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Egg Tempera Masterclass
The workshop affords the opportunity to prepare colours with binders using raw materials and will focus on the following areas:
Preparation of wooden panels with gesso, including preparation of gold leaf and gilding grounds. Underpainting / drawing onto gesso panels - transcriptions from Crivelli paintings in Monte San Martino. Exploration of the properties of historical pigments as found in early Italian painting. Preparation of pigments into egg yolk and other binding systems.
Painting from Landscape: Oils
Hand preparation of historic and modern colours for oil painting. Hand preparation of a number of paint mediums. Preparation of painting grounds.
Painting from Landscape: Historic Watercolour Palette
The Sibillini mountains were often included in Grand Tours of Italy during the 1700s and 1800s. During this period artists made sketches on site, to be worked up into complete paintings at home in the studio.
The historic watercolour workshop affords participants the opportunity to prepare their own paints by hand, using antique pigments, according to the palette of early English watercolour painters such as Turner, Towne and Ruskin.
Many of these colours are derived from plant, animal and earth sources, along with early manufactured pigments such as prussian blue, zinc white and cobalt blue. During the workshop, we will prepare a full palette of colours, for outdoor use.The workshop will consider different types of brushes and watercolour painting mediums.
The types of paper available to the early watercolour artists tended to be based on flax rather than cotton fibres, providing a thinner, yet more robust paper sheet. A selection of similar modern papers will be available for experimentation and use. Le Marche is renowned for its historic paper mills, thanks to its clear mountain rivers which flow through classic limestone valleys. A visit to local papermaker Natan Kaaren can be arranged to look at traditional paper-making techniques..
The workshop will include time for painting at a number of interesting locations.
Painting from Landscape: Making and Using Soft Pastels
Hand preparation of soft pastels using dry pigments and various binding agents. Preparation of paper supports using raw materials. Fixative-free system for finished pastel paintings. Opportunity to paint at a number of locations with our hand-made pastels.
Painting from Landscape: Making and Using Gouache
Hand preparation of gouache paint pastes using a variety of binders. Preparation of paper supports with special priming for gouache. Opportunity to make paintings at a number of locations in the area.
Encaustic Painting
Hand preparation of encaustic colours, using pigment, beeswax and damar resin Preparation of painting supports for encaustic. Opportunity to make paintings using encaustic techniques.
Making Colour from Plants and Rocks
Preparation of pigment from local earth deposits.
Preparation of pigment from local plants, including
the making of indigo from woad Preparation of
binding agents from local materials: almond gum,
cherry gum, lavender oil, beeswax.
Preparing Resins and Colours for Violin Varnishes
A special workshop for violin-makers, to include the preparation of various resins, oils and pigments for use in instrument varnishing.
Fresco
Preparation of supports for fresco (small, portable plaster tablets) Preparation of pigments for use in lime-fresco technique Visits to important fresco sites in le Marche, to include the fresco cycle at the Church of San Nicola in Tolentino.
Colour Swatch Making for Textile and Interior Designers
Preparation of pigments into various binding agents (e.g. casein, lime-casein, glue, acrylic dispersion). Colour-mixing and colour-swatch making to suit specific needs. Colour-mixing with white pigments.
Paper-Making with Plant Fibres
Natan Kaaren is a paper-maker with over 25 years experience of hand-made paper.The workshop will provide the opportunity to hand-prepare paper using a selection of plant fibres.
The Tutor
Pip Seymour is a painter, who has also written a number of books on painting materials and techniques, including "The Artist's Handbook", "Paint Theory, Paint Practice", "A Short Book About Oil Painting" and "Watercolour Painting". He lectures on painting materials and techniques at a number of institutions, including Camberwell University of the Arts, London, the Prince's Drawing Studio, London, The Lakeland Arts Trust, Kendal, The Colour Museum, Bradford.
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