We are pleased to announce this year’s instructor is John Lightfoot. This is the fifth of a series of workshops hosted by Carole & John Rudderham in association with Leading Edge Art Workshops of Calgary.

JOHN LIGHTFOOT

October 3-5, 2025

Price: $395.00 plus tax

Novar Community Hall—(Huntsville, Ontario)

Workshop Overview

This workshop is for artists with some painting experience and will immerse you in John's incredible depth of knowledge in the acrylic medium and his wonderful process of applying paint over dark underpainting. John's fascinating approach will inspire you and push you out of your comfort zone. John will share his processes through lectures and demos. Individual instruction and excellent critique will be included to help us expand and grow as artists.

About The Instructor

 Ontario artist John Lightfoot started in the creative field with a small studio producing graphic design, art direction and illustration for corporate clients. He has recently expanded into fine art painting.

“Painting for me is a visceral reaction to the constraints imposed by the commercial, digital world as a designer and illustrator. I want to immerse myself in colour, texture, and form, feeling the paint mixing and coming to life. In this way, I hope to apply some of myself to the canvas.

These works contain all of what I paint for, including interesting characters and their interactions. Bold colours, jewel-toned hues and dramatic light quality using techniques of back-painting, under-painting and complex layering of colour.

See more of John's wonderful work at www.instagram.com/johnlightfootpaintings

The Process

John Lightfoot paints in a way to emphasize the contrast of shadows and light. He starts each painting with a base coat of red orange to give a pleasant warm glow.

This workshop series will explore:         

• Choosing an image - looking for brightest whites and darkest darks, simple shapes and arresting images

• Composition and design considerations

• Manipulating image for texture and bolder colour

• Prepping your canvas - effective use of base colours

• Working dark to light in acrylics

• Preparing underpainting - mono-colour rendering of image, all over darkness

• Application of paint, starting with the darkest colours and moving to white as final highlight

• Back painting technique

• Paint mixing and brush strokes

   

To Register

Please got to Leading Edge Art Workshops http://www.greatartworkshops.com

Examples Of John’s Art