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Limiting
and Expanding Your Palette
A
Lecture for Schools, Colleges, Art Clubs
Some
artists avoid fully understanding the qualities and properties of the
paints they use. Many more are becoming aware of the importance of
knowing all about the nature of the pigments on their palettes.
This lecture has been devised to benefit those who are
interested
in
gaining more knowledge about the performance of their paints.
Content:
The
performance and limitations of commonly used pigments
The
selection and use of pigments for a variety of palettes
Taking
the guesswork out of mixing
How
to pay more and spend less!
Objectives:
To enable participants to:
Purchase
paints with greater understanding
Reject
pigments of limited performance
Mix
pigments more skilfully
Recognise
the benefits of using reduced, limited and complete palettes
Use
paints and other materials safely
Who
for:
Beginners
who feel confused by conflicting advice and daunted by the vast array of
paints available. (One supplier offers a range of 780 artists’
quality watercolours, 557 artists’ quality oil paints and a
watercolour tin with a capacity for 48 paints.)
Improvers
who have found their feet but feel they would like to choose
pigments with more confidence and enjoy a greater scope in mixing.
Looking
at Paintings
These lectures are
aimed at developing an appreciation of paintings by looking at the use
artists make of colour to create the illusion of three dimensions, the
use of space and other compositional techniques as well as general
interest.
The PowerPoint
presentations are accompanied by images showing paintings by a variety
of artists and are given from an artist’s viewpoint.
Tone,
Temperature and Intensity
This lecture looks at
the way the great artists arranged colour and tone in their works.
Artists shown include:
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Boudin
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Corot
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Rembrandt
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Chardin
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Courbet
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Turner
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Claude
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Pissarro
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Van
Gogh
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Portraits,
Landscapes and Figures
Portraits spanning four centuries,
and landscape and figure painting across three centuries feature in this
series of slides. Artists shown include:
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Bazille
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Derain
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Rembrandt
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Titian
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Church
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de
Lempicka
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Reynolds
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Watts
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Constable
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Morisot
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Rubens
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Zorn
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Degas
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Paterson
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la
Thangue
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de
Zurbaran
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Society,
Seascapes and Saints
A celebration of secular, sacred and
commemorative works in a variety of figurative and fabulous styles.
Artists shown include:
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Bastien-Lepage
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Gainsborough
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Mauve
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van
Eyck
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Bradford
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Ingres
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Raphael
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Velazquez
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Cuyp
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Lavery
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Stokes
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Vermeer
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Durer
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Manet
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Stubbs
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Perspective
in Paintings
This series considers the early understanding of
perspective and its eventual application to built and natural
environments, to figures and to skies. Artists shown include:
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Canaletto
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Giacometti
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de Hooch
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van Ruisdael
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Constable
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Grimshaw
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Panini
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Tiepolo
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Delaunay
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Homer
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Pissarro
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Uccello
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Friedrich
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Lear
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Poussin
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Art of Oak 1
A rich mixture of landscapes, seascapes, portraits and interiors feature
in these British paintings from the mid 18th to mid 19th centuries.
Artists shown include:
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Bonington
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Gainsborough
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Moreland
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Wilkie
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Burne-Jones
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Hogarth
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Reynolds
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Constable
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Inchbold
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Stubbs
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Crome
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Leighton
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Turner
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Art
of Oak 2
Continuing the theme of paintings by British artists, this series shows
works from the mid 19th to mid 20th centuries. Artists shown
include:
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Bramley
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Fields
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Lowry
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Spencer
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Coldstream
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Grimshaw
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Millais
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Turner
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Dyce
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Hunt
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Orpen
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Waterhouse
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Etty
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Landseer
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Pasmore
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Wilkie
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Paintings of England
By popular request, another look at English artists and their paintings
featuring works from Hogarth to Lowry. Artists shown include:
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Bevan
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Hunt
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Palmer
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Turner
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Constable
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Augustus John
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Reynolds
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Morris
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Crome
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Lambert
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Stott
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Wadsworth
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Hogarth
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Lavery
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Stubbs
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Wilkie
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Not
the Golden Mean
The Golden Mean, or Golden
Section, has been a guiding compositional principle for artists for more
than two millennia. Here we see how more recent artists have used
other techniques to offer pleasing compositions. Artists shown
include:
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Andrews
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Clough
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McCulloch
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Sheeler
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Barnet
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Coldstream
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Mondrian
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Sowa
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Blake
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de Grey
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Nevinson
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Tissot
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Briscoe
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Hammershoi
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Power
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Waterhouse
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Buffet
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Lavery
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Sage
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Whistler
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Paintings
of France
The second half of the 19th
century marked an important and revolutionary period in the development
of art in France. Accompanied by examples of works from the 17th
and 20th centuries, this series covers paintings from the Barbizon
School, through the Impressionist to the Post Impressionist era.
