Painting the Urban Landscape with Diego Narvaez

Location:

Zoom

Cost:

FREE per person

Duration:

1h 30min

About This Experience

Join Diego Narvaez and discover the essential dos and don'ts of urban painting compared to plein air painting in nature. He will cover how to sketch in the city and transform those sketches into actual artworks in the studio. The emphasis will be on making the city your own and expressing your unique vision through your art. Diego will demonstrate techniques to bring flat surfaces—such as building façades, windows, sidewalks, and pavement—alive with colour and detail, highlighting the importance of perspective when painting urban scenes.

Materials

Gamblin Artist's Oil Colors

Liquitex BASICS Set of 8

Gamblin Galkyd Mediums

Gamblin Cold Wax Medium

Gamblin Neo Megilp Mediums

Opus Arietta Acrylic Brushes 

Princeton Select Artiste Series 3750 Brushes - Liner

Liquitex Palette Knives

STAEDTLER Set Squares

Gray Scale & Value Finder

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This event is for Opus Members — thank you for being part of the creative community

About Your Host

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Diego Narvaez was born in Mexico City and currently lives and works on Vancouver Island. Through his art, Diego reflects on the contemporary landscape, creating visual metaphors that illustrate how society constructs reality through sight and how this shapes our relationship with the environment.

He has painted in a variety of locations and conditions, including Antarctica, Iceland, Mexico City, and the West Coast of North America. Narvaez has held solo exhibitions in Mexico, and his most recent exhibition, "Nature’s Sprawl—Urban New Growth," was featured at Art Sales & Rental in the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Website: diegonarvaezh
Instagram: @diegonarvaezh