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9:30am to 4:00pm

Morning Tea Included - BYO MUG

Kate has a background in science and a PhD in chemistry; she moved from the UK to Australia in 1999.  Kate’s over whelming connection to the Australian landscape inspired her to start painting and in2016 she became a fulltime professional artist.  Kate paints predominately landscapes in acrylics, but also paints portraits and has received some recognition as a finalist in both the Portia Geach Memorial award and the Archibald prize.  Kate shows her work with a number of galleries, via online gallery Bluethumb and has a website and Artwork Archive presence.  She recently won the People’s Choice Award in the 2023 Bluethumb Art Prize.

Kate’s art practice explores the play of light and colour using a mixture of simplicity and complexity in her works. Her process typically involves starting with broad, loose strokes in transparent paints, followed by more intuitive detailed work in more opaque paints focused on the negative space to bring the painting together.

Kate lives and works in the Northern Beaches suburb of Killarney Heights.

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Materials List – NB.  Others will share, if you don’t have all the colours!

Surface:

·          Either Plywood or very smooth Canvas (Gessoed)

·          Square – 20 x 20cm or 30 x 30 cm

Brushes (bring a wide range of sizes):

·          Flat brushes  - Very  wide (eg 40mm+) to small  

·          Round brushes – Medium (eg size 8 or 10) to Very Small (eg  size 00)

Misc:

·          Palette

·          Water container

·          Rags or Paper Towels

·          Table Easel

·          Apron

·          Gloves (optional)

Colours  - Transparent or Near Transparent:

(preferably Golden or Derivan  Matisse)

·          Australian Sienna

·          Australian Yellow Green

·          Ultramarine Blue

·          Australian Red Violet

·          Australian Olive Green

·          Paynes Grey

·          Phthalo Blue

·          Nickel Azo Gold

·          Cadmium Red

·          Magenta

Colours - Opaque:

·          Titanium White

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9:30am to 4:00pm

Morning Tea Included - BYO MUG

Growing up surrounded by the Australian bush is what inspires Mignon to create the vibrant colour and subtle textures onto canvas, paper and board. She  works mainly with acrylics setting up still life subjects of flowers, fruits and colourful drapes. She also explores other mediums such as watercolour, fresco painting, print making and gilding.  Working with different mediums allows Mignon to be expressive in a different way.

During her career in the arts Mignon has remained a prolific artist, submitting work for mass media publications, teaching and conducting workshops at well established schools of art.  Her work is not limited to one style, rather a unique and diverse ride through many different styles and techniques.  Her love of flowers, the figure and birds are reflected in the work she presents. Inspired by nature her passion is colour and texture and her work continues to evolve and engage the viewer with new images.

Mignon has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions and is represented byvarious galleries and private collections both here and overseas.  You can check out more of her works on her website www.mignonparker.com
or on Instagram at mignonparkerart.

In this workshop you will have fun learning a fast way to paint blue hydrangea and black and white stripes onto a black primed canvas.  If you are a fast worker you may wish to bring a second canvas and try a different colour way.

Materials List

Canvas:

·     Stretched  Canvas – 60 x 50cm

Please  pre-prepare you canvas with EITHER – Black  Gesso, Black Background Paint or Black Acrylic

Brushes:  

·    Bristle  or Nylon Flat – Sizes 0, 2, 6, 8

(Mignon uses Art Basic brushes)

Drawing Implement:

·      White  Chalk or Pastel Pencil

Colours:

·     Ultramarine  Blue

·     Cobalt  Blue or Phthalo Blue

·     Hookers  Green or Australian Leaf Green

·     Cadmium  Yellow Medium

·    Lemon Yellow

·     Burnt  Sienna

·     Dioxazine  Purple or Magenta

·     Alizarin  Crimson

·     White

·     Black

‍Misc.:

·     1 x  Green Apple

·     Cloths  or Rags

·     Palette  – can be disposable

·     Water  Container

·     Note  Pad and Pencil

·     Apron

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