2-Day Abstract Course Plus “Colour" with Bonny Roberts

June 7th & 8
OR Jun 12 & 13th
10 - 4pm each day, in both session offerings
 at the  Lake Country Art Gallery

DAY 1:
As colour is, for me, the most important element in a painting, I shall reinforce some of the most important points of colour and how to use them in a piece for optimum effect.  We will go over using only the 3 primaries.  I will distribute hand-outs that you can study explaining the colour theories. 

We will then do a few exercises using the primaries to make sure we fully understand and are able to utilize these few colours to create a successful piece.

We will also lay down some texture on a canvas in preparation for a completed abstract painting on Day Two.  HOWEVER, we should also be able to create a successful piece without relying on texture so we will also start one of these.

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DAY 2:

I will help guide all of you through to completing (hopefully) two finished abstracts, one with and one without texture.


Supplies:

 3 Primaries (all “Golden” brand):

“Quinacridone Magenta”

“Phalo Blue” (GREEN shade) NOT red shade

“Hansa Yellow Mdm

• 2  -

3 Sub-primaries (all “Golden” brand):

“Quinacridone Crimson”

“Paynes Gray”

“Nickel Azo Yellow”

“Titanium White”

Gac 500 or Matte Medium

Water container & palette

An assortment of brushes – make sure you include some flat angle brushes (preferably not the really stiff white bristle).  I find watercolour golden flat angle brushes good.  

A few different sizes & shapes of palette knives.


99% Rubbing alcohol (Walmart or a drugstore)

A canvas pad on which to do some exercises the first day.

2 canvases (pls. keep them 16” x 20” or bigger)

“Golden” Gel Medium

“Golden” Polymer Varnish with UVLS (Gloss)

**** As this is the “abstract” course please try and bring as many “bling” colours as you can afford, i.e. the “Interference” and the “Irridescent” colours.


PLEASE NOTE:

I prefer the fluid acrylics and, so far, so do all my students.  

HOWEVER, if you already have these colours in the tube form, and if you like to use a palette knife as will as a brush, they will certainly do.  Also, please don’t come with just the  ONE OUNCE  bottles as, using only a few colours you will run out before even finishing a canvas. (8 ounce is the best) but 4 if you can’t find 8.


Please go to my web page to view my work:

www.BonnyRoberts.com 


If you are interested, please contact Daryl Pike:

(250) 548-4095 or:

[email protected]