Painting in the Light at Paradise One Feb 2014

PAINTING IN THE LIGHT
Learning MischTechnik with Amanda Sage

There were 15 participants at workshop, taking place over 5 days at Paradise One a workshop & retreat centre in Coorabell, Northern NSW, which included meals & accommodation....20 minutes drive from Byron Bay. A very happy & beautiful place to be! From Amanda we learned the basics of the MischTechnik, or mixed technique, involving applying white casein or white egg tempera, & glazing transparent colour over the top. Amanda was a very knowledgeable & giving teacher, and Paradise One was a really wonderful workshop venue! Hopefully more local & international painting workshops will come here! Thanks especially to Frank for his amazing cooking........Nothing compares...... and the welcoming atmosphere at Paradise One.
http://paradiseone.com.au/
www.amandasage.com

Painting workshop on the veranda of Paradise One Coorabell

Day 1making our self portraits on the veranda|
 Our self portraits using WC paper with red oxide acrylic background, vine(willow) charcoal, blk & white charcoal pencils, white conte crayon, red oxide conte pencil, kneadable rubber, sandpaper sharpener, knife.

Our finished self portrait drawings

                      

Amanda Sage - White Tara work in progress

                        

           Examples of Amanda Sage's work

Amanda painting

Day 3 This is a portrait I started some time ago in acrylic paint. 

At the workshop I did a global oil glaze of golden baroque red, burnt umber & dioxine purple mixed to a transparent cream & painted on all the body, hair, clothes using a large soft brush & feathering deftly, fast & lightly. When "tacky" (next day) I started painting into it with white Shiva casein, then used burnt umber for the darks using small & medium cat's tongue brushes.

Day 7 After this I did some local glazes to the face & body.
I still need to finish the background.

Night 5 End of workshop

Workshop participants