An Urban Scene in Oil
Make it come alive from a photo reference
In this challenging, two-day course, we paint an urban scene based on a photo we brought along. Course participants have already considered and chosen beforehand whether they want to tackle a rather empty street view or whether they want to venture into a busy scene with cars and/or people. We look at the photo templates, determine the vanishing points (s) they contain, quickly summarize the laws of perspective and work directly onto the canvas after a simple sketch.
I'm going to do a quick painting demo. After that, everyone works on their own image. I provide individual support to each course participant in order to achieve a good, individual result.
Suitable for beginners and advanced users
Material:
Painting surface: canvas stretched on stretcher frame or cardboard approximately 40 x 30 or even larger
Oil paints: Preferably your own preferred palette
My recommendation:
ultramarine blue, pthalo blue
, medium red, e.g. permanent red, cadmium red medium
, “bluish” red, e.g. Alizarin Crimson/ Crimson/ Madder
, a light yellow, such as cadmium yellow
, titanium white (possibly zinc white added)
I also like to use burnt sienna containing the pigment PR 101 together with ultramarine for gray mixtures, as they often occur in the city.
They are available from Winton or from Daler Rowney
Painting medium: according to personal preferences, including pure oil
Brush: according to personal preferences, I recommend flat brushes
Palette for mixing the paint, a simple wooden plate
Palette knife or painting spatula in two sizes
Paper towel and Shellsol
Akthof course booking
You can sign up for our courses here. Simply select the appropriate course from the form.
Only after receipt of Down payment of 25€ you will receive confirmation of your registration from us and your place in the booked course will be bindingly reserved for you. If the course is already fully booked, we will inform you immediately.
Cancellation: The cancellation of a course registration must be made in writing. If the cancellation is received up to 15 days before the start of the course, you will be refunded the course fee minus the deposit paid. If you cancel from the 14th day before the start of the course or if you do not show up, no refund of the course fee is possible.
The decisive time for the cancellation is its receipt by us. Alternatively, it is always possible to provide us with a substitute participant. All details are in our General terms and conditions to read.
Bank account:
Künstlerhof für kreative Bildung e.V.
GLS Bank
IBAN: DE63 4306 0967 1332 2295 00
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