**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/nKzRVBMjWgg
In this course we will be creating believable paintings. We will discuss how a human sees and breakdown what you are seeing. We will practice being expressive and being direct with our painting approach while painting from a photo.
There will be a deep focus on value, shape, light and shadow, color, temperature, color harmony, texture, brushwork, variety, and edges.
Students will come away from this course knowing the tools to create an interesting painting that feels believable. Students will understand what to look for to make convincing and interesting paintings. I will be working with oils, students are welcome to use other mediums. Students are encouraged to work from provided reference images. I will work with students at their level to help them grow.
Week 1
Welcome introductions and going over course materials
Discuss the importance of value and shape in a believable panting
Demo
Assignment #1: Create a painting with focus on clear value and strong interesting shapes
Week 2
Discuss light and shadow
Demo
Assignment #2: Create a painting with believable light and shadow based on what you know
Week 3
Discuss color, saturation, and harmony
Demo
Assignment #3: Create a painting with harmony that focuses on warm and cool
Week 4
Discuss edges
Demo
Assignment #4: Create a painting with a focus on a variety of edges
Week 5
Discuss texture, variety and intentional mark making
Demo
Assignment #5: Create a painting with a focus on texture and variety
Oil paint- Louisa’s palette
Titanium white- Blick
Cad Yellow Light- Gamblin
Cad Yellow Medium- Gamblin
Cad Orange- Gamblin
Cad Red Light Hue- Blick
Alizarin Crimson- Blick
Cerulean Blue- Blick
Phthalo Blue- Blick
Viridian Hue- Blick
Yellow Ochre- Blick
Transparent Iron Oxide Red- Utrecht
Quinacridone Magenta- Blick
Permanent Rose- Blick
Grey of Grey- Holbein
Brushes
Assortment of Filbert synthetic brushes around 6,8,10,12 (I use https://www.jerrysartarama.com/creative-mark-qualita-golden-taklon-value-brush-long-handle-set-of-6-72575)
About a 6 Flat synthetic
0 or 1 brush
Palette knife
Surface- I use Acrylic Primed MDF (hardboard) panel
At least 5 surfaces around 12x12, 12x16, 16x16, 16x20, 20x20, 24x24 (panel or canvas panel) whatever you feel comfortable with.
Miscellaneous
Linseed oil (in a little jar)
Rubber gloves
Viva Paper towels
Trash can
Gamsol- container
Sketchbook
Pencil and sharpie
Easel of some kind
**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
Please check your email spam/junk folder for your Zoom invite. Our business hours are 10:00 AM through 5:00 PM. All course information and email correspondence will be sent during business hours. If students purchase a course, workshop, demo or recording outside business hours or during the weekend the course information or recording will be sent the following business day.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/nKzRVBMjWgg
In this course we will be creating believable paintings. We will discuss how a human sees and breakdown what you are seeing. We will practice being expressive and being direct with our painting approach while painting from a photo.
There will be a deep focus on value, shape, light and shadow, color, temperature, color harmony, texture, brushwork, variety, and edges.
Students will come away from this course knowing the tools to create an interesting painting that feels believable. Students will understand what to look for to make convincing and interesting paintings. I will be working with oils, students are welcome to use other mediums. Students are encouraged to work from provided reference images. I will work with students at their level to help them grow.
Week 1
Welcome introductions and going over course materials
Discuss the importance of value and shape in a believable panting
Demo
Assignment #1: Create a painting with focus on clear value and strong interesting shapes
Week 2
Discuss light and shadow
Demo
Assignment #2: Create a painting with believable light and shadow based on what you know
Week 3
Discuss color, saturation, and harmony
Demo
Assignment #3: Create a painting with harmony that focuses on warm and cool
Week 4
Discuss edges
Demo
Assignment #4: Create a painting with a focus on a variety of edges
Week 5
Discuss texture, variety and intentional mark making
Demo
Assignment #5: Create a painting with a focus on texture and variety
Oil paint- Louisa’s palette
Titanium white- Blick
Cad Yellow Light- Gamblin
Cad Yellow Medium- Gamblin
Cad Orange- Gamblin
Cad Red Light Hue- Blick
Alizarin Crimson- Blick
Cerulean Blue- Blick
Phthalo Blue- Blick
Viridian Hue- Blick
Yellow Ochre- Blick
Transparent Iron Oxide Red- Utrecht
Quinacridone Magenta- Blick
Permanent Rose- Blick
Grey of Grey- Holbein
Brushes
Assortment of Filbert synthetic brushes around 6,8,10,12 (I use https://www.jerrysartarama.com/creative-mark-qualita-golden-taklon-value-brush-long-handle-set-of-6-72575)
About a 6 Flat synthetic
0 or 1 brush
Palette knife
Surface- I use Acrylic Primed MDF (hardboard) panel
At least 5 surfaces around 12x12, 12x16, 16x16, 16x20, 20x20, 24x24 (panel or canvas panel) whatever you feel comfortable with.
Miscellaneous
Linseed oil (in a little jar)
Rubber gloves
Viva Paper towels
Trash can
Gamsol- container
Sketchbook
Pencil and sharpie
Easel of some kind
