The 50 or painters who took part in Randy Hale’s interactive online painting yesterday were no doubt glad that they were painting in the warmth of their own homes, because the subject was a chilly scene featuring a roaring March wind and swirling snow.
After the session, as usual, some of the participants sent their paintings to our online gallery, where Randy gave them a free critique, And, as usual, I selected half a dozen of them, entirely at random, to give you a flavour of the session. (Montage above.) Our thanks to everyone who took part, to Randy for his enthusiastic teaching and to Lois for organizing and compering it all.
In the last of this season sessions, on 21 March, Mike Willdridge returns to the sunny Mediterranean seaside. His subject is two women lying under the shade of a beach umbrella and his theme is choosing what to leave out, to create a picture that is better composed and more interesting. That’s Mike’s practice painting above, called ‘A Ship on the Horizon’. It’s an uncluttered image, unlike the source photograph below.
When you register for Mike’s session you will be given access to a line drawing, which Mike would like you to tackle before the start of the session. Don’t bother with much else beyond the umbrella and the two women themselves: you can add other things, if you like, during the session.
Here are the details, and a link for registration.
Mike’s session is on Thursday 21 March
To register, please click here.
Start time: 6 pm Florence, Italy; 5 pm London, UK (Greenwich Mean Time); Noon from Maine to Florida, USA; 10 am in Denver (Mountain Time Zone) USA; 9 am from Los Angeles to Seattle, USA.
What you get on your Watermill online, interactive painting sessions:
Unlike many online painting tutors, Randy and Mike dol not expect you to ‘look over their shoulders’ for a long demonstration, and perhaps be allowed to ask the odd question or two. No, you will be painting along at more or less the same time, trying out, step-by-step what they have shown you. Our tutor will demonstrate a tip or technique for only a few minutes before you start painting the same subject at home. Then, after you have had your turn, they will move on to the next part of the process. Lois Breckon will be on hand to feed your questions. The session will last two or three hours.
When you have registered, you will be provided with two links. The first is the Zoom link for you to join the session. Please double check the start time in your own time zone.
The second link is where you can download a source photograph of the scene that your tutor has chosen for you, his practice painting to show you where you are heading, a simple line drawing, and a list of materials (including paper, paint and brushes) that he suggests you may need for the session.
After the event, you are invited to add your painting to an online gallery and to view paintings by fellow students. Randy will give a short critique of every painting that is posted within seven days of the end of the session. We will also send you a link to an edited video within 48 hours of the end of the session, that will enable to you revisit the tutor’s step-by-step teaching.