This class will focus on painting a study of a still life from observation in oil or acrylic. You will be exploring colour mixing and how to use painting materials, focusing on colour, form and composition, and how to incorporate these qualities into your study to develop your confidence in getting started with painting.
Students to bring with them: Student or Artist Quality Oil / Acrylic Colour:
• Warm Red e.g - Cadmium Red
• Cool Red e.g - Alizarin Crimson or Quinacridone Red
• Warm Blue e.g – Cerulean, Manganese or Pthalo Blue
• Cool Blue e.g - Ultramarine Blue
• Warm Yellow e.g - Cadmium Yellow
• Cool Yellow e.g - Lemon Yellow
• Yellow Ochre
• Viridian Green
• Titanium White
• Black
Students may bring additional colours if they wish.
Also: rags, palette, palette knives, masking tape, flat and or round brushes - if possible sizes 2, 4 and 8, low odour white spirit or turpentine (for oil painters), a pencil, an apron may be useful.
A small scale canvas or canvas board, primed oil paper / acrylic paper pad, primed boards, whichever you feel comfortable using.
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