"Clouds in All Their Glory from Daytime to Sunset, in Oils" an online step-by-step demonstration with Alex Sharma (June 20, 2025)
A Step-by-Step Online Demonstration with instructor Alex Sharma
WHEN:
90-MINUTES
Friday, June 20, 2025
(10am to 11:30am EST)
Your ticket includes access to the LIVE demo via ZOOM plus a copy of the recording, good to re-watch as many times as you'd like for 30 days!
Dramatic skies at sunset, or with high wind clouds, puffy cumulonimbus clouds, rain clouds etc., are often the reason that we are drawn to paint a scene. This paint along demo will cover the techniques used to obtain all the above types of cloud formations and the colors associated with them depending on the time of day.
Paint along in oils (or acrylics) with Alex Sharma as she demonstrates specific brush strokes, using alla prima (working all at one time while the paint is still wet) mixing techniques to obtain dramatic results. All you will need is oil or acrylic paints, heavyweight paper coated with gesso—or a canvas—and one or two good brushes.
Alex will use the following blue-sky colors along with other colors to change the clouds for atmospheric perspective, time of day and location:
Ultramarine Blue
Cerulean Blue
Phthalo Blue
Titanium White
Alizarine Crimson
Cadmium Yellow
Cadmium Red Light
Burnt Sienna
Sap - or other Green
NOTE:
Please be sure to Download & Sign-Up for Zoom ahead of time, it's free! We will send you the Link to the session the day before the session. Late registrations will receive the link the morning of the session. You will be able to join the waiting room at 9:30am to ensure you are set up and ready to go. Attendees will receive a copy of the video on Monday afternoon following the demonstration, which will be good to re-watch as many times as you want for up to 30 days.
While this is a demonstration, and not a class, we do encourage you to ask questions throughout the demonstration because odds are if you're thinking it, someone else is too. We ask all participants to stay muted unless asking a question so that we don't pick up any background noise and ensure participants can hear and that our recording is clear as well.
SKILL LEVEL:
This class is perfect for students of any level.
REFUND POLICY:
Ticket purchases to Art League of Hilton Head events are final. Credits or Refunds will not be given for missed or classes/workshops.
If a class or workshop is canceled by Art League of Hilton Head a full refund will be given.
| Materials Included: | No materials are provided by Art League of Hilton Head for this demonstration. |
| Requirements: |
SUPPLY LIST: Alex will be using the above colors in oil for this demo. Many of the techniques she will be using will also map over to acrylic painters, so acrylic painters are encouraged and welcome to attend. Also if you plan on painting along, be sure to have whatever surface you're using, the recommended colors, or similar colors,, and whatever other basic tools/supplies you need to use your medium. QUESTIONS? Please Email: Academy@ArtLeagueHHI.org |
| Instructor: | Alex Sharma |
| Instructor Bio: |  Born into a family of artists, ALEXANDRA SHARMA learned early a unique awareness of form and space that is manifest in her work. A painter, print maker, sculptor, and art professor, Alexandra has a Fine Arts degree and has studied at the Sorbonne, France, and Oxford University, England. Her work spans over twenty-five years and she is known for unique visual imagery in her paintings and her ability to capture the moment as she works primarily en plein air. Alexandra is a founding member of the Multi Media Arts Guild, Kingston, Canada, and member of Hilton Head Art League, Apple Pie Painters, Northview Group of Artists, and a lifetime member of the American art honorary, Delta Phi Delta. Alexandra exhibits regularly at the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn, HHI Visit Alex Sharma's Website |
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