Beginners workshop 17th November 2012

Project 1 - materials used

Paper – Arches fine grain 300gm (this paper is expensive but you can treat it badly, washing out, scrubbing and using masking fluid/tape)
Paint – van Gogh (available in Manor) we used lemon yellow, ultramarine blue and madder lake deep (MLD recommended instead of alizarin crimson which is more fugitive (disappears with time!)).

1. Tape paper to the board and draw the frame (for finished frame 24x30 use 17x23)
2. Sketch bunch of grapes with soft pencil (B)
3. Wet paper with spray or large brush completely
4. Dab out dry areas with paper tissue you want to remain white
5. Dribble yellow and blue without mixing in the pallet – allow to mix on the paper
6. Dry
7. Outline grape shapes by painting strong blue or red mixtures around the outside – allow paint to flow to the edges of the paper
8. Draw on branches and leaf veins with brush handle or pointed stick - Dry
9. Paint in diamond shapes between the grapes to give form
10. Give grapes more form by painting half-moon shapes in slightly darker colour on the shadow side
11. Use tooth brush to splatter – use same colour as the background but slightly darker tone

Project 2 - materials used

Paper – Windsor & Newton fine grain 300gm
Paint – van Gogh - raw sienna, burnt sienna and ultramarine blue. These colours are all transparent and non-staining. (RS & UB are granulating)

KEEP BOARD AT AN ANGLE!!

1. Tape paper to the board and draw the frame (for finished frame 24x30 use 17x23)
2. Sketch landscape lightly with soft pencil (B)
3. Practice graded wash (intructions click here)
4. Use graded wash on sky 80% ultramarine +20% burnt sienna paint on over next section adding only water to make paler (avoid a strong horizontal line at the bottom of the blue part)
5. Dry before adding line of mountains with same colour as sky
6. Make a dark shade of burnt sienna + ultramarine – Important - allow paint to mix on the paper don’t mix in the palette. While paint is still wet add plastic food wrap
7. Leave to dry – don’t use a hairdryer
8. Remove plastic carefully, testing to check paint is dry (if you remove when the paint is wet you won’t get sharp lines in your texture)
9. Add fields in foreground thinking diagonally – make interesting shapes avoiding parallel lines using a light mixture of ultramarine + raw sienna
10. Add a diagonal line of trees and bushes  approximately 1/3 of the way from the bottom – use a dark mixture of ultramarine + raw sienna
11. Splatter with toothbrush using dark mixture of the background colour draw in grasses with the handle of the brush or pointed stick