Exploring Colour with Vicki Norman - Workshop

Join us for a relaxed, informative workshop suitable for painters of all abilities in all media, who would like to improve their understanding and use of colour. Matching colour relationships is the most important skill for an artist who seeks to capture light. This workshop will help to improve your understanding for capturing light effects and harmonious colours.

We’ll work through several painting exercises to improve your colour perception, matching and harmony. 

A bit about Vicki 

A popular tutor and demonstrator, Vicki is recognised for her clear communication and boundless enthusiasm.

She has won awards and recognition for both teaching and painting in Europe and the USA, she is a regular contributor to plein air events and competitions on both sides of the Atlantic. Vicki has exhibited with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in London and been awarded a prize from the Oil Painters of America.

If you would like to see her work, please look at the following and here are a couple of her paintings for you!

Facebook: Vicki Norman Studio

Instagram: vickinormanart

Website: www.vickinormanstudio.com

Paints/Colours 

The workshop will be a solvent free environment.

Vicki will be using the following Michael Harding paints: 

• Cad yellow lemon

• Indian yellow red shade

• transparent oxide yellow or yellow ochre/ raw sienna

• Cad red light

• alizarin crimson/alizarin claret/quinacridone rose

• Ultramarine blue

• Genuine viridian green (Phthalo blue or cerulean would be fine instead of viridian) 

• Please just bring any reds, yellows and blues you already have and perhaps a yellow earth if you have one.

No solvents at all please. Brushes may be cleaned at home after the workshop with soap. This really must be a solvent free environment. Thank you.

Sundries:

• Palette 

• Mediums:  Only linseed oil or non solvent based mediums please.

• Board & tape if needed 

• An easel or table easel. 

• Plenty of kitchen roll or cotton rags for wiping brushes and palette.

• Covering for the table

• A bag for your used rags.

• A smooth flat palette for oils, a stay wet palette for acrylics– use a tea tray/piece of stiff cardboard covered with greaseproof paper if you don’t have a flat palette. 

• A palette knife

Brushes

A couple of small brushes suitable for your chosen medium – we will only make small colour studies/sketches so no need for loads of brushes.

What to paint on and what to prepare it with

Bring watercolour/acrylic paper if using either medium. If using oils for colour studies, bring some oil paper or small panels/canvas. If you only have larger panels you could divide them into smaller sections and use them for multiple studies.

Please note: we will make small colour studies in this workshop. You may choose to bring a large sheet of paper or a canvas panel to be divided into small section for individual studies, or you may bring a selection of small pieces, say up to 6 x 8” each. 

Reference photos 

Please bring several of your own reference images to work from.