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Landscapes in Oil: Dramatic Skies

Landscapes in Oil: Dramatic Skies

Monday - Friday, December 3 - 7 
9 am - noon

Beginning and advanced students will enjoy this five-day technique-based class focused on creating dramatic landscapes with special attention paid to the sky. Working from photo reference, students will explore the use of sensitive and effective strokes to manipulate paint with a brush and pallet knife. Students will explore texture and depth while creating dramatic landscape paintings.

Monday – Friday, December 3 – 7 
9 am – noon

Ages: Adult (15+) / Some oil painting experience reccomended
Instructor: David McCamant

SUPPLY LIST:  

SUPPORTS 
Inexpensive canvas boards or panels. Students who wish to do the homework will need to double the number of panels. 
1 – 11″ x 14” (OPTIONAL – add one more for homework*)
2 – 8″ x 10″ (OPTIONAL – add two more for homework*)
3 – 6″ x 8″ (OPTIONAL – add three more for homework*)
 
OIL PAINT – 1 – 37 ml tube of oil paint in the following colors:   
 
WHITE: Titanium White (2 tubes are suggested)   
YELLOW:Cadmium Lemon, Windsor Yellow, Hansa Yellow, Medium or Cadmium Yellow Light  
RED:Cadmium Red Hue, Cadmium Red Medium or Cadmium Berium Red (not deep) 
BLUE: French Ultramarine Blue or Ultramarine Blue
BLACK: Ivory Black
MAGENTA (OPTIONAL*): Permanent Rose or Quinacridone Red 
CYAN (OPTIONAL*):  Thalo Blue or Phthalo Blue
 
You may bring whatever paint you have as long as they are the correct hues or colors. An inexpensive option is Windsor Newton Winton student colors. ‘Artist Grade’ paints will produce better results in color mixing.
 
PAINTING MEDIUM: Neo MeGilp Medium 2oz or Larger
 
BRUSHES – Recommend Connoisseur brand #2106 pure synthetic oil paint brushes or any artist quality manufacturer VERY IMPORTANT. 1 each #6 and #8 Long-Handled Filberts
 
PALETTE – Gray Matters, palette paper or equivalent
 
CLEANING JAR – Silicoil cleaning jar or other small jar with lid
 
CLEANING SOLUTION – 1 – 8oz bottle of artist grade Walnut oil
 
BRUSH CLEANER – 2.5 OZ small cake of The Masters Brush Cleaner
 
PAPER TOWELS – 1 roll of BLUE shop paper towels (OPTIONAL – add one more for homework*)
 
WET PANEL CARRIER – inexpensive cookie sheet covered in aluminum foil or aluminum roasting pan for wet painting transport
 
Approximate Materials Cost $100. With OPTIONAL ITEMS $130.

Painting
December 3, 2018 9 am – noon
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