The Importance of Tone
18th & 29th November 2023 AND
20th & 21st January 2024
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​10am - 3pm

£320 (inc all materials and VAT)

Tutor - Jane Couroussopoulos



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Jane Couroussopoulos studied painting, etching and engraving at City and Guilds of London Art School. She moved to Edinburgh 30 years ago where she has a studio in Coburg House, Leith. She works as a painting tutor and drawing course leader for Leith School of Art and as a community education tutor for Edinburgh City Council. Jane also runs a number of courses and workshops for Paintbox across the year.  


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*please note this workshop is run over 2 weekends - totalling 4 days*

The Importance of Tone - Part One

Whenever we draw from observation in pencil, charcoal, or any monochromatic materials, we almost unthinkingly assess the world of colour we are looking at, and translate all that colour into a range of tones. Colour is seductive and can seem to be the star of the show, but tonal drama and composition are actually what underpins any piece of work in colour, whether the colours are vibrant or muted.

In this first of two 2-day workshops looking at the partnership of tone and colour, we will be making a series of monochromatic works, some in charcoal and some in black and white acrylic paints, based on a still life set up in the studio. In these pieces we will be specifically focusing on the colour/tone relationship.
Artists we will be looking at will include Seurat, Joseph Wright of Derby and John Virtue.

The Importance of Tone - Part Two

Whenever we draw from observation in pencil, charcoal, or any monochromatic materials, we almost unthinkingly have to assess the world of colour we are looking at, and translate all that colour into a range of tones. Colour is seductive and can seem to be the star of the show, but tonal drama and composition are actually what underpins any piece of work in colour, whether the colours are vibrant or muted. In a drawing or painting, the colour cannot separate itself from its intrinsic tonal values, yet as we saw in the first of these two workshops, monochrome can manage independently of colour.

Colour can be hard to control, however, and in this second workshop we will be making two small paintings, in acrylics, both from a still life set up in the studio, but each underpinned by a different and considered tonal range.
Artists we will be looking at will include Daumier, Caravaggio, Derain, and Matisse.