Painting a Cozy Interior Scene (Online Demo) Fall 2024 w/ Haidee-Jo Summers

November 6 (Wednesday), 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM, Eastern Time

**Demo is live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. The recording will be available to students for 3 months after the live demo, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.

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Demo Description

In this demo I’ll discuss how I go about choosing a subject and viewpoint for an interior painting and planning the composition. I’ll talk through the benefits of working from life but in the event of working from photographs what pitfalls to watch out for. I’ll be showing you how to describe the light in an interior scene using value contrasts and colour temperature – whether artificial light inside the room or natural daylight coming in from outside, or a combinaton of both.

Is it possible to be accurate and loose at the same time? Yes absolutely! My drawing and proportions will be accurate while the brushmarks will be lively.

And I’ll be hoping to evoke emotion in the viewer of the painting – feelings of homeliness, warmth and nostalgia that are familiar to us all.

Demo Materials List

Oil colours (I use Michael Harding oils)

Titanium White

Unbleached Titanium

Bright Yellow Lake or Cadmium Yellow Lemon

Cadmium Golden Yellow or Cadmium Yellow Deep

Indian Yellow

Cadmium Red Light

Alizarin Crimson

Quinacridone Rose

Amethyst or Manganese Violet

Ultramarine Blue

Pale Violet

Phthalo Green Lake

Burnt Umber

Transparent Oxide Red

Brushes

I will be using a range of filberts and flats, especially Rosemary brushes ultimate bristle and eclipse and ivory ranges. I have a brand new brush set available with Rosemary & Co with all my favourite brushes, you can find it on their website by typing my name into the search box.*

Painting surface

I prefer oil primed linen mounted on board (or stretched for larger sizes) but any well primed board or canvas will be fine.

Additional supplies

Gamsol or similar low odour solvent

A jar of medium which is usually a mix of turps and walnut or linseed oil, about 50/50. I also like Michael Harding’s oil paint medium.

Useful to have - Sketchbook or notebook, soft pencil and grey shade marker pens.

*I’m not sure when the new brush set goes live but spring sometime – I’m sure by the time you’re promoting this demo it will be available