7 Steps to a Successful Painting

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Saturday, October 27th, 2012
9:30 AM to 4:30 PM

Brian Simons is a self-taught artist who has been painting for 30 years and has derived much of his inspiration from the Group of Seven and the French Impressionists. He has been showing his work since 1988 and is represented by numerous galleries including Kamp Galleries, Chicago, Van Dop Gallery, New Westminster, and Southshore Gallery, Sooke. His work is held in corporate as well as private collections.

Brian has been presenting his 7 step workshop for 12 years to hundreds of people in various locations. The primary focus of the workshop is to help the painter get out of the way and allow the painting to happen. He maintains he can help the artist get beyond the barriers and blocks that hold you back from your desire to paint. Participants are asked to faithfully do the course step by step. No preliminary sketches, drawing or measuring are required. The process is applicable to beginners and experienced painters. Experienced artists are asked to suspend all they know and have learned and just do the course without editing, questioning or culling.


Materials List:

Canvases: 2-24"x30" or 30"x30" stretched and primed canvases. [please no prep work ahead of time] No boards, wood or canvas boards.
Palette: Large palette of paper, plastic or wood. No watercolour palettes or dishes.
Avoid small palettes.
Brushes: 1- 2"-3" natural bristle only, house paint brush, 3-4 artists brushes [flats or filberts, up to 2" wide]. No watercolour or pointed brushes.
Paint: Recommended, artists quality Acrylic paint.
Colours: Burnt Sienna [a must have], Dioxazine [violet] purple. Azo or Cad. Red light,
Alizarin Crimson, Yellow Ochre, Cad. Yellow, Titanium White, Hookers or Sap Green,
Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue
Water Containers: Large cans or yoghurt containers or small bucket [for acrylics]
Rags or Cloth, paper towels not recommended
Photographs for reference: [Bring only those you love]
No photos of other artists' work, portraits or nostalgic photos from your past.
Don't bring photos you think will be easy to paint, rather magazine pictures or your own that you like and find visually exciting.
Also bring "A SENSE OF HUMOUR AND GOOD LEVEL OF TRUST."

Reference Website: briansimons.com or click here for sample pictures