Painting Expressive Flowers in Acrylic w/ Shirley Sakatani - July 18-19 / 11:00-5:00: All Levels
Painting Expressive Flowers in Acrylic w/ Shirley Sakatani - July 18-19 / 11:00-5:00: All Levels
Saturday - Sunday, July 18 - 19 / 11:00-5:00pm
All Levels Welcome!
Let artist and instructor Shirley Sakatani cheerfully guide you through painting gorgeous, large-scale flowers in her signature splashy, fresh style. Painting either vibrant tulips or dahlias, students will select from a variety of floral images that Shirley provides, with personalized instruction on creating beautiful color, rich texture, and strong design.
Perfect for all skill levels, this workshop explores essential techniques including color mixing, value, and composition. You’ll learn how to build luminous backgrounds while bringing bold, lifelike blooms to life.
Each student will leave with a finished painting to cherish.
More Information is below.
Location: Cole Art Studio, located on the lower level of Cole Gallery. 107 5th Ave S, Edmonds WA 98020
The workshop includes step by step demos and instruction, laying the groundwork to help each student create a successful painting of flowers, bright, exploding and full of movement! .
Supply List - Most supplies are available at Art Spot in downtown Edmonds for 10% off to all students!
Materials list for Shirley Sakatani Acrylic Workshop
A. PAINTS
Golden FLUID Acrylic paint (4 oz or larger)
1. Titanium White
2. Cadmium Yellow
3. Diarylide Yellow
4. Green Gold
5. Turquoise (Phthalo)
6. Alizarin Crimson Hue
7. Cadmium red
8. Pyrrole Orange
9. Quinacridone Magenta
10. Dioxazine purple
11. Carbon Black
Golden Tube acrylic (thick)
1. Titanium White
Liquitex Soft Body Acrylic (4 oz ok)
1. Cad (free) Yellow Light
B. BRUSHES :
“SOFT” Synthetic brushes - (Zen series or equivalent, we are using very soft brushes -
NOT COARSE)
Zen Series 43 Long Handle Flat Brush SIZE 12 Qty 2
Zen Series 43 Long Handle Flat brush SIZE 4 Qty 2
Zen Series 43 Long Handle Round Brush SIZE 2 Qty 2
Zen Series 93 (or any) Liner brush for signing or fine detail
Large Area Flat Brush Pack- SOFT NYLON- (includes a 2 and or 3 inch brush)
C. Palette knife: Metal with scooped neck easiest
D. Pallets or plates: TWO x 2 Pack Cooking Concepts 10 Inch White Microwaveable (or
more) They are cheap and I use them as covers to palette (I got them at Dollar Tree or
Amazon)
E. LAPTOP OR IPAD with charging cord
F. TOWELS etc. Old Towels (a must) : Bath and washcloth
G. CANVAS:
One stretched 20x20 canvas gesso primed (either gallery wrapped deep or regular)
H. Two large water containers (quart or larger)
I. EXTRAS: Pencils, Water Spray Bottle, metal sponge to clean plate, apron or paint clothes
