WORKSHOP CANCELLED
Title: Still Life Oil Painting Workshop
with prominent artist Kerri Kerley
*Suitable for beginner, intermediate, advanced
Facilitator – Kerri Kerley
Venue – Tanilba Foreshore Hall, Tanilba Avenue, Tanilba Bay
When – Saturday 3 April 9:30am – 4:00pm
Cost -$100 per day
For more information, please visit Kerri’s social media pages. Bookings can be made at the gallery or via Eventbrite using the following link:
Facebook – Kerri Kerley Art
Instagram – @kerrikerleyart
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Brief Description of the Workshop
I will begin by explaining some basic rules and hacks that I have picked up over the years and passing them on - including the use of colour, restraint, and some technique. I will also cover:
Composition and the importance of scale and placement;
Roughing in a painting using grisaille technique;
Using colour and brushstrokes to communicate mood and depth.
Requirements: Could participants please bring:
Quality oil paints - include primary colours as well as some interesting colours + white, oil paint palette, brushes of various sizes and shape, large and small, linseed oil in a small jar, rags for wiping brushes, small easel, manageable canvas or other stable painting surface and odourless mineral spirits.
Your own lunch, water bottle and other refreshments if required.
Supplied by me:
Subject matter for still life study.
About Kerri
After completing a Graphic Design Course at Randwick TAFE, at 18, my first job was as an artist’s assistant to Ken Done; fast forward 37 years, with a 20 year career in advertising as a graphic designer and illustrator and with my children now grown, I made the decision to take up painting full time 8 years ago, 5 of those spent living and immersing myself in the Sydney art scene. I now paint from my home studio on the NSW Central Coast. My current still life works are inspired by romantic notions, poetry, music, my organic garden, lost and found treasures, storytelling, texture, pattern, glass and metallic objects. An intuitive painter and mostly self-taught, working across mediums of watercolour, gouache and oils, and with a strong foundation in drawing, my paintings are loose with bold marks and broad brush strokes, creating a seemingly detailed rendering. Some marks appear unfinished; however, these add to the importance of the composition and are thoughtfully left.
Great artists that inspire me include Margaret Woodward, Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard and Matisse. I have travelled Australia extensively and continue exploring and gathering material and inspiration, reflected in my work. I have exhibited in a number of solo and group exhibitions. My work can be found in public and private collections both internationally and nationally.
