Peter Bonner
Peter Bonner is an Australian Artist, who in 1996 won the Dobell Prize, the highest prize for Drawing in Australia. In his early 20’s he travelled in India, the Middle East and throughout Europe, and studied drawing and painting in London, Melbourne and New York. In 2010 he completed a Masters by Research at Monash University pursuing his interest in Perception, Narrative and the Primitive. He has been influenced greatly by Australian Aboriginal artists, Russian Icons, the deserts of Central Australia and the American West, and currently lives and works in NYC.
Bonner’s work is included in the collections of the Victorian State Library and Monash University in Melbourne, the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and various private and corporate collections around the world.
Online Painting with Peter Bonner
Peter Bonner
This class will be a practical class where each participant will be making work over the 3 hours. I will encourage each participant to choose a motif to work from that they are excited by this could be a landscape that they are currently living in or near, an environment that they are finding themselves in, or simply their own studio, with your source material and inspirations around you.
If the artist is also taking the drawing class in the morning you might want to continue with the same landscape that you are exploring and develop your exploration of the motif with the different mediums and with color. Materials as a minimum should be watercolor, but could also be acrylic, oil, pastel, and collage. A palette for painting could be a selection of Cadmium yellow light, Yellow Ochre, Lemon Yellow, Alizarin Crimson, Cad Red Medium, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, cobalt blue, raw siena, a magenta and a cad orange, Titanium White and Ivory Black, and three greens, Viridian, terra Verde and emerald green. Select a minimum of two of each hue, a warm and cool. Come prepared with the equipment you will need to be outside for three hours (or the whole day if your drawing in the am as well), like seats, hat, sun screen, bug spray, water bottle, food, coffee, water, and wine (with food to accompany). You will need enough/extra water or turps to clean brushes (if using watercolor you may need quite a bit of extra water so you can change it regularly). Surfaces could be canvas, board, or paper (if using watery mediums). A folding easel might also be helpful if using oil.
The goal will be to make at least one painting per week, so we will work fast. I will be going over how to start a painting in the landscape, giving a demonstration, how to develop it, and giving other demonstrations as and when are necessary. We will discuss Issues like structure, evolution of themes, each artist's own druthers in relation to style, and what that may mean. We will be connected throughout over the internet so we can discuss issues as they arise.
Online Drawing with Peter Bonner
Peter Bonner
This class will explore drawing in the landscape and the issues one might consider when doing so, from the formal to the personal, with a specific emphasis on touch. Each participant will be able to work in a landscape or environment close to them and we will connect via zoom so that we are able to see what we are each doing and discuss it as we work. The goal is that over 8 weeks we produce a body of works that explore the subject and your interests as they evolve.
The class is a 3-hour class so come prepared. You make need something to sit on, a hat, and sun protection as well as nearby amenities (to get a drink, etc). I suggest keeping the materials you use to a minimum. Charcoal is good, and you might want to experiment with different papers, trying drawing papers as well as Bristol and others you may have. As a minimum, I suggest willow charcoal and paper, but pencils, compressed charcoal, eraser, and pastel could also be used. Paper size can vary but should be a minimum of 12 x 10 inches. You might also need a drawing board if you're working with sheets. I will be giving demonstrations as our discussion moves through different issues.