Fundamentals of Painting
Registration
Heather Sayeau
Wednesday to Friday, November 13 – November 15, 2024
10:00am – 4:00pm
This “3 day Immersion” will cover basic principles of painting: colour mixing, value ( light and shadow), rules of composition, warm and cool colour, proportion and brushwork. Subject matter will include still life, landscape and figures.There will be guides – how to begin a painting – what to put in and what to leave out, and where we can go from there. Spend some time in the amazing world of painting, and reflect on how it can change the way you see things.
Students should bring:
- Paints (acrylic or oil): titanium white, ultramarine blue , cerulean blue, cadmium yellow, lemon yellow, cadmium red, alizarin crimson. Optional colours: sap green, raw sienna, burnt umber.
- Linseed oil, odourless paint thinner and glass jars with lids (for oil painters)
- Long handled brushes- #6, #8, #10
- Smaller canvases – 6×6, 6×8, 8×8, 8×10, 10×10, 10×12- choose the sizes you like – bring at least 2 canvases per day.
- Rags
- Paper palette
Bookings
Registrations for this workshop are now closed.
Heather Sayeau
Heather Sayeau received her Bachelor of Fine Art and Bachelor of Education from NSCAD University in Halifax in 1981, and taught Fine and Media Arts at NSCAD alongside her practice for thirty years. Sayeau is an oil painter with a focus on landscape, still life, and the figure. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions since 1982 and her work appears in public and private collections across Canada and abroad.
“I am a painter. Painting is what I do and what I long to do when I am not painting… Teaching is the wonderful offspring of painting; sharing my experiences, challenges, successes, and defeats with people. Learning the ‘toolbox’ of techniques opens the door to oneself and I am always delighted to watch students grow a new facet of their creative self. I have had the privilege to instruct students of all ages. I like to work with each student individually — helping them hone each one’s unique expression.”
Bookings
Registrations for this workshop are now closed.