Painting Animals From Life

Description - ALL INCLUSIVE This is an immersive workshop experience of inspiration in the surroundings, the landscape and the animals! Our emphasis will be on creating fine art from animal subjects. The best paintings are emotional and, seemingly impossibly, breathe life. The instructor uses basic principles through projects that emphasize value and color. Drawing is not onerous once you know how to see. Edges? They will come naturally. The reality is most artists paint animals from photos. The trick is in pairing life experience with it. Dogs are a convenient way to start in the studio but we will progress beyond those boundaries into nature, gathering color notes and observing the structure of whatever animals we find. We’ll be outside, gathering information while learning compositional techniques for adding animals to the landscape. Sheep and horses abound in the beautiful countryside of Yorkshire and the whole week will be about live animals. We always go back into the comfort of the studio to convert our studies and color notes into something that will be a useful tool beyond the workshop. Photos carry you just so far. Working from life does just that – puts life into your paintings. You will see in a whole new way. Instructor demos will take the mystery out of the process, and show how it’s simpler than you may think. Instructor Johanne Mangi is known for her ability to connect one on one with students. We talk, we paint, we learn. Come join us if you want to jump to the next level, whether for your own pleasure, a gallery or commission work. Check out the website for full details: https://masterworkshopsbyrosemaryandco.com/johanne-mangi