Painting Workshop: Changing of the Season with a Twist
10/07/2016 09:30 AM - 10/08/2016 12:30 PM ET
Description
Learn to bring in the warm colors of Fall as we extend ourselves as artists. We will paint colorful fall images of landscapes including trees, branches, rivers and streams surrounded by color. We will stretch our own art to develop from what we do-- to what we CAN do, by studying ways to develop composition and brushstroke techniques to make them challenging and more interesting. Weather and class permitting, we may also venture outside to paint the beautiful foliage. Join this fun and encouraging 2-day master workshop and bring along any size canvas you desire! Additional supplies list will be posted online. Instructor: Sandra Iafrate
2 lessons @ 3 hrs, $95/$80 MCC district residents
6601.216 F, 10/7 and Sa, 10/8 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Supply List
Acrylic Users:
Brushes
Small and medium sized bright (flat), filbert and round brushes (about ¼” to 1” for flat brushes)
Larger inexpensive (flat) brush for applying gesso or quick washes of colour.
Medium-sized palette knife
Paints:
‘Artist Grade’ acrylic tubes recommended. (necessary colors are shown with an asterisk ‘*’).
*Hansa Yellow or Cadmium Yellow
Yellow Ochre
*Pyrol Red or Cadmium Red (med.)
Alizarin Crimson
*Ultramarine Blue
*Cerulean Blue
Sap Green or Hooker’s Green
Burnt Sienna
Burn Umber
*Titanium white
Please try to prime your canvas before your workshop if possible. Otherwise, you will need “gesso” for priming (painting 2 layers of gesso on your canvas.)
Support
Canvas (any size you prefer)
Palette
disposable pad of palette paper with lots of room for mixing, or small ‘stay-wet’ packable palette, ie. Masterson, or home-made
Other
Note pad or sketch pad and 2b pencil, carrying case or tackle box, rag or lint free towels
Oil paint Users:
Paints
Artist Quality oil paints (student quality not recommended but do bring it if you already have it.)
Suggested colours:
Cadmium Red substitute (Scarlet Lake PR255, Coral Red or Pyrol Red)
Alizarin Crimson,
Cadmium Yellow substitute (Hansa Yellow or Azo Yellow)
Yellow Ochre, Sap or Hooker green, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, and Titanium White.
Brushes and knives:
Choose a variety of small and medium synthetic, or mixed synthetic brushes in filbert, flat and round shapes.
Sizes 2 – 10 are good for small and medium work.
Large inexpensive painter’s brush for priming canvas
Palette knife
Palette
Oil painting palette: non-disposable or disposable pad with lots of room for mixing (larger than 8x10.
Drawing Material
Natural earth (burn sienna, or sanguine) coloured pencil
2B pencil, white eraser
Medium paper sketchpad for sketching and notes
Support/Canvases
Primed canvas of small or medium size for start but if you work larger that is fine also. Linen or wood supports can be used also.
Medium
odourless mineral spirits, linseed oil *please no turpentine, must be odourless
Carrying Case
Tackle box, case or bag
Watercolor Users:
Brushes
Sable/sythetic blend is good
If you plan to work big, buy the bigger, small; buy the smaller
Hake brush (wide 2” or more)
Small round #2 to #4
Medium round brush #6 to #8
large round #12 to #14
small Flat brush ½”
large flat ¾ to 1”
Larger 2” hake brush
Paints:
“Artist Grade’ watercolour tubes recommended but ‘pans’ are good for travel and outdoors. Start with a limited palette, later you can add violet, grey, etc.
Cadmium Yellow
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Red (med.)
Alizarin Crimson
Ultramarine Blue
Cerulean Blue
Hooker’s Green
Pthalocycnine Green
Burnt Sienna
Burn Umber
Paper
Recommended: 100% cotton large sheets (arches white 140lb cold press is 5 sheet pack is best value
Or 100% cotton blocks
note: paper choices come in different textures: Rough (R) , Hot-pressed (fine grain, smoother surface) and cold-pressed (slightly textured surface, and in different weights (90lb, 140lb, 260lb and 300lb) 90lb is thinner, lighter, useable for small work, 300lb is thicker, no need to stretch, good for oversize work.
*cheaper porous pulp pads are good for quick studies and light washes.
Palette
Large plastic palette with lots of space in the centre for mixing
Other
Tape for securing paper: painters tape, or clear hockey tape for wet, larger work
Frisket or masking fluid, Natural sea sponge, salt, rubbing aclohol
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