This workshop is postponed for now. Please stay tuned for another offering by Laura Vahlberg at a later date. Thank you for your understanding.
If you look at a white wall in a dark room, is the color really white? In this weekend workshop we will talk about how to mix nameless colors (like a white wall in a dark room). In doing this we will also discuss value, temperature and hue and how they can work together to create a feeling like reality. For inspiration we will look at images from art history and to Charles Hawthorne’s revelatory book “Hawthorne on Painting.”
In addition to color mixing there will be a strong focus on composition. How does an artist assemble shapes and colors on a picture plane in a way that immediately intrigues the eye? We will practice techniques that can help to strengthen the artist’s compositional eye and then address how to tie together observation and abstraction.
