Colourful landscapes in oil or acrylic

This class will follow all mandated health protocols as set forth by the BC Ministry of Health.

Many artists believe that the best way to create a colourful painting is to add more colour or make the colour more intense. Unfortunately, this often leads to landscapes that are perceived by the viewer to be garish and loud; these artworks often lack subtlety and sophistication. In fact, one of the best ways to create colourful paintings is to strategically place greys beside or around small amounts of intense colour. The term ‘grey’ refers to any colour on the inside of the colour wheel, usually created when you mix colours that sit across from each other.

For those wanting to improve the impact of colour in their landscape paintings, this workshop consists of exercises, studies, demos and projects to do at home that are specifically designed to help you develop your eye to create colourful greys. Main topics will include the following:

• Review of your supplies

• How to choose a photograph to use

• How to create an under painting

• Choosing appropriate tubes of paint (to get the effect you want)

• Ensuring your paint is the appropriate consistency, and what to do when it isn’t

• Palette management

• “Mother” colours, lights, and darks

• Mixing colour on the palette vs on the canvas

• Colour – hue, value, intensity, temperature

• Placing colours beside each other – how to make them “sing”

• How to move the viewer’s eye with colour

• What to do when things go ‘sideways’

Registration deadline: 

Age: 14+

Seats: 18 students max

Dates: (Saturdays)

• Sept 28
• Oct 12
• Oct 26

Time: 10:30 am - 3:30 pm

Skill level: All levels welcome

Supplies: 

• Regular oil or acrylic supplies as well as 4 canvases in a variety of sizes (min 11”x14”, max 18”x20”). Some will be used for exercises, others for studies. Feel free to use loose gessoed canvas if you prefer.
• Paints should include titanium white, a black, two yellows, two blues, and two reds, plus burnt umber or burnt sienna.
• Bring all your brushes.
• Bring an easel, either table top of floor.
• Lalita will provide photo reference images in advance, and encourages you to use these because they have been selected as appropriate for the exercises and time frame.
• You do have the option of using your own images instead or as well.
• Images will be sent to all registrants one week before day 1.

Recommended:

• Bag lunch and drinks.
• Acrylic painters are recommended to have a small bottle of Golden Acrylic Glazing Liquid (matte, satin or gloss) because it has retarder in it and enhances viscosity and the creation of soft edges and long gestures.
• Some kind of a ‘blender’ brush is recommended. Lalita prefers the series 444 1” blender brush from Rosemary & Co in the UK. https://www.rosemaryandco.com/oil-brushes/blender-brushes

Other details:

Wear clothes to do art in, closed toe shoes, and be ready to create.

Price: $300

Location: 26770 29th Ave Aldergrove BC V4W 3B8

Instructor: Lalita Hamill (scroll to the bottom of this page to get to know your Instructor)

To register:

1. Scroll to the form below to register
2. Click on the pay now button below the form to complete check out



if you have technical issues with registering and/or paying please contact us at (604)-534-0781