PAINTING MASTERCLASS: Sfumato Florals

Discover the timeless beauty of Sfumato painting in this Norfolk masterclass with artist Mary Blue, exploring light, tone, and atmosphere to create soft, smoky floral compositions filled with depth and mystery.

Back by request, this full-day workshop invites you to immerse yourself in the gentle art of blending and transition. The Sfumato technique, made famous during the Renaissance, creates the illusion of light emerging through haze, where colour and shadow meet in quiet harmony. In this class, you will reimagine this traditional approach through a contemporary lens, applying its subtle, luminous qualities to modern floral subjects.

The morning will begin with charcoal sketching, covering the entire paper before gradually revealing form and tone using rags, erasures, and smudging. After a relaxed BYO lunch, you will move on to building your underpainting, layering soft glazes of acrylic or oil paint to achieve the delicate transitions that define Sfumato. The day will…