Number of sessions: 4, 3.0 hours each
Course Fee: $90 (Gold Member Fee: $80)
NOTE: Non-member students must register and pay for this class at the art club.
Description:
Maximum 12 Minimum 4
Medium: Oils and Acrylics
Instructor: Ed Sprafkin
Wednesday, April 10, 17, 24 & May 1, 2024 9AM - 12PM
Landscapes will be the focus, but the principles will apply to all genres of art.
Topics covered: Design, value structure, color mixing, and edges. Students can work from their references or those supplied by the instructor, daily demonstrations, and plenty of one-on-one assistance throughout the course.
Materials:
Recommended Supply List for Oil or Acrylic painters
Note: The following list is only a recommendation. If you already have an inventory of oil or acrylic paints, use them first. Listed is a basic palette of colors suitable for various subjects; you can use the colors you like.
You are encouraged to use your reference, but I will have a collection of photos for you to work from as a backup.
*Attention Oil Painters: Please use Safflower Oil to replace Gamsol, Turpenoid, NOOD, or any similar "odorless" toxic vapor solvent to clean your oil brushes. No petroleum distillate products of any kind. There is ZERO need to use toxic solvents when oil painting. Use Gamblin Solvent-Free Gel or Fluid Medium to thin your paints during painting and use Safflower Oil to clean your brushes while painting. Wash your brushes with simple soap and water at the end of the day. It’s that easy!
* Canvas: Acrylic-primed in a variety of sizes.
* Palette: Grey Matters or standard white disposable paper palette.
* Professional Oil Paint: Gamblin, Utrecht, Winsor Newton, Rembrandt, or Grumbacher.
* Professional Heavy-body Acrylic Paint: Liquitex or Utrecht.
* Colors:
1. Titanium White
2. Cad Yellow Medium
3. Yellow Ocher
4. Cad Red Light or Medium
5. Alizarin Permanent
6. Burnt Sienna
7. Ultramarine Blue
8. Phthalo Blue
* Utrecht Safflower Oil in replace of toxic “odorless” thinners to clean your oil brushes.
* Solvent-Free Oil Medium: Gamblin Solvent-Free Oil Gel Medium, or Gamblin Solvent-Free Oil Fluid Medium to thin your oil paints while painting.
* Palette Cups: Two metal palette cups for oil mediums.
* Oil Brushes: Hog Bristle Flats or Brights, sizes #2-12.
* Acrylic Brushes: Synthetic Flats, sizes #2-12.
* Palette Knife: Diamond-shaped, 2" in length.
* Brush Washer: Empty plastic container for acrylic.
* Water spray bottle/atomizer for acrylic paints.
* Paper towels, tissues, or rags.
* Garbage Bags
Objectives:
- This class is perfect for those interested in becoming better painters.