Big Skies with Tannya Harricks / 1 Day Workshop

Suitable for all levels

This fun and explorative painting and drawing workshop will focus on expressive skies in landscape painting. We will use creative exercises to bring the landscape to life through composition, colour and gesture

We will have time to analyse our own work as well as works from expressive modernist painters. It is a fun and creative opportunity to experiment and push beyond representation – to achieve expressive, personal interpretations of landscape with dramatic skies. For this workshop we will paint on paper to keep it loose.

Material list

Colours (acrylic paint in preferable):

• Aim for at least 2 different yellows, blues and reds (for example: Cadmium Red and Magenta) 
• Zinc White. Titanium white. Mars Black. Raw umber. Paynes Grey. Any other colours you wish to use.

• If you wish to work from your own reference, please bring your reference printed on A4 paper. Photocopying not available at the WAC.
• Charcoal (Willow) medium size
• Firm eraser
• Soft cloth or rag for charcoal
• Colour drawing materials that you are familiar with using such as pastels, pencils, watercolour pencils or wax crayons
• A sketchpad or loose sheets of cartridge drawing paper A3 or A2.
• 4-6 large (approx A2 or A1) sheets of smooth mixed media paper. You could also use watercolour or acrylic paper. (200 – 300 gsm)
• You can also paint onto any gessoed/primed paper or cardboard.
• Brushes and palette knives in the appropriate size/type for your paint medium.
• Palette and paint rags
• Odourless solvent if using oil. A glass jar with lid to transport used solvent home.
• Jars and containers for liquids.
• Bulldog clips for easel.
• Optional – workable fixative

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.