Creating Dynamic Light and Shadow through Color and Value with Michael Banning

Concept

This workshop explores the technical aspects of creating luminous light and shadow in painting. Discover tips for color mixing, techniques for seeing and representing value relationships, and methods for creating the illusion of reflected light and color through blending and glazing.

Experience

A balanced curriculum of demonstrations, discussions of relevant artists, and hands-on studio work addresses methods for approaching light, color, and format. Work from personal photographs, direct observation, and your imagination with Michael providing individualized feedback. While the primary subject matter is interiors, the lessons translate to other genres such as landscape, still life, and more.

Skill Level

Open to oil, acrylic, gouache, and watercolor painters with a basic foundation in their medium. All demonstrations are completed in oil.

Instructor

Michael Banning initially pursued a degree in architecture. However, he found he enjoyed the drawing and painting classes much more than the math and physics classes and made the switch to fine arts. Years later, Michael’s work explores the psychological and spiritual experience of light and space in architecture. When not painting, he is teaching; helping students find their own personal approach to the materials and concepts at hand. Michael earned his MFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design where he is also a faculty member.