Class Description
Celebrate the season with light and colour in this real-time festive paint along! In this class, we’ll create a glowing, joyful scene of two hands holding sparklers, bursting with flickers of light against a softly lit dusk sky. This class is ideal for artists wanting to explore contrast, glow effects, and painting hands—all set on a dramatic black canvas background.
Important: Please pre-paint your canvas black using Payne’s Grey or a similar dark tone before beginning the class.
Your Learning Journey Includes:
🎨 Mixing the Perfect Palette: Learn how to mix a glowing range of colours for light effects and skin tones.
🌌 Soft Background Techniques: Discover how to paint an out-of-focus background to create atmospheric depth and contrast.
🖐️ Painting Realistic Hands: Get step-by-step instruction on capturing believable proportions and skin shading.
🖤 Working on a Black Canvas: Understand how to apply colour on dark surfaces for maximum vibrancy.
✨ Creating Spark Effects: Learn how to paint sparks and bursts of light to bring your sparklers to life.
Whether you’re decorating for the holidays or just want to master light and shadow techniques in acrylic, this class delivers a festive and educational experience that will light up your canvas.
Join now and bring the sparkle of the season into your art!
You Will Need
- a 400mm x 300mm canvas (roughly 16″ x 12″).
- Set of bristle brushes
- Finer liners and fine round brushes
- 1cm (0.5″) Soft Filbert Brush
- 1″ (2.5cm) Pastry brush
- Painting Knife
- Very soft mop brush
- Paint : Titanium White, Paynes Grey, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange, French Ultramarine