Wayne Jiang – Paint like Maxfield Parrish with Acrylic (Online); Fridays, October 20-November 17, 2023

Date: Fridays, October 20-November 17, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time/1:00-3:30 PM Eastern Time/6:00-8:30 PM London Time*
Level: All
Medium: Acrylic

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*International Students: Clocks change one hour back in the USA on November 5. The UK & EU change clocks on October 29. Therefore, class time on October 20 and 27 and November 10 and 17 is 6:00-8:30 PM London Time. November 3 class time is 5:00-7:30 PM London Time. Please be aware of the time change when registering for this class.

The early 20th century painter and illustrator Maxfield Parrish was known for his saturated and colorful paintings like Daydream. To create his luminous oil paintings, he painted with many thin layers of transparent glazes. His technique is rarely replicated due to the time consuming nature of oil paint glazes. Each glaze has to be dried thoroughly before another layer of glaze is applied. It can take weeks to finish an oil painting in the Parrish technique. This workshop will help you achieve Parrish’s technique using acrylic paint in much a shorter time.

Taking advantage of the fact that acrylic dries much faster, Wayne has adapted the Parrish technique to acrylic. Instead of weeks, one can finish multiple layers of the Parrish technique under two hours. In this workshop you will learn:

·      How to mix the Parrish color palette

·      The color theory behind Parrish paintings

·      To do color studies using the Parrish color palette

·      The Parrish style lighting and composition

·      The foundation of multiple layering using transparent color glazing

·      The color sequence of transparent color glazing to achieve a more luminous effect

This class will include painting demos, student work feedback sessions, slideshow presentations, and eye training exercises. These combinations of activities are designed to help refine your acrylic painting techniques and observation skills.

Wayne Jiang is a Portland-based realist acrylic painter. Combining the aesthetic of 17th century Baroque paintings and the composition of modern documentary photography, his works have been described as the contemporary interpretations of Vermeer and Hopper. His work has been widely exhibited in museums and galleries such as the Morris Graves Museum of Art, Triton Museum, Crocker Museum, Lan Su Chinese Garden, History San José, and Guardino Gallery. As an art educator, Wayne specializes in teaching acrylic both in person and online. He has 3 decades of experience working with acrylic and 14 years teaching the medium. His students are artists with diverse skill levels: from someone who has never painted to professional artists who want to refine their acrylic technique or learn a new medium. Wayne’s deep interest in art history is incorporated in both his paintings and how he teaches.