"Limited Palette Color Workshop" with Laurie Meyer

Workshop Description (from the instructor)

Join us to learn from this very in demand Charleston artist and teacher. In this workshop, Laurie will encourage students to mix hundreds of extraordinary colors with a limited palette and to use them to infuse light and shadow into their work. We will touch on composition, brushwork and design, but mostly focus on color and light.

About the Instructor

Laurie Meyer has lived and painted in Charleston for nearly forty years. Following careers as a teacher and pharmaceutical sales, Laurie devoted her focus to being a professional artist in 1997. Laurie paints in watercolor and oil and recently added gouache to her resume. No matter the medium, she seeks the resonance of light and color in all her work. Laurie is a sought out oil painting instructor and has watched many of her students become professional artists in their own right. Additionally she has led many workshops in her studio as well as Italy, Portugal, Mexico, and other wonderful locations. In 2016, Laurie opened the first Meyer Vogl Gallery in downtown Charleston with partners Marissa Vogl and Katie Geer. In December of 2021, they opened their second location on Daniel Island. Laurie's work has been accepted into shows for the Oil Painters of America, American Impressionist Society, and National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society. Most recently, Laurie was awarded the "Best Use of Light" in a NOAPS show. Laurie lives in the beautiful Lowcountry of South Carolina with her husband Steve, studio dog, Tug, and is the mother to three daughters (including Katie Geer!) and "MorMor" to three grandchildren.

See her website at lauriemeyer.com

ARTIST STATEMENT

"Capturing light is a challenge and a thrill. Painting 'en plein air,' nature's studio is a luxury and a great teacher, but weather and time constraints mean I also paint in the indoor studio. Either way, my challenge is to interpret what I see and express it in my unique style.”

Workshop Supply List

- PAINT

Please bring the following colors in the brand of your choice, as long as that brand is a professional grade, such as Gamblin, W/N, Rembrandt, etc. No Winton or student grade:

Cad Yellow Light,  Quinochridone Red (or red of choice, but NOT Alizarin Crimson for this class please) Ultramarine Blue (or Phthalo Blue), Titanium White,  and  neutrals such as Yellow Ocher and Transparent Earth Red.

- BRUSHES

Please bring a handful of hog bristle brushes of your choice, as long as your selections are of a professional grade, such as Rosemary, Simmons, Silver, Grey Matters, Princeton, etc. Please no student grade or watercolor brushes. A small, medium, and large (proportionate to your canvas) brush will be perfect. Filbert or flat -for this workshop either or both will be fine.

- CANVAS

One 12x16  Centurion Linen Pad of linen sheets (Amazon or your favorite online art shop)

Two 12x16 stretched canvas or canvas panel of a professional quality

One roll of blue painters tape

- ADDITIONAL ITEMS

Odorless mineral spirits - Gamsol or Turpenoid

Brush washing jar or container

Viva papertowels 

Pack of scent free baby wipes

Value Scale 

Registration

Registration is open to CCAL members for $350 ($50 minimum deposit required).

Registration is open to all artists for $375 ($50 minimum deposit required).