Reimagining Seurat with Abstract Oil Painting

Experiment with colour, shape, and expressive mark-making to transform a familiar landscape into your own abstract oil painting in our Reimagining Seurat with Abstract Oil Painting workshop.

Using Georges Seurat’s celebrated Post Impressionist work ‘A Sunday on La Grande Jatte’ as a starting point, participants will investigate how colour, movement and composition can be transformed through abstraction.

The workshop introduces approaches for loosening traditional techniques, encourages the simplification of shapes as well as the use of bold contrasts and the development of mark making using our intuition.

Through guided demonstrations and painting exercises, participants reinterpret elements of the original artwork, shifting the focus from detailed representation to atmosphere, energy and personal response.

Working with oil paints on canvas board, you will experiment with expressive brushwork and colour choices to build confidence in your creative instincts. The session concludes with a reflective discussion, offering space to consider how abstraction supports a more instinctive and emotionally driven approach to painting.

Basic materials provided. Food and drink is also available for purchase throughout the session from our cafes. This workshop is suitable for ages 16+.

Photo courtesy: Denisa Mansfield, Lake by the Mountains, Courtesy of the artist