Paint Along 125: Paint the Charming Towns of Italy

Description

Format: Live Stream Workshop (Closed caption available)
Dates: 3 Saturdays, August 2, 9, & 16, 2025 (15 hours total, 3 paintings)
Time: 1:00 to 6:00 PM ET (The class may extend longer)
Where: Online from the comfort of your home.
You do not have to attend the sessions live. Everything gets recorded.

All final paintings will be vastly improved compared to the reference photos below.
Click Here to view Johannes’ gallery of paintings.

You’ll learn this and much more:
* Simplifying Architectural Features
* Depicting Weathered Surfaces
* Capturing Light and Shadow on Architecture
* Creating Depth and Perspective

Benefits of this live event include:

• Reference photos and drawing templates prior to each session.
• Our Paint Along workshops contain up-to-date most informative principles
• Live Q&A with Johannes throughout each live event.
• Personal feedback from Jo on your submitted paintings.
• Become a member of our art family and make new friends.
• Chat and share ideas with artists from around the world.
• Lessons from each workshop can be applied to any medium and every level and will not interfere with your own style.

Workshop 1- Full demo in Oils: Saturday, August 2nd. (Reference image below). This can also be painted in acrylics

Workshop 2- Full demo in Watercolor: Saturday, August 9^th. (Reference image below).

Workshop 3- Full demo in Pastels: Saturday, August 16th. (Reference image below

Artists Network Membership is not required!

About Artist and Instructor Johannes Vloothuis

Considered a master painter in all leading mediums, award winning artist Johannes has been teaching live online workshops for Artist Network since 2011. His ample teaching and painting experience has helped over 18,000 budding artists—both amateurs and professionals—take their skills to the next level.

Join Johannes Vloothuis every month for new, live stream Paint Along workshops and keep building your painting skills! Learn more here.

Suggested Brushes & Paints:

OIL BRUSHES: Brights: 2, 4, 6 ,8, 10 and a small tip round for thin lines

OIL PAINTS: Yellow Ochre Pale, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red Medium, Transparent Red Oxide or Burnt Sienna, Viridian, Prussian Blue, Dioxazine Violet, Sap Green, Indian Red, Emerald Green Hue, Phthalo Yellow Green, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange, Lamp Black, White

WATERCOLOR BRUSHES: ¾ inch bright, ½ inch bright, ¼ inch bright, Round #6, Synthetic riggers, sizes 1, 4, & 6, 1-inch Chip brush (such as what they sell at Michaels and other craft or hardware stores), Credit card cut to different sizes, Medium and coarse sandpaper sheets

WATERCOLOR PALETTE: Winsor and Newton Artist’s Quality. Other brands are fine as long as they are professional quality.

Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna or Transparent Oxide Brown, Transparent Yellow, Permanent Rose, Hooker’s Green, Winsor Violet, Payne’s Gray, Prussian Blue, Graham Permanent Green Pale

PAPER: For most Arches Cold Pressed 140 lb. I buy full sheets and cut them into two parts. Watercolor blocks are also handy. For dominant foliage scenes Rough paper, Jackson’s : Porcelain Palette with Cover : 19 Well

Pastels (soft pastels)- You can never have too many. They are like collector’s items which artists keep adding. Some students find good deals on EBAY or Facebook Market Place.  I recommend starting out with Paris Sennelier and the Rembrandt Landscape set.

Paper -Use paper that has grit or known as sanded.

LUX Archival (my preference)
Art Spectrum Colourfix Coated
UART 400

Application tools -Silicone or rubber clay scultping tools

Cut-up pieces in different sizes of pipe insulation

Isopropyl 70%