painting light and colour with oils

Introduces colour mixing principles, the importance of a familiar palette and the importance of intuitive use. Explains the behaviour of light while painting plein air and its relationship with colour and tone. Encourages a confident and impressionist style of painting, working alla prima. Gives practical tips on exciting and engaging compositions that are not over-explained. Includes examples and demonstrations of landscape, still life, interior and figure paintings

Sarah Manolescue is an observational artist with an unrelenting fascination for light and its effects. Her work is characterised by its loose, energetic and passionate application of paint. She exhibits widely and her paintings are critically acclaimed.