ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP

Building on your existing knowledge the workshop will focus on advanced techniques such as solvent pours, glazes, blending as well as covering technical aspects relating to tools, surfaces, colour, values, textures, shapes, and composition. 

Over the three days we will work on a series of paintings, working intuitively and letting our work evolve. 

The workshop will include information about techniques, as well as demonstrations but more importantly there will be time for dedicated and focused painting and individual support. 

What will be covered?

• Working wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry

• Using transparent and opaque colours to create depth and atmosphere. 

• Building rich layers of texture, patterns, marks, and colour to form  complex foundations to your paintings.

• Incorporating pigments and loose powders such as marble dust into your work.

• Solvent reduction techniques and solvent pours.

• Incorporating pigment sticks and oil bars and other drawing mediums.

• Using glazes to harmonise your paintings.

• Problem-solving compositions by exploring colour, value, contrast, and shapes.

• Experimenting with embedding materials.

• Exploring different surfaces and supports

• Masking, stencilling and transfer techniques including how to make transfer papers

• Creating a series of paintings that work together as a collection as well as individually.

Do I have the experience?

If you have attended one of Paula’s 1-day or 2-day workshops, then this is the perfect next step for you. If not, then ideally you should have some basic understanding of working with oils and cold wax. If in doubt, then just get in touch.

Materials needed

Squeegee - 6 inchMessermeister bowl scraper or Cold wax academy tool
Soft roller / brayer - 6 inchInovart Pro roller soft rubber brayer or cold wax academy soft rollers
Palette knives - Any palette knife you are comfortable with for mixing paint and making marks
Fan brush - Daler Rowney System 3 acrylic brush: Fan 6
Household paint brush - Cheap pack of brushes
Arches Huile paper - Two 56 x 76 cm sheets
Masking tape - Handover professional masking tape – I inch wide is fine
Cold wax - Gamblin cold wax medium: 473 ml
Oil paints 60 ml tubes:
Titanium white
Cerulean blue
Ultramarine blue
Crimson Alizarin
Cadmium red
Cadmium yellow deep
Lemon yellow
Choose artist quality paints such as Jacksons, Gamblin, Michael Harding, Sennelier.

Cardboard - Sheet of card (approx. 65 x 40 cm) to help with transporting your work
Apron Or an old shirt / t-shirt to protect your clothes
Nitrile gloves 2-3 pairs a day to protect your hands

About PAULA

Paula Dunn is a landscape painter who lives and works in Yorkshire, England. Taking her inspiration from walking the land, the climate and weather play a significant part in her work. She predominantly works with oils and her painting over the years has shifted from a representational image of a landscape to the more abstracted. 

Paula’s paintings can be found in private collections across the world and she is a contributing artist to the award winning “Waymaking – an anthology of prose, poetry and artwork by women who are inspired by the landscape” Vertebrae publishing.

https://pauladunnartist.com/