Suitable for beginners with some experience. Sheree will share tips and techniques for painting outdoors:
- How to pack light - the essential equipment (the dos & don’ts)
- Working with a limited palette
- The importance of a thumbnail & value sketch (keeping it simple)
- How to keep your sense of humour in the field.
Paint in your preferred medium (oils, water soluble oils or acrylics, watercolour) and open yourself up to new and exciting possibilities.
Note this workshop will be outdoors, so bring your hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, folding chair, bottled water, wear comfortable clothing, and carry lunch (not provided, so pack your own tasty treats!).
Required Materials:
1. Paints (oil or acrylics)
- Titanium white
- Cadmium yellow lemon (or) Cadmium yellow light
- Cadmium yellow medium
- Cadmium red light
- Alizarin crimson
- Ultramarine blue
- Transparent earth red (oils)
- Transparent red iron oxide (acrylics)
- Viridian (no need to buy if you don’t have it)
Plus, any other paints that you are used to using in the field
2. Portable easel (or pochade box with a tripod)
3. Viewfinder
4. Small sketchbook
5. A double ended black sharpie pen with one fine point & one chisel tip (for drawing & note taking)
6. Small canvas panels (6” x 8”, 8” x 8”, 8”x10” or small sizes of your choice) - bring up to four if you like doing several small studies
7. Palette. A pad of gray palette paper, or a wooden or plexiglass palette (for oil painters). A Stay Wet palette or a pad of gray palette paper (for acrylic painters)
8. Brushes:
- A variety of brushes, medium to large size.
- Two or three long flats or filberts (size 2, 4 & 8)
- One round (if you like to use them)
9. A palette knife (what you like to work with - Sheree uses a #7 size)
10. Masking tape
11. Odourless mineral spirits & spill proof container (for oils)
12. Water & container, spray bottle (for acrylics)
Artist/Instructor Bio
Sheree Jones, an artist & oil painter based in North Vancouver, has been passionate about her art since “the age of crayons”. A member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, Oil Painters of America & Plein Air BC, her work is featured in global collections. She teaches in her studio on Pemberton Avenue & offers online mentoring & plein air workshops. Known for her enthusiastic & inspiring teaching, Sheree loves plein air painting, capturing landscapes & still life from life during her travels across North America & Europe.
