BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6550@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211005T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211005T160000 DTSTAMP:20210827T174109Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/the-reader-dot-art-landscape-pai nting-2/ SUMMARY:The Reader Gallery: The Reader: dot-art: Landscape Painting DESCRIPTION:This course will provide an opportunity to explore landscape in paint. Through a series of quick experimental pieces and more finished wo rks\, the course will walk you through the process of developing your own unique visual response to the landscape.\n\nBOOK HERE\n\nAbout this Event: \n\nSuitable for complete beginners who are new to oil painting as well as those with more experience looking to develop their skills.\n\n***To avoi d a booking fee and pay by card\, cheque or cash\, please contact dot-art Services directly on 0345 017 6660***\n\nTuesdays from 2-4pm starting 5th October\, £160 for 10 week course\n\n------------------------------------ ----------------------------\n\nProgramme:\n\nThe course will cover: gathe ring your own reference material\, testing out ideas and ultimately walkin g away at the end of the 10 weeks with a painting you would be happy to ha ng on your wall. Although centred around oil painting\, the course is also open to a variety of media\, including charcoal and acrylic paint. The cl asses will include a combination of presentations to the group\, demonstra tions and individual tuition. Suitable for beginners and more experienced artists who wish to develop their skills.\n\nWeek 1&\;2 - Introduction to Landscape - Composition &\; Value:\n\n· How to create a strong and balanced composition – learning the importance of tonal/value arrangemen t in creating a balanced composition\n\n· Linear perspective\, eye lines\ , rhythm drawings - how the eye travels across the piece.\n\n· Notan and Tri-tone charcoal drawings and monochrome painting – learning to see the unifying values/tones in a landscape\, rather than looking straight for d etail.\n\n· Big shapes\n\n*Important to bring a collection of printed out reference photos\n\nWeek 3 – Introducing Colour (2 colours\, i.e brown + blue + white)\n\n· Colour temperature – warm &\; cool colour relat ionships\, understanding how colour temperature is linked to tone/value\n\ nWeek 4 – Expanding the colour palette\n\nWithout forgetting what we’v e covered in the previous weeks\, regarding composition\, tone and colour temperature\, we will now look at expanding the palette\, with a series of quick\, small studies\n\n· Colour Mixing\n\n· Colour theory\n\nWeek 5 – 10\n\nFrom week 5 onwards there will be the opportunity to paint outdo ors (weather permitting) so you may wish to bring a field easel or equival ent set up in case you wish to work outdoors.\n\nTowards the final few wee ks\, you will begin working on a longer more refined painting utilising al l the techniques and concepts that you will acquired to date\n\nTutor: Ja cob Gourley is a full-time Liverpool based artist specialising in oil pain ting. An active member of the Royal Standard Studios\, he has exhibited in a number of both group and solo shows. He graduated in Fine Art from the University of Gloucestershire in 2017\, having been awarded a month schola rship to study in the British School in Rome during his second year. He al so won first prize at the Wirral Society of Arts Open Exhibition 2019. Jac ob has turned his skills to teaching oil painting workshops.\n\nDates:\n\n 5\, 19\, 26 Oct\, (no session 12 Oct)\n\n2\, 9\, 16\, 23\, 30 Nov\,\n\n7\, 14 Dec\n\nVenue:\n\nMaking Room at the Reader Mansion\n\nCalderstones Man sion House\,\n\nCalderstones Road\,\n\nLiverpool L18 3JB\n\nMaterials:\n\n Oil or Acrylic paints\n\nWeek 1&\;2 – titanium white and black (monoc hrome)\n\nWeek 2 and 3 – titanium white\, at least 1 yellow I.e. lemon y ellow/ cadmium yellow/yellow lake etc\, 1x warm red cadmium red or scarlet t etc\, crimson\, ultra-marine blue an either colbalt\, cerulean/(coeruleu m for acrylics)\, Prussian or pthalo blue\, 1x brown earth I.e.burnt sienn a\, burnt umber\, raw umber\, trans-parent red oxide etc\n\nBrushes – a selection of natural bristle and synthetic\n\nAcrylic primed paper pad (su itable for oils and acrylics)\n\nSolvent\n\nA4 or A3 sketchbook or plain p aper\n\nSketching pencils\n\nReference photographs\, printed out or on tab let screen\n\nDilutant/medium I.e. turpentine/sansodor low odour solvent/l iquin(for oils)\n\nSolvent/brush cleaner – white spirit (water for acryl ics)\n\nPalette I.e. wooden/Perspex or disposable tear off\n\n2 jars\n\nRa gs or paper towel\n\nRecommended additional materials:\n\nPossible other c olours – Cadmium yellow deep\, viridian/pthalo green\, burnt si-enna\, y ellow ochre\, magenta\n\nEasel\n\nWooden/ Perspex paint palette\n\nLinseed Oil (to add to dilutant)\n\n--------------------------------------------- -------------------\n\nNotes:\n\nThere are a maximum of 15 places availabl e on the course\, so early booking is essential.To avoid a booking fee and pay by card\, cheque or cash\, please contact dot-art Services directly o n 0345 017 6660.\n\nCancellations / Refunds:\n\nOnce you have made your co urse booking you are committed to it. This is because our courses have ver y small student numbers\, and often sell-out and are unavailable to others . Therefore any cancellations may result in a place not being filled\, or a course not being able to run.\n\nCancellations are permitted up to 30 da ys before the start of a course\, and a full refund will be issued. Refund s will not be made for cancellations less than 30 days before the start of a course. If you are unable to attend due to illness\, personal or profes sional commitments you do not have the right to a refund.\n\nIf you wish t o cancel your place on a course that has not yet started and you have a fr iend or colleague who can take your place we can accommodate this substitu tion.\n\ndot-art may use your details to contact you about forthcoming eve nts\, classes or developments that may be of interest. 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