Five Day Flower workshop with Marcel Desbiens

Materials List

Student’s equipment:

The usual equipment for painting with oil colours:

1 Easel (small for table or standing large)

1non absorbent surface panel for mixing paint (average 30x30cm or more) ex: wooden palette, glass pane, Perspex

A set of flat brushes, various size, firm and soft bristle, a rigger and asoft mop brush

1 mixing palette knife

Oil colours Artist quality:

Theusualprimary colours:Blue Phthalo or cobalt, Yellow cadmium light or lemon Yellow,Magenta or alizarin, Titanium white, zinc white and Ivory blackand any colour you already have.

1 litre brush cleaning turps with 2-3 glass jar (250ml) and lid

1 good quality roll of paper towel (Preferably Handee)

1 plastic container with lid at least 2 litres

Plastic bags – to dispose of your rubbish each day

Painting mediums:

Any painting medium you already have or100ml Liquin Original (Winsor Newton) or Liquol (Art Spectrum), linseed oil and turps: Odourless solvent or any turps.

Please note:

I will provide the Oil and Acrylic paper canvasCanson A3 to paint on($1.00 each) and the image to paint. I will also have some special brushes for sale and painting medium if you need it.

Luminous Flowers in Oil

Painting flowers with oil using multiple layers of colour and glazing

About Marcel Desbiens

Master Artist Marcel Desbiensis an award winning artist for his exquisite Oil Paintings capturing the true essence of beauty in his works. He has had a number of solo and group exhibitions in Canada and throughout Australia. Marcel creates magical scenes, reflecting the timeless beauty of the natural world.

Course outline

Marcel has an enormous in-depth knowledge for the medium of oil and generously shares his vast expertise on the subject of painting flowers in oil.Join him on a painting adventure where he will reveal his secrets of creating exquisite luminousflower paintings using his signature techniques. He will guide you with demonstrations and provide you the technical knowledge on how to build a 3D impression from a 2D monochrome layerto full colour from an underpainting. Also learn how to produce optical effects by glazing with multiple transparent layers of colours, bringing your paintings to life! You will gain a thorough understanding and master the techniques of painting with opaque and transparent colours. You will build confidence and new skills to master these techniques. You will create a unique personal composition of your paintings.

What you will learn:

  • Paint layers in a series of exercises followed by demonstrations by Marcel using primers, alkyd-resin or Acrylic and oil.
  • About painting mediums and colours (transparent and opaque)
  • Build a 3D impression from a 2D monochrome layerto full colour from an underpainting.
  • Balance tones for a harmonious outcome.
  • Create a unique personal composition for your painting.
  • Understand the nuances of the Flemish and Venetian styles.
  • Produce optical effects by glazing with multiple transparent layers of colour.
  • Throughout this courseyou will build confidence and the skills to master these techniques.

Level: Beginner to Advanced

"I enjoyed the whole learning experience. The basics of pigments, mediums to the techniques to achieve 3D effects.The opaque and transparency knowledge. All amazing information that I can’t wait to put into practice! Absolutely wonderful!The teaching was excellent! Marcel is sensitive to each student’s level of experience and extremely giving of his knowledge." -Helen (Cairns)

Watch Marcel's Robina Hospital flower painting time lapse video:

Robina Hospital Large Flower Painting Time Lapse