Artists shown include:
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Bazille
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Daubigny
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Millet
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Sisley
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Cézanne
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Degas
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Monet
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Theodore Rousseau
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Claude
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Derain
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Pissarro
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Van Gogh
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Corot
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Manet
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Renoir
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Celebrating
Ordinary Life
This is a collection of
mainly 19th century English Genre paintings depicting scenes from the
daily lives of ordinary people. Artists shown include:
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Arnesby Brown
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Guthrie
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Small
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Walker
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Bastien-Lepage
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Mauve
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Lady Stanley
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Webster
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Clausen
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Moreland
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la Thangue
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Gore
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Parsons
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Tuke
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Paintings
of Russia
This stunning collection of
portraits, seascapes, landscapes and figures from 18th to 21st century
Russian painters contains images comparable to, or surpassing, the very
best of European works. Artists shown include:
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Aivazovsky
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Flavitsky
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Polenov
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Shishkin
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Arkhipov
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Kramskov
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Repin
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Tropinin
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Brullov
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Nitkin
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Serebryakova
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Desert
Island Paintings
I am often asked what my
favourite painting is and the answer is there is not just one.
This selection of slides is taken from some of my other lectures and
represents a collection from which I would choose eight to take with me
if I were to be stranded on a desert island. A sort of visual
Desert Island Discs! Artists shown include:
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Andrews
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Church
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van Gogh
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Sargent
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Bramley
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Courbet
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Guthrie
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Shishkin
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Broome
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Fergusson
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Kemp-Welch
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Stone
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Boudin
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Forbes
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Peploe
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Turner
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Cassatt
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Goeneutte
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Pissarro
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Paintings
of America 1
American painting shows the
influence of the Impressionists, the Pre-Raphaelites and Russian
artists. But there is also a distinct American style to
appreciate. Part 1 and part 2 take a broad view of the vast range
of traditional and contemporary talent from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Artists shown include:
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Alexander
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Bierstadt
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Cole
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Gonske
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Benson
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Brown
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Farny
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Grelle
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Beaux
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Cassatt
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Garber
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Harmon
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Bradford
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Church
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Gerhartz
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Paintings
of America 2
This is another selection of
paintings to enjoy by American artists. Artists shown include:
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Homer
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Knight
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Rockwell
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Sloan
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Hopper
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Metcalf
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Rose
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Spencer
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Inness
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Potthast
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Sargent
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Steele
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Johnson
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Richards
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Sheeler
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Whittredge
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The
Glasgow Boys and the Scottish Colourists
Following the great Scottish
Romantic painters, a diverse group known as The Glasgow Boys
revolutionised painting towards the end of the 19th Century. As
the group dispersed, four artists who were to become known as the
Scottish Colourists became their natural successors. Here we enjoy
their range of styles. Artists shown include:
The
Boys:
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Crawhall
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Henry
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Mann
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Paterson
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Dow
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Lavery
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Melville
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Stott
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Guthrie
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Macgregor
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Nairn
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Walton
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The
Colourists:
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Cadell |
Fergusson |
Hunter |
Peploe |
Paintings
in Hertfordshire
This lecture examines
examples of some of the many fine paintings held in public ownership in
Hertfordshire and aims to encourage you to explore and enjoy the works
with more knowledge and understanding. Artists shown include:
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Hales
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Moreland
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Sadee
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Whydale
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Kemp-Welch
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Ratcliffe
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Turner
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Still
Life in a New Light
Still life is a frequently
underrated genre, and yet commonplace things can be charged with energy
and great power. Here we see a mixture of imaginative and radical
arrangements employed by masters, contemporary painters and students
showing a stunning array of styles. Principal artists shown
include:
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Benson
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Cadell
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Gris
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Nash
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Bonnard
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Carra
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Heda
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van Gogh
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Brooker
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Cezanne
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Mondrian
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Vlaminck
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Buffet
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Chardin
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Morandi
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Toilers,
Tillers and Tailors
Artists from around the
world have found a rich vein of inspiration in people at work and this
series of slides looks at 19th and 20th century examples of the genre.
