About this Event
There is a limit of 12 participants, so register now to save your seat!
Kathy McKnight grew up in the beautiful natural surroundings of Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast. Her experiences in the outdoors inspired a lifelong immersion in landscape photography that led her to painting. Through painting, she found a visual language that was slower and deeper that allowed her to express her connection with nature in a new way.
Kathy’s style is abstract impressionism using oil mixed with cold wax medium for the unique effects it creates. She develops her paintings intuitively, with multiple layers utilizing the translucency of the oil & wax mixture. This style of painting brings complexity and depth to the work with visual and physical textures that she finds reminiscent of the natural world.
Kathy’s paintings have sold throughout the US & Canada and her work has been part of numerous juried shows from which she has received multiple awards.
In this one-day hands-on class Kathy will demonstrate the tools, and various techniques including solvent reduction and glazing, while you work along throughout the day in stages using the same materials and tools. You’ll leave the day with your own painting and an understanding of why cold wax medium is popular with so many artists. Painters of all levels, from beginners to advanced welcome!
Cost:
$165, with a 10% discount for GPAG Members
The following supplies will be provided by Kathy for all participants:
Support boards to paint on
Palette Knives
Mark making tools
Oil Paper & other papers for studies
Wax & tissue paper
Nitrile Gloves
Supplies to bring:
4” & 6” Squeegee and a 4” Brayer (purchase online from the Cold Wax Academy: https://coldwaxacademy.com/shop/)
Oil colours: Titanium white, Ultramarine Blue, Viridian Green or phthalo green, quinacridone red, Lemon yellow, Yellow ochre.
Cold Wax Medium- 4 to 8 oz
Gamsol (odourless mineral spirits) PLEASE NO OTHER MINERAL SPIRITS - even the natural ones as they have a very strong smell.
Art tape
Paper towels & a rag
Nitrile gloves (do not buy Vinyl)
Cheese cloth
A smock or painters clothes
lunch - we will break for about 30 minutes
Optional item: favourite palette knives
If you need to shop for supplies, a reminder that GPAG Members get a 15% discount at our local art supplies shop The Painted Lady Art Supplies in Gibsons!
If you'd prefer to use Kathy's supplies rather than buying your own, the following supplies are available to use for $40, payable directly to Kathy at the beginning of the workshop.
- Cold Wax custom tools to use for the day - Cold Wax Academy Squeegees & Brayers
- Oil Paint
- Cold Wax Medium
- Gamsol
- Wax & Tissue paper
- Paper towels
- Art Tape
- Rymple Cloth (a type of cheese cloth)
Event venue & nearby stays
Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 431 Marine Drive, Gibsons, Canada
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