Details for "Studies to Paintings with Colour and Light with Andrew McDermott"

Studies to Paintings with Colour and Light 

A two day workshop - Acrylic and Pastel 

Instructor: Andrew McDermott, SFCA

Date: Sunday, September 23 and Monday, September 24, 2018

Time: 9:30 am to 4:30 pm 

Location: At Rotary Centre for the Arts

Cost: FCA-COC Members - $250, Non-members - $275 

Learn to use color studies to your advantage and to develop and enhance your paintings. Painting loosely and using color effectively, we will paint strong dynamic paintings. Learning a few tricks to aid in your decision-making is part of the building of a painting, whether using limited color choices from transparent to opaque or by building layers of color.  

Andrew will demonstrate some samples of quick studies in pastels and acrylics, and will show how to develop further into finished paintings in acrylics.  

Acrylic/Pastel TECHNIQUES (2 days)  

Day 1. Pastels 

MORNING 

-          Intro talk and demonstration

-          Pastel Quick Sketches, learn the importance of values and edges 

-          Working on a mid tone surface  

AFTERNOON 

-Working dark to light, the importance of layering with color.  

Day 2. Acrylics 

MORNING 

-          A painterly approach with B&W Acrylic color for studies, Acrylic media (surfaces and mediums) 

-          Painting with limited color transparent to opaque  

AFTERNOON 

-          Color with water based media; dry-brushing and scumbling 

-          Color surprises (warm vs cool) 

-          Finishing a painting (detailing, focal points and areas of interest) 

-         Final review 

Supply List. 

Andrew McDermott IAPS/MC,SFCA,PSC

“It is better to paint for one minute a day than to think about it for 24 hours a day; one learns more in that one minute than in thinking about it for 24 hours.”

Andrew is the past President and a senior member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. Andrew was born in Bolton, England and moved to Canada at a young age. 

Upon College graduation in Graphic Design and Illustration, he studied and further refined his own unique style, winning top awards in both Canada and the US.  His most recent is the Master Circle Medallion for the International Association of Pastel Societies, presented in New Mexico in 2013. 

Having many published articles, included The Artist magazine 25 under 40.  Andrew has also had full feature articles in top art magazines such as International Artist, The Artist UK, Magazin'art, and the Pastel Journal. 

Andrew is a popular workshop Instructor and gives demos and lessons at many educational facilities, he is a life/figure drawing Instructor for the Illustration department at Capilano University, Langara College, and for the 3D Animation department at the Vancouver Film school. 

• Signature Member, Pastel Society of Canada
• Past president FCA board chair, senior member, and instructor, Federation of Canadian Artists www.artists.ca 
• Pastel Society of the West Coast 

http://www.mcdermott-art.com/

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