Flowers From Life with Jackson Davies / 1 Day Workshop

In this workshop - for oil and acrylic painters - you will learn to paint a bunch of beautiful flowers from life. Jackson will bring fresh flowers on the day for this light-hearted and stress-free workshop that will encourage you to hone your painting skills and challenge you to see what you can produce in a single painting session.

To start the session, students will receive a brief introduction to painting techniques, colours, materials, and equipment, and explore paintings by masters who specialised in flower paintings.

Jackson will discuss how to start the painting by establishing general tonality and laying down base colours, then explain how to develop depth and colour by working directly on the canvas.

This workshop is recommended for those with some painting experience, but all are welcome to attend.

Materials you will need:
• Primed canvas: stretched or canvas board (any size you enjoy working on)
• Odourless artist’s solvent 
• Several rags
• Range of hog bristle brushes: sizes 2-8, preferably rounds but any shape/size is fine; use any brushes that you have.
• Palette (disposable/wooden or plastic)

Recommended colours:
• titanium white 
• cadmium yellow
• cadmium red
• alizarin red
• ultramarine
• raw umber
• yellow ochre
• lamp black (or any black)
• any other colours you have.
• (spectrum instead of cadmium is fine)

Additional materials for oil painters:
• Linseed oil

Additional materials for acrylic painters:
• There are many mediums available for the acrylic painter, please bring any that you already use.
• Optional: gel/retarder medium

Terms & Conditions

Please choose carefully as fees are non-refundable. Refunds of course fees will only be given if the course is cancelled or a place is not available in the course.

Payment of course fees implies that you have read and agree to the WAC Terms & Conditions.