Tuesday
February 7th, 14th, 28th, March 7th, 14th
10:00 AM- 12:30 PM
Explore colorful city landscapes in the five-week course.
Practice painting in various styles from loose to detailed to create dynamic compositions with architectural elements and figures. Starting with sketches, the class works toward a final piece with depth and energy, through color and brushwork. This class will cover the fundamentals of painting including illustrations of the steps to create a painting from start to finish, color mixing, brushwork, and drawing. This class is open to all levels of painters.
Materials:
- Please bring your own photographs of subject matter you are interested in painting
– Oil Paints / Acrylic Paints
Kits with primary colors are great. If you choose to purchase individual tubes of color, please include these:
Utrecht Brand Preferred
- Cadmium Yellow Hue
- Hansa Yellow Light
- Cadmium Yellow
- Permanent Orange
- Naphthalene Red Light
- Crimson Alizarin
- Ultramarine
- Cobalt Blue
- Payne’s Gray
- Sienna
- Naples Rouge
- White Titanium
– Bristle Brushes: Flat sizes: 2, 8, 12 and Filbert size 4
– Brushes from Home Depot- Flat 1”, Flat 2”
-Palette A palette is any surface on which you can mix your paint. I prefer to use a covered palette which preserves paint for longer use. You want a palette big enough to mix all your colors on
– Odorless Gamsol
-Linseed Oil Linseed oil increases the transparency of paint as well as the fluidity, while maintaining the paint’s oil base.
-Glass Jar To hold our solvent. You may want to purchase one with a metal coil inside to help clean brushes. Bring an extra empty, sealable jam jar as well.
– Palette Knife If you prefer to mix your colors with brushes, that is fine.
– Rags Used for cleaning/drying brushes
– Soap to Clean Brushes
–Painting Clothes These are clothes you don’t mind getting paint on
–Canvas – 1 yard of unstretched canvas (can be purchased at Blick Art Supplies)
– Foam Backing for canvas
– Contractor 2” tape from Home Depot
– Utrecht Acrylic modeling paste- small container
– Caran d”Ache Neocolor II Aquarelle Artists Pastels
Colors:
Black 009
Sepia 407
Vandyke Brown 045
White 001
Black 009
