SPRING Term week 3
Date: 28th & 29th January
Tutor: Rob
Harbour House : Art Studio
Free Painting
what to bring
Your usual painting materials and your current project.
THIS Week:
This week you will be working on your own paintings.
colour of the Week
Looking at the different ‘colours’ of Payne’s grey indicated on the Jacksons colour charts, you might be tempted to think that, as with ultramarine, in reality the paints produced by different manufacturers are much more similar in reality. This is NOT so with Payne’s grey! If some of you have Payne’s grey in your kit you might like to try comparing them in class.
Payne’s grey
William Payne was born in Exeter in 1760. Little is known about his life, except that he invented the colour we now know as Payne’s grey. He was very proud of this mixture of Prussian blue, yellow ochre and crimson lake, proud enough to make sure his name stuck to it!
The colour is known for its usefulness in depicting atmospheric perspective; the further away things are the bluer and paler they appear. this effect is caused by dust, pollution and water droplets in the air. Little wonder that it was an artist from Devon that came up with this mix!
‘homework’ challenge
This week give yourself permission to spend some time playing with paint.
Practise making the colours you need for your current project from scratch, repeating the same mixes and attempting to repeat both the colours and the tones.
Use the paint that has dried in your palette on the way home from class to practise some mark-making, knowing you can remix the colours you need for class next week :)
Quote of the week
“Play becomes joy, joy becomes work, work becomes play.”
Johannes Itten
ArTIST of the week
‘Ivybridge’. William Payne Watercolour
William Payne
Born in Devon Payne was a contemporary of Joshua Reynolds, Constable and Turner. It was said that Reynolds greatly admired Payne’s work.
His methods were regarded as tricky by the old-fashioned practitioners of the day. but he did advance the techniques of watercolour painting, and was one of the first 'draughtsmen' to abandon mere topography for a more poetical treatment of landscape scenery. this can be seen in his painting of Ivybridge ; he has used artistic licence in placing The London Inn !
Although little is known about him it seems fairly certain that he was known in London, and was in great demand as a tutor
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