amy's third session of the workshop introduces primary colors in both warm and cool temperatures. She discusses the use of temperature in painting and then moves into a three part demo: painting a rose in warm and cool red, warm and cool yellow, and then a third demo using a warm primary (cad red light) and cool primary (ultramarine blue).
In this 2 1/2 hour session, Amy reviews complementary colors, color wheel, and a series of paintings that utilize a complementary structure. Amy completes a 1.5 hour demo, creating five 15-20 minute paintings using a series of complementary colors.
Homework given: create two color wheels and up to six complementary paintings (5 x 5 inch, 15 - 20 minutes each).
Amy demos the complementary colors of red and green in the final session. She reviews the topics of soft edges, values, temperature, limited palette, and the nuances of red and green in a painting composition. The 2.5 hour session includes two full demos using the structure of red and green.