Captivating Waterscapes In Oil: Reflections and Transparency
w/ Mike Wise
Date/Time: Friday - Sunday | Feb 21-23 | 10:00 am-5:00 pm
Cost: $395
Registration: Call in, come in, or register online. 425.697.2787
Location: Mike Wise’s studio in Coupeville, Washington
(address will be supplied to students upon registration)
Description:
Landscapes come alive when water is introduced into the scene. Master of waterscapes, Mike Wise will teach you how to paint transparency and vivid reflections, in addition to expressing the natural beauty of the surrounding terrain.
If you’ve seen his paintings in Cole Gallery, you have been captivated by his amazing waterscapes. Whether ponds with lily pads floating on the surface, or mountain lakes filled with half-submerged logs and boulders, Mike’s paintings have inspired artists, students and collectors alike.
This 3-day workshop will be held in Mike’s beautiful and spacious home studio on Whidbey Island, one of the beautiful islands in Washington’s Puget Sound. His newly renovated studio is perfect for a group of 12 students, light and airy with all the accouterments every artist would want. You can combine a weekend get-away with a fantastic learning experience from one of the Northwest’s best oil painters!
Mike will guide you step-by-step in capturing the combination of translucence with reflection. With his encouraging and generous approach to instruction, students of a variety of levels will follow along and learn how to lay on paint, using palette knife, brushes and shapers to build texture and create realistic effects with an impressionist style. You will learn how to create believable water and shorelines, how to change the values to capture the reality of a fallen log, or the stillness of deep water with lily pads floating on the surface. Mike will also demonstrate how to introduce water as a subordinate design element to direct and balance the picture, such as puddles or a flooded field.
Mike is a naturally gifted teacher, and the students of his previous workshops have raved about him, many of them saying he was “the best instructor they had ever had”! The word is out about this excellent instructor, and we anticipate this workshop filling quickly, sign up today!
This workshop is not suitable for beginners.
Supply List:
Around the corner from Cole is ARTspot, where you can find quality art supplies. Registered students receive a 10% discount on all their art supplies from the time of paid registration until the last day of class. Most of the items on this list are available at ARTspot. Questions about these supplies? ARTspot staff are happy to help you. Call 425-640-6408 or email at ARTspotEdmonds@gmail.com.
Oil Colors – Good quality professional brand such as M. Graham.
Required colors:
Mixed White (titanium/zinc)
Titanium White
Cad Yellow Light
Yellow Ochre
Alizarin Crimson
Transparent Earth Red
Viridian (if unable to find, substitute Phthalo green)
Prussian Blue
Suggested, optional colors (Mike uses the rest of these regularly, however not all will be needed for the class):
Zinc White
Cad Lemon Yellow
Cad Yellow Deep
Cad Red Medium
Cad Red Light
Venetian Red
Phthalo Emerald
French Ultramarine
Cobalt Blue
Dioxazine purple
Mediums
Odorless Mineral Spirits, such as Gamsol, in medium cleaning tank such as Silicoil
Optional: Alkyd or other medium such as Galkyd or Neomegilp (note: no stinky mediums or solvents allowed)
Brushes, etc.
2 hog bristle flat brushes in sizes 6 & 8 (these are long-handled brushes)
2 synthetic filbert brushes sizes 6 & 8 (these are also the long-handled brushes)
1 smallish Rigger or liner brush size 4 for details (this is a short-handled brush)
2 triangular painting knives, small and medium sizes
1 oval painting knife
Silicone shaper - 1/4" tip
Panels or stretched canvas:
3 or more good quality canvas panels* in a medium weave - 12x16
*Note on Mike's choice of supports: he uses Claessens #66 oil primed linen mounted to ¼ birch plywood. The surface quality will make all the difference, if the canvas is too smooth it will not hold the paint. While Mike makes his own panels, an equivalent option is available through Sourcetek.
Mike will have panels available for sale during the workshop.
Other:
Easel – standing or table.
Paper towels
Brush cleaner
Nitrile gloves (Mike also uses his fingers to blend with)
Lodging:
Lodging is the responsibility of the students. However, you can notify us by phone or email (425.697.2787; info@colegallery.net) if you would like to share your email address with other students, to work out arrangements for sharing accommodations. We have included links to some of the places to stay that are very close to the Wise Studio, including homes to rent, inns, and a nearby campground for the RV’ers.
This VRBO house is 1/2 mile from the Wise home:
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Here are some recommended B&B's and Inns in Coupeville:
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To view many other really great places to stay in Coupeville:
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Beautiful Fort Ebey State Park is 1.2 miles down the road from Wise Studio. There is camping, extensive hiking and biking trails, 3 miles of saltwater shoreline, historic WWII battlements and even a popular surfing beach. If you like to use an RV for lodging, this might be a great option for you (click the following to view): RV Lodging