Pamela Fairburn conducted a Wild Watercolour workshop on the 19th November 2016
Pamela Fairburn
Pamela Fairburn is a Sydney watercolour and mixed media artist who has been working in the Visual Arts and Art Education arena for over 40 years. She is founder of the Woodford Bay Art Group, Sydney. She lives, paints and teaches in Longueville, NSW Australia.
Pamela holds a Bachelor of Education (Art) and a Graduate Diploma in Professional Art Studies.
In her work she endeavours to create, express and communicate aspects of her life and environment. Part of this journey involves experimentation with a variety of mediums.
She works mainly in watercolour, gouache, acrylic and collage. Wax and resists have been used often, mixed media and collage form a textured surface on which to layer colour upon colour. Drawing expressively and integrating drawing into her works has been a constant.
A love of travel and people and her knowledge in Art History combine with her painting expertise and tutoring.She has previously led tours and art workshops toAmerica, France, Spain, Austria, Croatia, New Zealand, Central Australia,Lord Howe Island, country NSW, Victoria,Tasmania, Sicily,Fiji. Kangaroo Island will be in March 2017
Taught Art in high schools and special schools between 1976 and 1985 (where she co-wrote ‘Paintworks’ in 1981).She has also taught at the Mitchell Art School Bathurst and at the Combined Art Society Workshop,Merroo.
Pamela had a successful solo exhibition at Gallery Lane Cove: ‘ Water Stories’ From the Shores of Lane Cove,’ in 2012
Pamela has recently won the ‘Aspects of Lane Cove’ Art Prize in the Lane Cove Art Award 2016.
View Pamela’s online gallery at www.pamelafairburnart.com.au
The Program
- PAINTING WORKSHOP‘Loose and Wild Water Mediums’Painting with Attitude, Freedom and VibrancyTime: 9am -4pm
‘Energy of the Landscape’ with experimental Water Mediums.
Sometimes our works can become tight and over worked! We are afraid to be free because we don’t want to make mistakes!
This workshop will emphasize the need to capture the excitement, the essence or atmosphere of your landscape. We will explore, experiment and become ‘brave’! We will use unusual techniques in watercolour, gouache or acrylics. There will be some loosening up drawing exercises, and this new energy will be seen at the completion of your work
Your painting will be courageously unique and vibrant!
Experimental drawing time
I will give a Painting/drawing demonstration at 9.30am.
Painting time and individual tuition
Lunch: at 12.30 pm
Afternoon: Painting demonstration and continuation of painting. Individual tuition
3pm Finish and pack up
3.30. Group discussion and critique.
Have a wonderful Creative Day!
Materials
- What to bring!Reference photos: at least 2 good photos (prefer your own pics) of Nature and Landscapes.Drawing Equipment: Paper: 2 sheets White Cartridge/ drawing paper or watercolour paper (300 gms)+drawing board.
1 Woolf Carbon pencil
Willow charcoal (2 sticks)
1 long stick (eg twig or branch off gum tree!)
Drawing ink (small bottle of black or sepia or burnt sienna)
Small bottle masking fluid
Set or (4 separate) oil pastels (basic cheap set fine)
Watercolour Papers: 2 large 300 or 640 gsm watercolour sheets. (please have these masked up on your board ready to go. Try to work big! Maybe tape 1 in a panorama format)
Paints:Watercolour paints or gouache or acrylics.
Water Colourpaints should be ‘Artists quality’eg Windsor Newton or Schminke or Art Spectrumetc (tubes are preferable for this workshop) Colours: your choice!
Brushes: 1 Large flat wash brush
1 mop brush
Long rigger
Bristle fan brush
Acrylics Good quality acrylics egLiquitex,, Golden,Finity Atelier or Matisse. Please bring an acrylic medium (eg Gelmedium )
Bring suitable brushes include a bristle fan brush
Colours: your choice.
Extras:
Water container
Masking tape
Sea sponge./Small piece of bubble wrap/ small tin talc powder
Spray water bottle.
Apron
Plastic table cloth to put under you
- What to bring!Reference photos: at least 2 good photos (prefer your own pics) of Nature and Landscapes.Drawing Equipment: Paper: 2 sheets White Cartridge/ drawing paper or watercolour paper (300 gms)+drawing board.
Artist
Pamela paints and teaches to her ‘Woodford Bay Art Group” from her Longueville studio in Sydney.
She taught Art in High Schools: Evans High Blacktown and Castle Hill High and in Special Schools: Cromehust at Lindfield.
Pamela co-wrote the book ‘Paintworks’ in 1981 while at Cromehurst Special School.
She has held painting workshops and has taught at Bathurst Winter Art Schools, Meroo Combined Arts at Kurrajong, Coonabarrabran and at many art societies: Lane Cove, Drummoyne, St George, Bankstown
Her paintings have won many awards and have been shown in many group and solo exhibitions.
She was President of the Lane Cove Art Society 2006 till 2008.
he is an Associate of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales, a Member of the Lane Cove Art Society, a Member of the Workshop Arts Centre Willoughby and an Exhibiting Member of the Ku-ring-gai Art Society.
She has judged many art exhibitions.
Pamela is interested in the experimental qualities of watercolour and mixed media in paintings. She enjoys the freedom and spontaneity that watercolour and gouache can produce, and has also explored the versatility and vibrancy of acrylic paints. Strong colour combinations are used, as are unusual techniques such as encaustic and hot wax, various forms of resist and printing techniques are incorporated into her paintings. Collage textures using handmade papers, fabrics, found objects and metallic surfaces are often integrated into her paintings as well. Drawing is always an important element in all her paintings, she often uses unusual implements such as sticks, combs, brushes, sponges rags and knives
You can book this workshop online via this KAS website.
Any inquiries please contact either Anne Carpenter on 0411 034 413 or Thomi Graham on 0408 891 702
