This course is the result of Ceraso's study with Henry Hensche and the subsequent years of his own development of color seeing. His book, The Art of Color Seeing, is available but is not a prerequisite. You will learn a way of using the eyes that makes color seeing more accurate. In the three week course, over three Saturdays, you will paint a still life in the studio, then a landscape from a photograph and finally, on the third week, you will paint a landscape from life.
Learning Objectives:
As a result of this course you will have a deeper understanding and perception of color relationships that will allow you to bring more light and aliveness to your paintings. You will learn a way of using the eyes that facilitates this perception. And you will learn a process for mixing pigments to enhance your ability to capture the colors you see.
Students should bring:
-oils, gouache paints or pastels recommend, slow drying acrylics and water colors are fine, regular acrylics work but are a bit more difficult -for oils, painting knife, with blade about 2 ½ inches long, about ¼ inch wide where attached to handle, tapering to a point or curved tip -palette -paper towels -canvas, paper or board 12""x16""; sanded paper recommended for pastels -recommended colors: cadmium yellow, cadmium yellow pale, cadmium lemon, dioxizine purple, manganese blue, ultramarine blue, emerald green, yellow ochre, titanium white (large tube), cadmium orange, cadmium red, permanent rose, magenta, cobalt blue, viridian, indian yellow, mars violet
