Gain skills in composition, color theory and harmony, mixing, tinting, and shading. Focus on landscape painting to learn how to capture trees, mountains, sky, clouds, and water.
Bring the following supplies to the first class:
- Brushes: Stiff bristle flats not rounds (no soft nylon) #4 - 1 filbert and 1 bright, #6 or #7 - 1 filbert and 1 bright, #12 - 1 bright
- Palette Knives: Two metal triangular shaped tips - 1 small, 1 medium
- Oil Paints: Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Large tube of Titanium White
- Paint Thinner-Odorless Mineral Spirits (Recommend Gamblin)
- Brush washer - metal can with leak proof lid
- Medium - this is mixture to add to dry pigment to make oil paint-recommend Gamblin Galkyd Lite
- Small metal cup that clips to your palette
- Easel - small but lightweight collapsible
- Painting panels rather than stretch canvas - bring 2 to each class 8x10, 9x12, 10x12, 11x14
- Paper towels
- For outdoor painting - Camp stool or folding chair & brimmed hat