Some of the images will be well known, others less so. Artists
shown include:
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Ancher
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van Gogh
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Picasso
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Tissot
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Andrews
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Ginner
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Power
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Tschudi
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Baskakov
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Hopper
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Repin
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Wadsworth
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Bastien-Lepage
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Lavery
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Rivera
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Bellows
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Mundy
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Rockwell
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Garber
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Nevinson
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Sargent
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Moments
of Serenity and Song
A companion lecture to
Toilers, Tillers and Tailors, this lecture considers aspects of leisure,
reflection and relaxation. Artists shown include:
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Angers
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Fergusson
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Power
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Spencer
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Appleton
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Homer
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Renoir
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la Thangue
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Chase
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de Lempicka
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Rossetti
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Tissot
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Clausen
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Munnings
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Sargent
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Wright
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Corot
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Orpen
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Shagall
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Greenswards
and Flowerbeds
Formal, informal, public or
private. Grassy banks, flowering borders, wandering paths or leafy
trees. Lily ponds. Vegetable plots. Gardens are
a constant source of inspiration to painters and here we see their
results. Artists shown include:
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Allingham
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Elliott
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Manet
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Pissarro
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Benson
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van Gogh
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Monet
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Renoir
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Broome
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Graves
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Moran
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Rousseau
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Cezanne
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Hassam,
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Palmer
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Sargent
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Chase
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Lawson
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Parsons
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Shulz
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Clausen
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Levitan
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Peralta
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Stone
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An
Interesting Decade 1
The 1880s marked a shift in
attitudes not only towards paintings but also the painters that made
them. Young painters were suiting themselves as to what was to be
painted and how the paint was applied. Mature, considered styles
became intermingled with bold and vibrant spontaneity. Artists
shown include:
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Alma-Tadema
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Chase
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Herzog
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Steele
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Anquetin
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Curran
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Homer
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Toulouse-Lautrec
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Beraud
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Duveneck
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Lavery
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Vail
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Boudin
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Edelfelt
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Morrisot
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Watts
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Bridgeman
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Gauguin
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Pissarro
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Waterhouse
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Bunker
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van Gogh
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Sargent
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Cezanne
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Grimshaw
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Shishkin
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An Interesting Decade 2
Another look at
the 1880’s which saw a melting pot of styles, a search for new
standards and a move from complacency. Artists shown include:
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Adams
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Cassatt
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Grimshaw
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Simmons
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Aivazovsky
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Cezanne
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Hassam
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Tissot
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Bastien-Lepage
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Chase
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Homer
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Toulouse-Lautrec
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Blakelock
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Edelfelt
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Inness
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Ulrich
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Breck
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Fletcher
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Mosler
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Whittredge
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Breton
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Gauguin
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Renoir
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Wiles
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Brown
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van Gogh
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Sargent
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Heavy Work
and Light Duty
This lecture
considers an international selection of 19th, 20th and 21st century
artists who have portrayed rural, industrial and commercial workers
together with various crafts and skills. And artists’ models!
Artists shown include:
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Adams
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Fox
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Lound
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Ulrich
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Bastien-Lepage
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Gauguin
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Nomellini
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Watts
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Breton
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Harlamoff
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Olsson
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Wimbush
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Clausen
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Knight
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Petrala
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Zorn
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Dawson-Watson
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Larsen
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Schrader,
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Dufaux
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Leger
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Serov
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Eakins
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Liebermann
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Spencer
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Note:
These lectures are under constant review and are therefore subject to
minor variations in content.
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