LIVE ONLINE WORKSHOP
Old Master Mashup
with Eileen Murphy
Participants will learn how to effectively copy an old master painting using a limited palette
You Will Learn:
How to effectively mix colors with a limited palette
The importance of describing different textures at the edges of their objects
Art historical information about old master techniques and fugitive color
Audience: Fine Art Painters
Medium: Oil
Stage: This workshop is suitable for creatives at any stage.
Session Dates & Times:
Saturday
May 2nd
12-2 pm MDT / 2-4 pm EDT /
7-9 pm BST
$22.00
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WORKSHOP Description
In this workshop, we will use a variation on what is known as this the Zorn palette, which is named after the Swedish painter Anders Zorn (1860-1920). This simple palette, which consists of titanium white, yellow ochre, cadmium red, ultramarine blue, and ivory black, is a useful tool for painters who are trying to learn to maximize their range of color with a limited palette. We will use a painting by the Dutch old master Adriaen Coorte (1665-1707) as our reference image (get it— an old master mashup!). The Zorn palette is a great tool for copying Old Master paintings in a way that feels approachable and accessible. It’s also a gateway to making more sophisticated paintings.
🎥 WORKSHOP RECORDINGS available for 1-YEAR after the workshop ends!
🎥 NOTE: Workshop Recordings may be offered for sale at a future date at Mastrius, with the consent of the instructor.
High School, University, and College students get 20% OFF. See FAQs at the bottom of page.
Supply List
Participants will need a surface to paint on, whatever brushes that they have, and the following colors: titanium white, yellow ochre, cadmium red, ultramarine blue, and ivory black.
Instructor Bio
Born in 1981 in Mount Kisco, NY BA from Mount Holyoke College, 2003 MFA from Pratt Institute, 2006 Eileen Murphy is a painter who has spent her life along the Hudson River. She and her dog Frito split their time between Brooklyn and Craryville, NY.
Eileen has shown widely and has attended residencies to the Vermont Studio Center, Yaddo, and the High Line Nine. She received the Individual Artist Award from the Santo Foundation in 2017; in that same year, she was invited by the US Department of State to participate in the Art in the Embassies program, which sent her to Algeria.
She is was the Lead Faculty in Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking in the MFA program at the Institute of Art and Design at New England College from 2020-23.
Her most recent solo shows were at Gallery Afternoon in Seoul, South Korea in February 2024 and at Thomas VanDyke Gallery (Brooklyn) in April 2024.
