Details for "Cherry Blossoms, an Acrylic Paint-Along with Ceci Lam"
Dates: Sun Mar 2 (1 day)
Times: 9:30 am to 4 pm
Location: Gallery 1710 at 1710 56th Street, Tsawwassen, BC
Please arrive 15 min early to get settled in.
Coffee, tea and snacks will be served. There will be 1/2 hour for lunch and you are responsible for bringing your own. Please arrive 20 minutes early to get settled in.
Level of Difficulty: This workshop is open to all levels, beginner, intermediate or advanced
Media: Arcylic
Workshop Description: This paint-along class is ideal for beginners who want to try acrylics and have step-by-step guidance, as well as anyone who just wants an enjoyable day painting along with clear instructions while learning some acrylic techniques. You will do an underpainting, glazing, layering, and negative painting. This is an impressionistic approach and you will get lots of technical tips along the way.
Supplies:
Acrylic paint colours:
- Medium/heavy body vs. fluid: Quin. Magenta (OR Quin. Red, or Alizarin Crimson - but the Quin Magenta makes the nicest pinks!)
- Titanium White
- Ultramarine Blue
- Transparent Oxide Red or Transparent Oxide Brown...or any brown if you don't have either - we can make it work
- Black (we use very little of this and I will bring some to share if you do not have it already.
NOTE ON PAINT BRANDS: 'Professional' brands such as Liquitex or Golden are lovely, BUT if you are just starting out and have a limited budget, Liquitex Basics or Amsterdam will be fine (Liquitex Basics preferred). Kroma Paints are very good and made here in Vancouver. The store is on Granville Island. Another good Canadian choice is "Tri-Art" acrylics - available at Deserres.
Other supplies:
- Acrylic medium (regular fluid - NOT 'Open", and not a gel)
- Brushes - bring what you have. I use flats, but rounds or filberts will work. I will bring 'extras', so don't feel you have to buy any!
- Palette - I use a wet palette, but palette paper will work. Bring a spray bottle to spritz your paints if not using a wet palette.
- Painting support - you can use a canvas panel, or stretched canvas, or mounted canvas /acrylic paper. Not bigger than 16 x 20. If you are a fast painter, bring a second smaller (8 x 10 or 9 x 12) canvas as I will have another cherry blossom option.
- Pencil
- Water bucket
- Paper towel or cloth rags
- A palette knife for mixing your paints
If you have any questions, please email Ceci at cecilam @telus.net.
About the Instructor: Ceci Lam
Ceci has been creating and making art for as long as she can remember. She has diverse creative interests and has taught acrylic, oil and mixed media painting, cloth doll making, quilting, textile dyeing, block printing, and soft sculpture. She was a stained glass instructor for the Vancouver School Board Continuing Education for a number of years, and has participated in many juried craft exhibitions and sales.
Her personal passion is painting, primarily in oils, and she has a self-described “love affair with colour”. Her work is held in personal and corporate collections in Canada, the USA, the United Kingdom, France, and Japan.
If you have any questions, send an email to education@southdeltaartistsguild.com.
Cost & Status
- CAN$80.00
- CAN$68.00 with Member Workshop 15% Discount