The Arts House

Colour Mixing & Observational Still Life with Sean Benton
Saturday, August 29 | Intermediate Level

Take your painting skills to the next level in this intermediate workshop with artist Sean Benton. Designed for students with some colour-mixing experience, this class focuses on understanding how colour and value work together to create realistic form and depth.

Throughout the workshop, you will learn:

• How light and dark create form and dimension
• How to mix and modify primary colours to achieve accurate, natural-looking hues
• Colour-mixing techniques for observational painting from life

Students will put these skills into practice by painting a still life featuring an orange, an egg, and a lemon. These simple objects provide the perfect opportunity to study a wide range of colour and value shifts—from the vibrant secondary colours of the orange to the subtle neutral tones of the egg and the luminous yellows of the lemon.

Experience Level: Intermediate
Some previous colour-mixing experience is recommended.

Please bring:

• Titanium White
• Cadmium Red
• Cadmium Yellow
• Phthalo Blue or Ultramarine Blue
• Paint brushes
• Palette
• Canvas boards or another suitable painting surface

Join Sean for an engaging, hands-on workshop that will strengthen your colour confidence and help you see light, shadow, and colour in a whole new way. If you do not have access to any of the items on the "please bring" just let us know and we will see what we have in our collection here.

Note: You are welcome to pay via e-transfer, remember that your spot is not confirmed till payment is received.
E-transfer to AntigonishArtFair@gmail.com OR you can pay cash in person during office hours (Tue & Thur, between 9am and 1pm).