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"Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist.” P.Picasso.
The positive space refers to the area occupied by the subject, and the negative space is the area surrounding it. This unoccupied space plays an important role in defining the focal point, creating a sense of depth and dimension, and forming optical illusions.
When we paint white subjects in watercolor the interplay between positive and negative spaces is crucial: we leave some white areas, or we save the white of the paper but if we don’t think about the surrounding colors, all the white spaces will look meaningless or flat so my new workshop is focused on painting white flowers, white lace tablecloths and fabrics with their wrinkles and folds and a silver piece that will reflect all the white shapes.
Is it challenging? Yes, it will, but I will be able to clear a question asked a hundred times: how can we paint a white tablecloth with wrinkles, folds, etc? My answer is: let’s understand the negative painting principle first and then we will depict the amazing world of fabrics, tablecloths, laces, wrinkles, folds, and embroidery.
We will paint some new white flowers like the white trumpet and hellebore. I will use the flower demos to explain how to enhance the negative painting concept and draw attention to the white flowers.
The second demo will be a flower composition with a folded white fabric: I want to show how the light hits the fabric, the texture that will be created, and how we can suggest wrinkles on a white tablecloth, for example.
The last and main demo will be a lace tablecloth with a silver piece and some flowers. A white peony is included in this demo: the silver will reflect the surrounding area and we will talk about neutral reflections, the best neutral mixings and how to produce a dramatic silver reflection.
This workshop is about how to paint white shapes, flowers, negative work, composition, still life composition and arrangement, neutral mixings, the white shapes shadows, fabrics, tablecloths, lace, fabrics wrinkles and folds, and silver reflections.
The positive space refers to the area occupied by the subject, and the negative space is the area surrounding it. This unoccupied space plays an important role in defining the focal point, creating a sense of depth and dimension, and forming optical illusions.
When we paint white subjects in watercolor the interplay between positive and negative spaces is crucial: we leave some white areas, or we save the white of the paper but if we don’t think about the surrounding colors, all the white spaces will look meaningless or flat so my new workshop is focused on painting white flowers, white lace tablecloths and fabrics with their wrinkles and folds and a silver piece that will reflect all the white shapes.
Is it challenging? Yes, it will, but I will be able to clear a question asked a hundred times: how can we paint a white tablecloth with wrinkles, folds, etc? My answer is: let’s understand the negative painting principle first and then we will depict the amazing world of fabrics, tablecloths, laces, wrinkles, folds, and embroidery.
We will paint some new white flowers like the white trumpet and hellebore. I will use the flower demos to explain how to enhance the negative painting concept and draw attention to the white flowers.
The second demo will be a flower composition with a folded white fabric: I want to show how the light hits the fabric, the texture that will be created, and how we can suggest wrinkles on a white tablecloth, for example.
The last and main demo will be a lace tablecloth with a silver piece and some flowers. A white peony is included in this demo: the silver will reflect the surrounding area and we will talk about neutral reflections, the best neutral mixings and how to produce a dramatic silver reflection.
This workshop is about how to paint white shapes, flowers, negative work, composition, still life composition and arrangement, neutral mixings, the white shapes shadows, fabrics, tablecloths, lace, fabrics wrinkles and folds, and silver reflections.
Workshop Topics
a) Flowers and Foliage: Leaving Unpainted Areas.
DEMONSTRATIONS:
b) Fabrics, Lace Tablecloth and Silver Piece: How to Negative Paint a Still Life Composition:
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 March 4 to 7 (by morning). I will clear your questions and provide some feedback about your paintings on March 7 (the second session).
a) Flowers and Foliage: Leaving Unpainted Areas.
- The Flower Shape;
- Leaving The White Space;
- How to Plan Unpainted Areas;
- The Background and the Negative Space;
- Creating the Illusion of Depth.
DEMONSTRATIONS:
- White Flower 1;
- White Flower 2;
- Sketches About Negative Space.
b) Fabrics, Lace Tablecloth and Silver Piece: How to Negative Paint a Still Life Composition:
- Still Life: Compositional Choices;
- Shades of Gray: Colorful Neutral Mixings;
- Natural and Artificial Light: Mood and Focal Point;
- Perspective and Balance: Scale;
- Reflective Surfaces;
- Which Colors Can We Use for Silver?
- The Angle of the Reflection;
- Background Options;
- Negative and Positive Painting;
- Exploring Surfaces: Depth and Contrast;
- Draping and Folding Fabrics;
- Patterns and Visual Interest;
- Fabrics With Texture;
- Tablecloths and Texture;
- Lace and Embroidery;
- Less is More: The White Shapes.
DEMONSTRATIONS:
- White Flowers and White Fabrics;
- White Flowers, Lace Tablecloth and Silver.
This workshop is a two-day format: the second day will be a mentoring session. You can send one painting to my email from March 4 to 7 (by morning). I will clear your questions and provide some feedback about your paintings on March 7 (the second session).
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.
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.