Level: Any

This workshop is about so much more than just painting an egg…it’s about an arrangement of shapes, of colour relationships and subtle shifts in colour and tone. 

We will discuss compositional ideas and guidelines, how to mix colours accurately and how to use your ‘artistic licence’ to inject colour into the shadows. Advice and demonstrations will be given throughout the day.

Inspired by the work of Carol Marine/ Ans Debije  & Dennis Perrin, the simple shapes and lack of fine detail will enable us to loosen up our brushwork and encourage us to paint in their expressive style.

We will be sketching out our composition on canvas, before applying the paint in a dynamic and interesting way: focusing on colour mixing, brushwork and composition.

Type of medium used: Acrylic paint or oils.

Materials provided: Eggs, Crockery and Cutlery, Coloured Backgrounds, Tea, Coffee & Biscuits, Expert Tuition, Detailed Demonstrations, 1 to 1 Guidance.

What to bring:

• Packed Lunch

• A Painting Shirt or Apron

• A Canvas or Board min A4, max A3 (square or rectangle)

• A selection of Brushes

• Artist Quality Paints (Oils or Acrylics) eg Daler Rowney Starter Set

• A Black Sharpie and a ‘Fine Liner’ Pen (or similar)

• Palette knife

• Paper Palette and a Box to take your work home in

• Oils only: A jar and some low odour thinners/ white spirit substitute for cleaning your brushes, some rags or plenty of tissues to wipe brushes clean.

• Optional extras:

  • ‘Liquin’ painting medium if working in Oils

  • A ‘Stay-wet’ Palette if working in Acrylics

Cost: £70 per person