Roger Gill BA (Hons)

The landscape has long been a traditional subject matter in painting, and it continues today to inspire and animate creative painters. Acrylic paints are the perfect medium for capturing the light and colour in a landscape, be it figurative or abstract. They also have an advantage over oils, being fast drying and easier to manipulate. We will use this as a means of investigating the multitude of mediums and paints available in the acrylic range that give the ability to match the fineness of watercolour washes, to the richness of oil paint colour and impasto.

You can use a selection of supplied imagery, your own sketches or photos, and even make some supervised foraging. You will also need to bring in good quality acrylics, as recent advances in the way acrylic paint dries, i.e. retaining its richness of colour as when wet, means that some older brands will not have the same quality. Suggested brands are highlighted in the materials list.

Roger Gill is an artist and freelance tutor who works in London and who has exhibited in the UK and Europe. See www.rogergill.org.