HOW COLOUR WORKS | JOHN DINAN
Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd March
10am - 4.30pm
€295
About this workshop
“A painting is made of thousands of paint strokes. And EVERY stroke of paint you place on your canvas has three distinct characteristics – which is why Colour can be a mystery to many artists – it’s probably the most difficult thing to master in painting.”
In this really practical, informative workshop John Dinan will bring you step-by-step through Colour Theory, Colour Mixing and Colour Harmony for artists, and how to make it work in your paintings, through a series of straightforward painting exercises. Bring your skill to an entirely new level through a deep understanding of How Colour Works for Artists.
You will understand the difference between such terms as Tone, Hue, Tint, Chroma, Shade, Permanence, Transparency and many more colour issues that cause needless confusion to artists. You will also be able to paint a Colour Wheel for yourself, using a special template that John will demonstrate to you.Over the three days you will practice many colour exercises and paint several small simple landscapes in different colour schemes to discover how you can control and create different Moods in your paintings –developing great insight, control and confidence in How Colour Works for artists.
Join this workshop and begin to take control of colour in your paintings - through a clear understanding of How Colour Works.
Suitable for all levels of experience from Beginners to Advanced, using oils or acrylics, but demonstrations in this workshop are with oil paints.
This workshop gets great reviews – here’s just a few of last year’s…
“A wonderful few days – sorry it’s over, excellent teaching and very well presented, really appreciated your positivity and encouragement; I do think I learned really valuable skills to bring to any future painting”
“You have opened a colourful can of worms – brilliant”
“What a fabulous few days, inspiring, and at last complex colour made easy to understand and so interesting”
Materials needed
List provided upon booking
About the Tutor
John Dinan is a professional artist who has been teaching art for over 20 years, in Ireland, France and Italy. He is an exhibiting artist in many of Ireland’s leading galleries in both the Republic and the north of Ireland. He has exhibited in RHA, Oireachtas and many solo and group exhibitions. He is a member of the Dublin Painting & Sketching Club, and of the Back Lane Painters, and is a founder member of the Portmarnock Art Group.
His landscapes, portraits and still lifes are held internationally in corporate and private collections.
He especially loves painting en plein air, and has run outdoor workshops and been a prize-winner at the international Art in the Open festival in Wexford. He paints in a varied range of styles, but his work is usually recognised through good drawing, strong compositions and bright colours. His workshops always receive great feedback for the extensive tuition, complete sharing of experience and insights, helpful one-to-one advice and the encouraging atmosphere he maintains in his classes. He lives in Cross, in south Mayo, near the village of Cong where he and his wife have had an art gallery for over 12 years.