September Painting Workshop
This is a special workshop I’m offering here in Tucson Az in conjunction with the Tucson Desert Art Museum/4Corners Gallery.
Please join us for what will be an inspired and fun 2 days of painting, insights and camaraderie. You’ll definitely come away from this art soak with some fresh ideas and approaches.
https://tucsondart.org/events/
Reserve your spot now. Call or email us for info
Call 520-202-3888 Krista (tucsondart.org)
Call 520-370-0225 Greg
Greg Wallace Painting Workshop
“Catching the Light - Gestural painting strategies”
General Workshop Outline;
Planning for success
Picking your Key
The Power of Pre-sketching
Value
Line
Tangents
Composition,
Finding balance
Asymmetry is our friend
Odd numbers are dynamic
Simplification,
Reducing form - Less is more
Grouping to unify
Anticipation of staging
Painting
Gestural solutions
Painting, not a picture
Alla Prima
Impasto
Variation Variation Variation
Color considerations
Picking your palette
Under painting
Activation
Harmony
Suggested Reference materials;
Edgar Payne “Composition of Outdoor Painting”
Hawthorne “Hawthorne on Painting”
Johannes Itten “The Elements of Color”
Robert Henri “Art Spirit”
