Flowers! with Bairbre Duggan at the Schoolhouse for Art

Mon, 14 Apr, 2025 at 10:00 am UTC+01:00

The Square, Enniskerry , Enniskerry, Ireland 00 | Bray

Schoolhouse for Art
Publisher/HostSchoolhouse for Art
Flowers! with Bairbre Duggan at the Schoolhouse for Art
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ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP
What better way to celebrate spring than by immersing yourself in the colour of flowers! During this spring course, we’ll explore the how to use flowers as a main subject in your painting. Painters have painted flowers for centuries, from Manet’s late floral still lives to Alex Katz’s large scale stylised works, and we will explore the different ways a painter can approach this wonderful subject.
Starting with small, simple setups and studies we’ll explore overall composition, tonal composition, colour relationships, and an alla prima painterly approach. As the week goes on you will have the possibility to expand onto a larger format and explore your own personal vision. Emphasis will be on a direct approach, using large brushes, but with a focus on the essential preparatory work. You will be encouraged to find a personal response to the subject of flowers, from a contemporary standpoint.
During this workshop we will;
· Look at how flowers as a subject have been handled by different artists throughout art history.
· Learn how to begin to translate colour effectively.
· Look at composition with highly coloured still life subjects.
· Explore colour theory and colour mixing.
· Focus on looking abstractly.
· Build images, from the general to the specific, using big brushes.
Participants will be required to bring their own flowers and vases. Weather permitting some work might also be done outside.
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The Square, Enniskerry , Enniskerry, Ireland 00, Enniskerry Village Store, The Square, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland,Enniskerry

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