Developing Your Own Style for Intermediate/Advanced - May

This course is for the not-quite beginner to the very advanced student. Determine your painting style preference and improve your skills. The studio is a fun environment in which you may work independently, or on instructor-given assignments.

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  Rob Gratiot

Paint

Cadmium red, Alizarin crimson

Titanium white (large tube)

Burnt sienna, Burnt umber (large tube), Yellow ochre

Ultramarine blue (large tube), Cerulean blue

Permanent green

Cadmium Yellow Medium

Canvas

Canvas boards or pre-stretched canvas at least 12” x 18”

For those who want to create their own stretched canvasses, bring:
- Stretcher bars (min. 12” x 18”)
- 10-oz raw canvas fabric
- Craftsman 1/4 Light Duty Staples *974424 and staple gun
- Gesso and gesso brush (something like a cheap house-painting-style brush)

Brushes

1 or 2 round, series 4235 R #2 or smaller (Grumbacher-Bristlette)

1 or 2 flat 1/2” - 3/4” (Professional Bristle)

Silicoil – a metal coil you put inside a can use to clean your brushes

Other materials

Paper palette

Mid-size palette knife

Odorless paint thinner, container, rags

Pencil & notebook

Other materials and tools may be discussed in class.