Description
BRING EXPRESSION To YOUR PAINTINGS With COLOR & BRUSHWORK!
with Melissa Gannon
July 1, 8, 15
10am – 2pm
$60 Members
$120 Non-members
Brushstrokes aren’t just a way to apply paint – they’re a powerful tool to add expression and visual interest to your paintings. In this class, you’ll learn how to use color, variety, and dynamic brushwork to truly make your paintings more expressive!
Melissa will demo three inspiring projects: Song Sparrow & Clematis, Woods & Roses, and Winter Promise. We’ll start with exercises exploring limited palette color combinations. This will result in a range of saturated and toned colors that work together to create interesting and complex color relationships in your work.
Melissa will discuss composition, and will bring photo references for each piece. She encourages the use of unique compositional variations, such as those found in her supplied references. You are very welcome to bring your own references, if you prefer.
Artist Bio Melissa enjoys painting nature. Her inspiration comes from travel, hiking, and exploring her local area, the great Northwest. She works in watercolor, acrylic, and in oil. “There’s a fascinating complexity in the weeds overlooking the river, or in the interlacing branches of trees. Through layering of both color and texture I seek to show this in my work.” Along with creating art, Melissa shares her skills and knowledge through teaching classes and workshops in watercolor, acrylic and mixed media.
Visit her website at: www.melissagannon.com.
SUPPLY LIST (If you don’t have everything on the list, bring what you have.)
Surface
- Three 12” x 12” canvases
- Extra paper or sketchbook to use for the color mixing and brushstroke exercises (at least 9” x 12” or larger is great)
Paint
- Titanium White
- Ultramarine blue
- Turquoise (Phthalo)
- Quinacridone Red
- Alizarin Crimson
- Mars Black
- Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue
- Benzimidazolone Yellow Light, or some kind of Lemon Yellow
Medium Airbrush medium or glazing medium to thin paint
Brushes 1/2” flat brush or 1/2” angled flat brush, 1” flat brush or angled flat brush (optional, you can paint the whole piece with the smaller brush)
Misc.
- Paper towels
- Container with lid for paint water
- Easel if you prefer to work vertically (the guild has easels you may borrow)
- Paper plates for palette or bring a palette
- Stabillo or piece of chalk pastel to draw with (the guild has chalk pastel you may borrow)
- Tracing paper, pen or pencil, and scissors to draw and cut out shapes
