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Brushstroke Freedoms
Jane Appleby
14" x 17"
Water Colour
Peaceful Walk in
Winter Wonderland
Jane Appleby
5"x 7"
Water Colour
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Levels: Beginner - Advanced
Ages: Youth - Adult
Expressive painter Jane Appleby will lead a fun & informative painting workshop via zoom focused on ways to use brushwork & certain elements to simplify paintings.
"There is power in each brushstroke which can impact a painting” & limiting certain elements will be the focus in this workshop.
Jane will explore “simplification" in compositions & what that may mean to individual artists. When painting "less is more” artists consider the elements of design such as using line, shapes, space, textures, colours & values. One of the simplest ways to depict something is to do a simple line drawings of what you see. When employing colour & other elements, the process becomes complex & options are limitless.
In this two hour class Jane will lead participants in various exercises in painting using water-colour or acrylic to offer suggestions on simplifying compositions. Some painting experience is helpful but all are welcome to join & paint along with Jane.
Please have all your paints, colours, palette & water ready to go.
Suggested Materials:
Paint: Acrylic OR Watercolour. Jane’s preferred colours (*)
- *Hansa Yellow Light, or Cadmium Yellow Light ,or Lemon Yellow
- *Quinacridone Magenta (or Red), or Alizarin or Cadmium Red Light, or Rose Madder
- *Primary Blue, or Pthalo Blue (Green shade), or Cobalt Blue, or Ultramarine, or Cerulean Blue
- *Titanium White
- *Raw Umber, or Burnt Umber, or Payne’s Grey or Black
- Optional: Yellow Ochre, Sienna, Prussian Blue, Purple, Green, Neutral Grey, your favourites
Brushes: Good quality synthetic brushes, firm yet flexible Flat & Round brushes, big & small.
- 3 Flats - bright, long, angled or filbert. 1.5”, 1”, 1⁄2”, 3/8”, or 1⁄4”
- 3 Round with good point (no. 4 up – no. 12)
- Tiny Round with good tip (no. 00 – no.2) for details
Paint Palette: “Stay Wet” for acrylics. Other palettes of surfaces ie: ice plastic container tops, foamboard, plates or trays (Paper palettes or tin foil are fine but are less solid to mix on).
Water Holders: such as 2 -500 ml containers half full, spray bottle with water to moisten paints.
Paper Towels or Rags to clean brushes.
Sketch Book or Paper: Ring bound sketchbook approximately 11 x 14 or larger, or clipboard with blank white paper, or watercolour paper. At least 10 sheets.
Drawing Materials: HB pencil &/or Sharpie (wedge or round) for sketches.
Work Surface: Table to work on, with protective cover (paper or plastic).
Simple Still Life Set Up or Photo Reference: fruit, silverware, cups, flowers, simple shaped items - max 3 items. Make rough outline sketch(s) of these on a paper before the class.
Optional:
- View finder or cropping tool (2 L-shaped cardboard pieces)
- Small mirror to view composition backwards
- Colour Wheel (printed or hand made with primary, secondary & tertiary colours for reference)
- Small scissors
- Masking tape to tape paper on a board, foamboard or cardboard
- Small canvases are optional for those working in acrylics (Jane will work on paper).
- Palette Knives (metal or plastic) to mix acrylic paints (not needed for watercolours)
- Easel for those that have one & like to paint upright
- Painting apron
- Box for supplies
- Notebook & pen for writing notes
Artist/Instructor Bio
Jane Appleby is an expressive painter, inspired by the Canadian landscape; her process includes painting on location “En Plein Air" & into abstraction. Her latest oil & acrylic canvases titled "Lyrical Expressions" are currently showing in several galleries in British Columbia & Alberta, as well as overseas in Madrid Spain.
Jane has instructed workshops for over 25 years to art groups, including the WVAC, Place Des Arts & Okanagan School of Arts. She shares her intuitive process on a Youtube Channel: Jane Appleby Art & has authored two inspirational books: Between Cottages & The Purposeful Brush.
She lives in Burnaby with her husband Ken & enjoys skiing, kayaking & hiking - Laika, her dog often at her side.
Her work is collected internationally, & is available through her representative galleries listed on her website: www.janeappleby.com
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