2023 Workshops
Speed Painting:
Freeing your Approach
Instructor:
Abby Brown
Saturday, May 6th
11am-2pm
This workshop is designed to help students to disinhibit their approach to painting. Often, the more time we have to work on a painting, the more we can fall into perfectionistic tendencies, which can block us creatively. By setting time limits to painting during this workshop, you will be challenged to ignore the details and not stress about small “imperfections”. Instead, this approach will require you to prioritize and focus on the essence of your subject matter, focusing on the big picture and the most important parts of your composition, while letting the rest remain minimalist and gestural.
Often, this time restriction can lead to some of the most expressive and confident paintings, with bold brush strokes and creative experimentation. Not only are the results of speed paintings often valuable in their own right, but this is also excellent practice for the first layers of a more developed painting, as an overly careful and precise underpainting can actually inhibit more expressive and free approaches as the painting develops.
In this workshop, we will complete a number of quick paintings, ranging in time from 5 to 45 minutes in length. We will also experiment with various surfaces and materials, from cardboard to unstretched canvas. We will mostly use acrylic paint for these paintings, as it will be easier to work with than oil paints with the short time-frame for each painting.
There will be demonstrations and one-on-one feedback from the instructor throughout the workshop.
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When: Saturday May 6th, from 11am-2pm
Where: AB Art Studios, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Vienna
Price: €45 + €15 materials fee, €60 total
