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Is it difficult for you to keep white space untouched in your watercolor paintings?
Have you ever worked with a limited palette?
Yes, losing the paper's white and over-mixing too many pigments can be a nightmare for watercolor artists. My new workshop centers on successfully preserving unpainted areas and working with a limited palette to create an amazing harmony in your painting.
Next, let's consider an essential question: how can we paint white shapes in watercolor?
There are two main approaches: either work around the shape using background colors and add subtle shadows to the object itself, or quickly lift out pigment to recover the paper's white. In both, controlling the transition from foreground to background for soft, diffused edges is essential.
During this workshop, I will limit my palette to 6-7 colors and aim to create as many color combinations as possible.
The first demonstration will feature a single white flower, using a value scale. We will explore adding different shades of white to create luminous highlights and subtle shadows. For this subject, either a white daffodil (a symbol of spring) or a white water lily will be painted.
Lighthouses symbolize a light in the darkness, showing the way, so the second and main demo will focus on painting a white lighthouse. Using the background as negative space, we will shape the white lighthouse to create a high-contrast, dramatic, and moody effect.
The third demonstration will feature a white boat reflection, inspired by a reference from Hobart Port (Tasmania). This exercise will show how to simplify the background to define the white boat's form.
The fourth demonstration will focus on a white building with architectural elements, greenery, and flowers. We will learn how to paint believable shadows on a white wall, choose and mix colors correctly, and use the right water-to-pigment ratio.
This is a brand-new workshop focused on working with a limited palette, preserving the paper white, painting white shapes, using lifting techniques, and working with negative space to suggest light and shadow.
Have you ever worked with a limited palette?
Yes, losing the paper's white and over-mixing too many pigments can be a nightmare for watercolor artists. My new workshop centers on successfully preserving unpainted areas and working with a limited palette to create an amazing harmony in your painting.
Next, let's consider an essential question: how can we paint white shapes in watercolor?
There are two main approaches: either work around the shape using background colors and add subtle shadows to the object itself, or quickly lift out pigment to recover the paper's white. In both, controlling the transition from foreground to background for soft, diffused edges is essential.
During this workshop, I will limit my palette to 6-7 colors and aim to create as many color combinations as possible.
The first demonstration will feature a single white flower, using a value scale. We will explore adding different shades of white to create luminous highlights and subtle shadows. For this subject, either a white daffodil (a symbol of spring) or a white water lily will be painted.
Lighthouses symbolize a light in the darkness, showing the way, so the second and main demo will focus on painting a white lighthouse. Using the background as negative space, we will shape the white lighthouse to create a high-contrast, dramatic, and moody effect.
The third demonstration will feature a white boat reflection, inspired by a reference from Hobart Port (Tasmania). This exercise will show how to simplify the background to define the white boat's form.
The fourth demonstration will focus on a white building with architectural elements, greenery, and flowers. We will learn how to paint believable shadows on a white wall, choose and mix colors correctly, and use the right water-to-pigment ratio.
This is a brand-new workshop focused on working with a limited palette, preserving the paper white, painting white shapes, using lifting techniques, and working with negative space to suggest light and shadow.
Photos are for illustration only.
Workshop Topics:
a) Before We Go Too Far, Let’s Understand Color Mixing a Little Better:
DEMONSTRATIONS:
b) Lifting Out and White Rescue:
DEMONSTRATIONS:
This workshop is a two-day format: the second day will be a mentoring session. You can send one painting to my email from February 24 (by morning) to 27. I will address your questions and provide feedback on your paintings on February 27 (the second session).
a) Before We Go Too Far, Let’s Understand Color Mixing a Little Better:
- The Power of Three;
- Primary Variations;
- Split Primaries;
- What’s a Limited Palette?
- Brush Strokes Patterns;
- The Thirsty Brush;
- Brush Stroke and Lifting Out;
- Water and Pigment;
- Living Neutral Mixings for White;
- Learning to Emphasize Light;
- The Raw White and the Mid-Tones;
- Brush Strokes Patterns.
DEMONSTRATIONS:
- Color Charts, Limited Palette.
- White Flower (Daffodil or Water Lily) plus Flower Sketches.
b) Lifting Out and White Rescue:
- Timing the Lift;
- Avoiding Muddy Mixings;
- Staining Pigments;
- Edges Control;
- Bridges from Background To Foreground;
- Creating Texture and Volume;
- Shades of White;
- The Power of Enough;
- Negative Painting: Principles;
- Embracing the Bleed;
- When Let the Water Lead;
- Lighthouses, Sky, and Sea;
- Boats and Reflections;
- Buildings and Shadows: Capturing White Shapes.
DEMONSTRATIONS:
- The White Lighthouse (main demo) plus Lighthouses Sketches.
- The White Boat in Hobart.
- The White Building in France.
This workshop is a two-day format: the second day will be a mentoring session. You can send one painting to my email from February 24 (by morning) to 27. I will address your questions and provide feedback on your paintings on February 27 (the second session).
Photos are for illustration only.
WORKSHOP BENEFITS:
- A limited number of participants: you can interact with me and ask your questions.
- 100% live and interactive like my in-person workshops.
- Q&A will be available after each demo: my 20 years of experience as a painting tutor will help you to reach your goals as an artist.
- Five days before the workshop you will receive my list of materials (colors, paints, brands, brushes, watercolor paper suggestions, and many photos/references).
- All workshop demos and sketch photos will be sent out to you after the workshop within five days.
- The second session is a live critique/mentoring session: I will provide some feedback about your paintings. I will also clear your questions and repeat, if necessary, a few things explained in the first session.
- The demonstrations will be uploaded to my Youtube Channel. You will receive a private Youtube link and this link will be active for a limited time so you can watch the demos as many times as you want.
Photos are for illustration only.
Registration: via Paypal
After your registration, a follow-up email will be sent to you within 48 hours with additional orientation for this workshop.
Please, note that a free zoom account is necessary to join Fabio Cembranelli's workshop.
Cancellation Policy:
If you withdraw from the workshop 7 (seven) days before the first session and ask for a refund, a 60% refund will be issued. No refunds can be given for withdrawals made within 7 days of the first session.
If you withdraw from the workshop 7 (seven) days before the first session and decide to attend a future workshop, your payment can be fully transferred to one of my future workshops. You just need to email me and ask for a payment transfer.
After your registration, a follow-up email will be sent to you within 48 hours with additional orientation for this workshop.
Please, note that a free zoom account is necessary to join Fabio Cembranelli's workshop.
Cancellation Policy:
If you withdraw from the workshop 7 (seven) days before the first session and ask for a refund, a 60% refund will be issued. No refunds can be given for withdrawals made within 7 days of the first session.
If you withdraw from the workshop 7 (seven) days before the first session and decide to attend a future workshop, your payment can be fully transferred to one of my future workshops. You just need to email me and ask for a payment transfer.
Photos are for illustration only.
Photos are for illustration only.