Simplified landscapes: an approach to semi-abstraction

We will work on a process to simplify landscape focusing on a stronger composition and gesturality. The goal is to evoque objects and real elements with few brushstrokes and simple shapes. It's a way to move to semi-abstraction but always starting from reality and keeping the perception of figurative elements. We will work on composition sketches, on gestural brushstrokes, on lifting technique, stronger colours and we start to contaminate watercolour with something different to be more contemporary. A way to experiment a different watercolour approach.

Materialliste:

Material list:

I don’t want you to buy anything in particular for the workshop, you can bring what you have at home (I would only avoid to bring inadequate materials such as bad watercolours pans or tubes …).

These are only some suggestions to understand what could be the material I will use.

Paper:

• Hahnemuhle “Le Rouge”- Grain fin – 100% acid free- 325 g/sqm 30x40 cm
• Hahnemuhle “Bamboo 30x40 cm
• Hahnemuhle “Veneto 30x40 cm

Brushes : every kind of brush: natural, synthetic, round, flat, small, big, chinese, mop, hake, liner, etc …

Colours : godets and tubes

Here you are a list of colours that I usually use but I can divide them in two parts

Main

French ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, ceruleum blue, phtalo blue or cyan, cobalt turquoise light (winsor&newton), burnt sienna, burnt umber, yellow naples, titanium white, phtalo green, hansa yellow,

Others

lavender, yellow ochre, van dyck, goethite*, transparent red oxide*, lunar black, transparent pyrrol orange, yellow cadmium deep , quinacridone pink, cherry quinacridone*, caput mortuum, aquarius green*

* Roman Szmal Aquarius colours

Other materials :

• Palette
• Small spray for water (Boots)
• View finder (2 ‘L’ shaped pieces of card white or black)
• Plastic or wooden board to stick the paper on
• Kleenex (tissue paper)
• Cutter
• Pencils 2B and H, eraser
• Permanent marker
• Paper tape
• Acrylic gesso

Weitere Informationen zu den Kursen, siehe unten.