Painting with the Masters: Edgar Payne / Trees 5/2
02 May 2025- Expertise level: from Beginners to Advanced Art
- Medium: Acrylics 1-4pm, Friday/ May 2 / Ellijay, Georgia.
- Room for up to 4 students who wish to explore “Painting with the Masters: Edgar Payne” by examining his approach to subject matter, color saturation, and composition execution.
- Learning from a Master of these techniques will enable us to stretch our own artistic skills.
- $75 class fee, one session or x 3 for all dates in May. (Discount to members.)
- Additional $65 fee for a supply kit if required. Kit includes a beginners set up. Acrylic Pro-Quality Paints (Golden Heavy Body Acrylics Traditional set: Cad Yellow light, India Yellow Hue, Cad Red light, Alizarin crimson hue, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue Hue, Viridian Green Hue, Titanium White), plus Acrylic glazing liquid, small brush set, palette knife set, color wheel, sketch book. Students are required to use their own tools each session. (Basic setup to include water cup, paper towels, brushes, palette knife or knives, & painting set-up: palette, paints, gel medium or glazing liquid, canvas or panel/6×6 up to 16×20– tabletop easel is optional.) Get in touch via text (706-889-1857) with questions.
- In this course we will:
• Learn how to set our canvas up for success by toning the canvas or panel before we begin. We use Pro-Quality Acrylics with additives like gel medium or glazing liquids so that they behave like oils without the mess and odor.
• Learn how contrast and color saturation levels change our work: on paper paint one practice painting with high saturation and paint another one more muted. (pocket pochades) Compare the two. Select which one to paint on our canvas/panel.
• Learn how to paint faster with less angst by reducing the number of strokes you apply—load those brushes with paint. This course is only one of several Acrylic courses by Becca, held twice monthly. The list of topics covers a variety of techniques, tools, & practices. This year we explore:
• Color & Mixing: using a limited palette.
• Composition & Perspective: sketching w/brushes.
• Landscape Painting: Clouds & Sky, Trees, Farm Life.
• Palette Knife Training: flowers, buildings, landscapes.
• Painting the Landscape w/the Masters: brushstroke and texture.
• Still Life: Lighting & Approach: negative space technique. Returning students help determine the subject/project we focus on each time.
