Painting Outdoors Workshop with Plein Air Artist Iona Molleson 
Sat 17th May 10am to 4pm based in Studio 3 at Poldrate

This painting workshop is for those who are curious about plein air painting and are keen to give it a try or develop their own painting skills further in this way. By exploring the fun and challenges painting outdoors brings in a supportive session, led by plein air painter Iona Molleson, participants will discover the rewards of painting on location and will hopefully feel equiped to get outdoors to sketch or paint more often with their own field easel and paints.

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This workshop will take place along the River Tyne, within 10 minute walking distance of Poldrate Arts and Crafts Centre but will begin and end in Studio 3 of PACC. Demonstrations will be provided at the start and tuition throughout the day as your plein air painting/s develop.

Students will need to bring their own materials/equipment in a small rucksack and a folding chair or stool plus a packed lunch/bottled water. Tea and coffee making is provided in the Studio.

List of Matetials and Equipment to bring on the day.

Small sketchbook and sketching material such as a pencil or charcoal.

Field Easel or Box Easel-otherwise you can sit and hold your canvas.

Primed Canvas, Gessoed Primed Board or Canvas Board-ideally a few sizes to choose from

Set of either acrylic or oil paint tubes- at a minimum- titanium white and the primary colours of cadmium yellow, cadmium red, cobalt blue as well as burnt sienna or transparent red oxide (if using oil) for ground colours will do. Below is a list of colours I use outdoors.

Titanium White
Cadmium Yellow
Cadmium Lemon Yellow
Naples Yellow-very handy
Yellow Ochre-very useful
Cadmium Blue
Cerulean Blue-very useful
Prussian Blue
King’s Blue
Ultramarine
Raw Umber-very good for making darks
Burnt Umber
Viridian Green
Bright green lake
Cadmium Red
Alizarin Crimson-very useful
Permanent Rose
Magenta
Phthalo blue
King’s blue
Ultramarine
Burnt Sienna-good for ground colour and under-painting
Manganese violet
Transparent red oxide-good for ground colour
Transparent maroon

NB this is really a wishlist as you can make most colours with the primaries but  it can be fun to buy just a couple more colours you like the look of from the list above.

Range of synthetic Acrylic or Oil Brushes.
(You could treat yourself to two Rosemary Brushes Long Ivory Synthetic Flats in size 4, 6, 8 or 10 which are very useful to the plein air painter.)

Bottle of Zest-it which is solvent free (or paint thinner for oils only)
Liquin (aids flow and quicker drying plus adds gloss to oil paints only)
Cotton Rag or two. (Old T-Shirt or Pillow Slip cut up. )
Palette or tear off pallete pad
Jar with lid
Single artist’s dipper (or double to clip onto palette for thinner and liquin)
Apron/overall
Sun Hat!

For the complete beginner, I will be able to lend basic materials/equipment. Please email info@thepacc.org.uk in advance.