Workshop | Landscape Painting in Oils with Marie Mansfield

This two day master class style workshop with Marie Mansfield is for students with prior oil painting experience who would like to improve their landscape painting skills. The focus of this two day workshop is painting tonally as it relates to painting landscapes en plein air (ie out in the field). Enjoy two days of working both in the studio and in the field at a nearby outdoor location. You will gain a solid understanding and observing tone and observing light - vital ingredients to improving your painting. With a good understanding of tone and light you can bring atmosphere, distance and mood into your landscape painting.

Please meet at Art Est. where you will do some preparation and your tutor will give you an introduction to the course. The painting location will be advised prior to the workshop, however will be nearby to the studios and you will be able to walk or drive there. In the event of extreme or inclement weather, the workshop will take place in our air-conditioned studios at Art Est.

Images: works by Marie Mansfield

What to expect

Over the two days students will:

• produce several landscape studies working en plein air (ie outside).
• learn techniques of observing light
• be introduced to a method of mixing colours tonally
• learn to give your paintings a sense of distance, space and atmosphere
• learn to see what is there rather than what we know is there.

Is this course right for me?

Some prior experience with oil painting is assumed. This is not suitable for beginners.

Materials

Please bring the following with you. Some walking may be involved, so you would be best to pack light or use a shopping trolley to bring your materials.

• Melamine palette or Palette pad
• 1-2 Palette knives
• 2-3 Canvas boards (10x12 inch to 10x14 inch or 12x16 inch) or whatever feels comfortable.
• Brushes - I recommend synthetic Neef Long Flat brush in size 6 (also if the budget allows size 4, 6 & 8).
• Odourless solvent + container or jar for solvent (solvent MUST be odourless) Ensure you also bring jars with lids to take home any spent solvent.
• Soft rags or paper towels

OIL PAINTS

• Raw Umber
• Titanium White
• Burnt Sienna
• Yellow Ochre
• Lemon Yellow
• Ultramarine Blue
• Ivory Black

OPTIONAL PAINTS

• Permanent Rose or Alizarin Crimson
• Cerulean Blue (Hue will do)
• Cadmium Yellow
• Cadmium Red
• or whatever you have

It is recommended if you have a portable/travel easel to bring it along with you as well as your own lightweight camping stool. We also have some portable easels you can borrow.
If you don't wish to use a stool, we recommend a small plastic sheet or picnic rug to sit on the ground.

Please ensure you bring a hat, sunscreen, bottled water and your lunch, or you can buy from a nearby cafe.

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