Learn how to oil paint! We'll explore representational painting in still life, portrait, figure, and landscape painting. We'll use simple visual structures to organize compelling compositions. We'll use techniques that come down from across the ages, and are used by painters as different as Van Gogh and Rembrandt. We'll learn to see as artists, and have fun doing it. There will be a live model for weeks 4 & 5.
Variety of canvas panels; for instance 8x10, 9x12, 11x14 and 12x16 might all be appropriate.
Carrier for wet paintings (an unused pizza box works fine)
Paper Towels
Sketch pad & pencil
Assortment of brushes; I use hogs bristle filbert brushes; #2 #4, 2 #6, a #8, and a small detail brush, like a watercolor #0
Brush washer
Odorless Mineral Spirits (don't go cheap for the mineral spirits, get that from an art supply store like Meiningers or Guirys)
Palette for your paint (I like the large Masterson palettes, but a 12x16 painting panel covered in wax paper works fine)
Assortment of paints (student grade is fine):
- Large tube of Titanium White
- Regular sized Yellow Ochre
- Burnt Sienna or Transparent Red Oxide
- Ivory Black
- Cadmium Yellow (hues are fine)
- Cadmium Red (hues are fine)
- Permanent Alizarin Crimson
- Ultramarine Blue
- Dioxazine Purple
- Viridian
- Permanent Green Light
Mirror (makeup compact is fine)
Disposable gloves
