See New Potential in Tonality: A Weekend Grisaille Workshop

August 1st & 2nd, 10am-5pm (ET)

Join instructor Evan Kitson for a weekend exploration of "Grisaille": a grayscale focused artwork exploring tonality through the lens of art history. We'll build a work of art over the weekend of August 1st and 2nd, live over Zoom, that explores media handling, compositional development, tone, atmosphere, and texture. Participants are welcome to draw or paint based on their interests, and will receive "draw-over" feedback on their submitted images each day during the live sessions so all questions can be answered. If you'd like to join us, but you have plans the days of the workshop and can't make it live, the recordings will be available to you after the meetings wrap, without expiration. So you can return to the materials as often as you'd like to support your growing creative practice.

Workshop Agenda

  1. Supply List, Painting Checklists, and the Platform

  2. Day 1: Warm Underpainting and Tonal-Effect Notes

  3. Day 2: Stacking and Working Value Steps

  4. Warm/Cool Mixed Media Demonstration

  5. Additional Resources

About this Workshop

  • $150.00
  • August 1st & 2nd. 10am-5pm (ET)
  • Live Online Workshop (Zoom)
  • Recordings (No Expiration)

Available immediately: a "mixed-media" video demonstration of layering colored pencils over warm/cool marker, exploring tone, temperature, and texture!

Construct Rich Tonal Images in both Drawing and Painting Utilizing "Grisaille" Concepts

August 1st & 2nd, 10am - 5pm (ET)

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In Addition to the Live Zoom Workshop:

A weekend Zoom workshop can't cover *all* of this material, so to help you continue to develop the personal art practice you need to create the work you love, we've included some extras that are immediately available for you after registration:

  • Painting at Home Checklists

    We've included four checklists to help you paint at home safely- getting started with painting (especially oils!) can feel daunting, these checklists were created to help you navigate how to set up, work mindfully, and how to break down your setup afterwards to prepare for the next time.

  • Bonus Material

    While we won't have time to cover this in the live workshop, you'll get immediate access to a video demonstration of an indirect Grisaille Marker and Color Pencil application to help you lean into the grisaille concepts and champion mixed-media in your own practice!

  • Additional Resources

    Links to one of the most highly regarded texts on drawing, and a historic text that's relatively unknown (but wonderfully nerdy about drawing, painting, and navigating the value spectrum!)


Meet Your Instructor

Evan Kitson

Evan Kitson is a draftsman, painter, instructor, anatomist, curator, podcaster, and all-around art enthusiast whose practice is split between New York City, where he exhibits and instructs, and Lancaster, PA, where he maintains a focused studio practice. He holds a BFA from the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art, and has studied with the renowned painter Odd Nerdrum. Kitson has taught across every level of artistic development: the curious public at the Art Students League of New York, undergraduates at the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, and graduate students at the New York Academy of Art. He has brought his approach to a worldwide community online through The Open Sketchbook, and produces the Open Sketchbook Podcast. His exhibition record spans almost two decades, notably including Echoes, a solo drawing show at Millersville University, and the recently co-curated exhibitions 10x6H and 6x10B with curio Gallery. His teaching, making, and writing all run on the same fuel: the belief that sustained, rigorous looking is the thing no shortcut can replace.