PAINT THE IMPRESSIONISTS

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"PAINT THE IMPRESSIONISTS"
October 4th -10th 

Congratulations! If you have it to this page then you are registered for the challenge.

Great to have you join us for it. Below is all the information you need to get the most out of the challenge. 

Important - Follow the steps below in the Start Here section first

Note - During the Free challenge you will have access to the live sessions and recordings. If you wish to have access after the challenge is finished then consider upgrading your account with one of the options below:

Art Supplies

Here are the art supplies you will need for the challenge:

Paints

You can use acrylic, oils, water mixable oils or gouache for the challenge. Rod will be using both water mixable oil paints. We recommend you get the best quality paints you can afford.

Here is the palette we will use (Bold colours are our standard palette):

* Ultramarine Blue
* Cerulean Blue
* Alizarin Crimson
* Cadmium Red
* Yellow Ochre
* Cadmium Yellow Light or Lemon Yellow
* Pthalo Green or Viridian Green
* Burnt Siena
* Titanium White

Brushes

You can use which ever brushes you feel comfortable with. Rod uses a minimal amount of brushes:

* 2 x 1" Flat Synthetic Brushes
* 2 x 1/2 or 1/4" Flat Synthetic Brushes
* 1 x Small Rigger or Script Line Brush
* 1 x Medium Palette Knife

Painting Surfaces

Use which ever painting surface you like - Stretched Canvas, Boards (prepared with Gesso), Loose Canvas, Canvas Pads

Size - Either 12 x 16 or 16 x 20"

We will have 1 warm up painting projects and 3 main painting projects so you will want at least 5 surfaces to work with

Mediums

Rod does not use a lot of mediums in his painting... however he suggests the following:

* Bucket of water
* Retarder (if using acrylic paints)
* Solvent or Thinning medium for oils
* Fast drying Medium for oils and water mixable oils

Download PDF Version of Art Supplies - Click Here To Open PDF

Schedule - Dates & Times

Here is the schedule of dates & times:

Note - Facebook Group will open on Wednesday 29th September

• 
  Wednesday 29th September @ 9am - Welcome & Introduction
• 
  Thursday 30th September @ 9am - Four Schools Of Impressionism
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  Friday 1st October @ 9am - How To Paint In A Painterly Impressionist Way
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  Saturday 2nd October @ 9am - Warm Up Exercise
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  Sunday 3rd October @ 9am - Warm Up Exercise
• 
  Monday 4th October @ 9am - Live Painting Session
• 
  Tuesday 5th October @ 9am - Live Painting Session
• 
  Wednesday 6th October @ 9am - Live Painting Session
• 
  Thursday 7th October @ 9am - Live Painting Session
• 
  Friday 8th October @ 9am - Live Painting Session
• 
  Saturday 9th October @ 9am - Live Painting Session
• 
  Sunday 10th October @ 9am - Live Painting Session
• 
  Monday 11th October @ 9am - Live Q & A Session
• 
  Tuesday 12th October @ 9am - Bonus Session
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  Wednesday 13th October @ 9am - Cut off for Prize Draw
• 
  Friday 15th October @ 9am - Major Prize Draw
• 
  Saturday 16th October @ 9am - Facebook Group Closes
• 
  

Download the schedule in PDF format - Click Here To Download The PDF

Note - The above dates and times are for Brisbane (Australia) which is AEST +10

You will need to convert the dates and times to your local date and time. You can do this by going to this link:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html

Watch this video on how to use the above link - https://vimeo.com/501956723

Video Recordings

Here are the links to all of the recordings from the challenge:

* Welcome To The Group Video

* Welcome & Introduction Live Stream

* The Moore Method of Painting Overview

* 4 Schools Of Impressionism - Live Stream

* How To Paint Looser & More Painterly - Live Stream

* Warm Up Exercise #1

* Warm Up Exercise #2

* Overview of Learn To Paint Academy

* Time Lapse - Part 1
* Time Lapse - Part 2

* Painting Project #1 - Part 1

* Painting Project #1 - Part 2

* Painting Project #1 - Walkthrough

* Painting Project #2 - Part 1

* Painting Project #2 - Part 2
* Painting Project #2 - Walkthrough

* Painting Project #3 - Part 1

* Painting Project #3 - Part 2

* Painting Project #3 - Walkthrough

* Analyse & Critique Your Own Paintings

* PDF - Guide For Live Stream

* BONUS - Coffee Chat & Q&A

Photos For Challenge

The photos for the challenge will appear in this section closer to the dates:

Photos will be added during the challenge

Major Prize For Challenge

The major prize for the challenge is the original framed painting by Rod with a gallery price of $900.

Every one has the opportunity to win the major prize -  it is not based on your painting skills.

Here is how to enter:

1/ Have a go at the warm up assignment and the three main painting projects

2/ When finished take a photo of you holding your painting and smiling

3/ Post the photo of you with your finished painting in the Facebook group

4/ There are four painting projects we will do ... so you can enter a maximum of 4 times

5/ You will receive one entry into the prize draw for each photo you post as per above to a maximum of five entries

6/ Entries close om Wednesday 13th October at 9am

7/ The winner will be drawn at random from all of the entries

8/ The prize draw will be on live stream on Friday 15th October at 9am (Brisbane Time)

See examples below from last challenge.

Opportunity - Join Artist Business Academy

During the challenge you have the opportunity to become a founding member of the Artist Business Academy at the early bird price. This is designed for those artists who wish to build a business around their art and start to earn an income from their art.

Watch the recording of the preview video for more information

Click Here For All The Details On The Artist Business Academy

If you are ready to start selling your art then definitely make time to watch the replay as this is the last time you can join the Artist Business Academy at the early bird price.

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