December 10 – 11, 2024, 10 am – 12:30 pm
Many thanks to the artist Adam Fearon for his workshop introducing our participants to EXPLORATIONS IN PAINTING: Rethinking Colour through Glazing during the basic course within the Studio Program at BAI | Berlin Artist Residency, Art School, Arts Incubator, and Live Online Courses & Classes.
“Glazing builds up colour through a series of layers, like filters. It can be used to create a wide variety of effects: deeper colours, realistic skin tones and paintings that have much more depth. Additionally, the ideas of layering and building colour behind the technique can be used across different media.
It is a traditional technique that reached its zenith during the Renaissance, which fell out of favour when paint became available in tubes and synthetic pigments reduced the cost of using colour, but in comparison to painting in one layer, or alla prima, glazing can be used to create a variety of innovate effects and images.
A rethinking of how colour is used in painting. Instead of using colour directly from the tube, effects and colour are built up layer by layer, so that they are mixed optically, allowing for a much wider range of colours and effects.” (Text by courtesy of Adam Fearon)
Adam Fearon was born in Dublin and lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He studied at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Haute Ecole d’Art et Design, Geneva and Städelschule, Frankfurt. Recent solo projects include those at Ashley, Berlin; The Butler Galley, Kilkenny and Harbinger, Reykjavik. Group exhibitions have taken place at Franz Kaka, Toronto; Harbinger, Iceland; TJ Boulting, London;Frankfurter Kunstverein and BQ, Berlin. In 2019 he was a recipient of the Arts Council of Ireland’s Next Generation Artist award.
More information on the Adam Fearon Website.