The Great Mount Fuji By Katsushika Hokusai. Acrylic Painting

Became а PRO: Art History Talk and acrylic painting session with demonstration. Lecture and drawing.

What you'll learn

Learn about the impact of Japanese painting style on to the 20th century european art

Work with restricted colour palette, mixing shades of blue and green

Get to know and follow all stages of completing a painting, starting with first sketch lines finishing with highlights and final touches

Try aizuri technique and adapt its use for your own practice

How to mix different tones of Prussian blue

Create an image of great tranquillity

Requirements

To draw, you will need acrylic paints, brushes, A3 paper.

Description

This 2-hours paint along art workshop focuses on one painting from the series ‘36 Views of Fuji’ by Katsushika Hokusai. All paintings in the series depict the sacred Mount Fuji, a symbol of eternity. Hokusai paints varying landscape at different times of the year and day. The artist himself considered this series to be the greatest of his creations, although he completed nearly 30,000 works throughout his life. The greatest Japanese painter had about 30 pseudonyms, but the name that brought him worldwide fame, Hokusai, means “Obsessed with painting”. The workshop begins with a short talk about Katsushika Hokusai, during which we explore the influence of Japanese art on Western art styles. The talk is followed by the paint along session. As a result, you get to know and follow all stages of completing a painting, starting with first sketch lines finishing with highlights and final touches. Your workshop leader will take you through the step-by-step process to create meaningful artwork. Within this your instructor will cover the tools and supplies, technique and the painting process.  Plunge into exploring the aizuri technique combining undulating hills, soft clouds, and blue waters to create an image of great tranquillity. Reveal the timeless quality of the Japanese landscape surrounding Fuji. Touch the deepest philosophy of the genius of Japanese engraving through your own artistic practice and let the painting in the style of late 19th-century Japanese art settle in your home.Materials:1. A3 sheet. I use minimum 300 gsm2. charcoal 3. acrylic paints 4. palette knife l 5. variety of brushes 6. any other art materials you want to play with!I have added a very important and useful feature related to the course materials. This is a free feedback from me on your work from this course. Having the feedback will allow you to analyse your work and learn about its strengths and areas to improve. Knowing this, you will be able to grow your awareness when creating other abstract paintings. Students need to register or use their Instagram account to receive free feedback. Full explanation on how to access this feature is in the Bonus Lecture.Thank You, Daria Shipukhina

Overview

Section 1: Paint in the style of Katsushika Hokusai

Lecture 1 Meet your instructor

Lecture 2 Course overview

Lecture 3 Art talk - Katsushika Hokusai

Lecture 4 Stage 1. Sketching

Lecture 5 Stage 2. Working whis acrylics. The Painting process -Let the fun begin!

Lecture 6 Results review

Lecture 7 Bonus section

Beginner artists, wanting to enrich their visual language.,Artists who want to renew and recap basic skills: colour theory, composition, contrasts, nuances.