Painting Flowers with Confidence

Painting Flowers with Confidence

Adult Online Art | This program is completed

All Levels

9/6/2022-9/8/2022

9:00 AM-12:00 PM on Tue Wed Th

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$315.00

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Online on Zoom | 9am - 12noon Arizona Time (Mountain Standard Time) | 3 Days

Flower painting has always been one of the most widely loved and practiced artforms, now you will have the opportunity to learn the techniques and methods to create beautiful florals that sing with life. Matt will start with a demonstration each day talking through the techniques required to paint this tricky subject both from life and from photos. The main emphasis of this workshop will be giving you the tools you need to create realistic flowers using loose impressionistic brush work that are filled with light. Matt's method is to simplify first, establishing values and then focusing on colour temperature to lift your flowers from the canvas. Students will have the chance to paint themselves while Matt offers individual guidance and critique on composition, drawing, colour harmony, colour temperature and values. 

So, What will you learn?

• Effective colour mixing techniques • How to start and when to finish • The importance of drawing • How to paint light into petals • How to better understand the value structure of any image by simplifying everything • How to approach a multiple flower painting with a full demonstration

Ryder, Matt

Matt Ryder is an award-winning British artist living and working in Dubai, UAE. He is a life-long painter inspired by the natural world, and the beauty of nature. Matt moved to Dubai in 2005, jumping from one job to another until eventually realizing that his true passion, painting, was within reach of a full-time career.  After taking the leap to professional artist Matt quickly established himself and gained critical acclaim for his landscapes and florals both locally and internationally. 

Matt is committed to documenting the beauty of the world, be it land, sea or sky and highlighting the changing landscape that surrounds us through the medium of oil paint. With a true love for the outdoors Matt's paintings often start as small onsite studies, painting plein-air in the deserts and mountains in order to capture true light and color that can be transferred to the studio for larger work. Being predominantly self taught has enabled Matt to develop a technique that is very unique to him with a particular emphasis on bringing the feel of natural light into his work. 

He has taught and exhibited in the UAE, USA and Ireland