Painting Florals in Stages with Diane Williams
About This Experience
In this demo, Diane Williams will showcase the four stages of a painting, transitioning from a vibrant first layer to a refined final stage. She will demonstrate layering colour directly onto the canvas using the alla prima technique, avoiding pre-mixing. Participants will learn to paint flower petals in full-spectrum colour without using black, grey, or brown while creating luminous effects through light and dark contrasts. The session will emphasize a limited palette of vivid colours with pure oil paint and a non-toxic cleanup using Canola oil.
Materials
Opus Essentials Oil Colours: Opera Pink, Cerulean Blue Genuine, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Dioxazine Purple, Hansa Yellow Light, Cadmium Orange
Gamblin 1980 Oil Paints: Quinacridone Violet, Quinacridone Magenta, Indian Yellow
Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colours: Titanium White
Opus Fortissimo Oil Brushes: Flat 4, 6, Filbert 8, 10
Sinoart Willow Charcoal Medium Pack of 25
Winsor & Newton Professional Varnish Sprays
Opus Exhibition Pre-Stretched Canvas Surfaces - Deep: 24”x30”
Richeson Grey Matters Paper Palettes: 12”x16”
Paper towel for wiping brushes
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About Your Host
Diane Williams has a Master's degree in Art Education from the University of British Columbia, Canada, and has been teaching art, photography, and painting to high school students for over thirty years. Presently, she teaches her four-stage Color Foundation Courses online on Saturday mornings to all ages throughout North America.
Diane has a LOVE of large-scale florals. Her petals are working meditations, opening the senses with brushwork and colour. Diane is also a successful equine painter and photographer in North America and Europe, travelling extensively to paint unique horses and wildlife in their natural habitats. As an artist, she integrates classical techniques with expressive contemporary colour while incorporating no black, brown, or gray. She captures impressions of light through layers of brilliant oil colours, wet-on-wet until finished.
Diane's studio is located on 12 acres in rural Nanton, Alberta, where she loves to paint, teach, and enjoy the company of her four horses and four cats. Diane is 45 minutes south of Calgary, Alberta.
Williams' artwork is in collections throughout Canada, the United States, Australia, and Europe.
Website: dianewilliams.com
Instagram: @dianewilliamsart
Facebook: @diane.williams
