Welcome
Join us for a Repeat Session of Lynn Whipple’s most popular class!
Class dates with fresh new forums are November 6-17, 2023.
If you would like to join the fun again at no additional cost, click HERE to sign up for the email list! The new forums will open the Friday before class begins, and we will send you an email out with those links on that day.
Reminder emails to view the lessons will be sent on the following schedule:
Lessons 1 & 2 – Monday, November 6
Lesson 3 & 4 – Wednesday, November 8
Lesson 5 – Friday, November 10
Lesson 6 & 7 – Monday, November 13
Lesson 8 & 9 – Wednesday, November 15
Lesson 10 – Friday, November 17
And the NEW class forums are open! Our main group is at Facebook, but there is a small group for those not on Facebook who can interact via Padlet. (Please just choose one forum to post in to avoid double postings.) Here are the links!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/657632153106358
Padlet: https://padlet.com/Carla_Sonheim/big-bold-blooms-l3xrxulnxh41lo7m
Thank you!
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Hello Hello Hello!!
Oh my goodness the Big Bold Bloom Wild Painting experience is about to begin! I am so grateful that you are here! Thank YOU! The most important thing about this class is YOU! The most exciting thing about this class is YOU!
This is all about YOUR way of coming to the page or the canvas fully alive and free and willing to play!
Together we will explore form, composition and color! Line, shape and mark!! We will use both hands, break the rules and plow colorful paint and pastel into the canvas with abandon! And why not?
Give yourself full permission to be alive and free! There is no “right” way, just YOUR way! You can talk, sing and dance your way through the process. When you are moving, make BIG movements! When you are Spattering, go for it! Surprise yourself! Be messy! Be Bold! Make noise! Shake it loose! It’s exciting stuff! I think looking silly in this process is definitely an advantage… 🙂
Over our 10 lessons we will build up many layers of color, spin our canvases, draw, squint our eyes, search for design, draw some more, paint, make a mess and organize it. And all the while, we will be inspired and guided by one of the loveliest muses of all time…. the flower! Or in our case, lots of flowers…wild and abundant blooms bursting with color and possibility!
Thank you again for being here! I can’t wait to see your fresh energy and personality shine through your work!
Looking forward to creating and having fun together!
xoxo
Lynn
Supplies
- Three 24″x30″ canvases
- One 36″x48″ canvas
- One Pad of 11″x14″ mixed media paper (or 6-8 pieces of 11″x14″ paper, smooth finish)
- Several sticks of vine charcoal
- Nice variety of soft or chalk pastels with some super brights (a good brand of chalk pastel is Rembrandt)
- Acrylic paints. I use flat house paints from Home Depot, Lowes or any hardware store that offers sample sized paints. You can choose your personal palette from all of the paint chip colors. They will gladly make all the colors you choose in an affordable sample size. If a “flat” finish is not available, eggshell or satin finish works well.
Color Notes
Neutral grays: You will need a light and dark of a cool gray (leaning towards the blue family) and a light and dark of a warm gray (those with a little more yellow in them)
Lightest light and darkest dark: You will need a bright clean cream color and a black.
Primary colors: You will need at least one light and one dark of red, blue and yellow. (more than 2 or each primary is great too).
Secondary colors: You will need one strong medium orange and 2 interesting greens, both light and dark. When choosing your Primary and Secondary colors go vibrant, go deep! Go with colors that appeal to YOU! If you love pink, grab a fun pink! We will be able to create and mix any color from these.
Golden fluid acrylics in dark colors such as Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Green and Alizarine Crimson are great to add to your palette and help create rich interesting darks. A small amount is all you need. You can also use other tubes or jars of acrylic paint if you prefer.
Spray Varnish to seal your pastels: Kamar Crystal Clear Spray Varnish by Krylon, Golden Archival Spray Varnish or Winsor & Newton Spray Varnish. These all work well. I prefer a Satin finish. Please read the directions on the can for great tips on applying.
Other Supplies
- A graphite stick or soft lead pencil
- Scissors
- Scotch tape or glue stick
- Brushes (inexpensive “throw away” brushes from the hardware store are fine) 1 inch, 2 inch and 3 inch.
- One round brush (#8-#10) is nice to create a different brush stroke. (or use any brushes you have already)
- Rags or old cut up t-shirts
- Paper plates as throw away palettes
- Water container for your brushes
- A Clip lamp or other bright light source. This will help you see the form of your flowers
- A drop cloth if you need to contain your drips and spatters
- And of course….FLOWERS! Lovely, beautiful flowers!
You will end up gathering flowers more than once over the course of our 5 weeks :). Add together a nice variety of shapes, colors and greens to your arrangements so that they have lots of inspiration for you. Choose what makes YOU happy and colors that appeal to YOU :).
Note: the white powder that often comes in a little packet with your flowers really does extend the life of your flowers. Changing the water and trimming the stems occasionally will also keep your flowers fresh and vibrant longer.
Nuts & Bolts
Here’s how this online class works:
- As a self-study class, so you have access to all of the lessons right now and can work the lessons on your own timetable.
- You have indefinite access to this class.
- You can (optionally) share your work with Lynn via email or via the class Facebook page. Since this is now a self-study class, you will need to let Lynn know if you upload work, as she doesn’t check the Facebook page as regularly. Click this link and ask to join the group!
- Class fee is good for participants living in a single household.
Questions?
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