live online painting class - venice sunset with artist Renee Walden

live online painting class - venice sunset

17 January 2021

Another super lovely painting session with folks across the globe. This time we visited Venice and painted a beautiful sunset scene in neutral tones. We covered painting with one of my favourite triads - monte amiata natural sienna, light red and cobalt blue. And I showed students a trick on how to get that pretty sparkle on the water and boats.

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One of my all-time favourite paintings of a stormy day in a ruined Roman town in Spain.

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