Flowers, Fruit, & A Bowl

Flowers, Fruit, & A Bowl

PD-Class | This class is completed

600 St. Andrews Blvd Winter Park, FL 32792 United States

1A

Intermediate

10/19/2022-11/23/2022

6:00 PM-9:00 PM EDT on Wed

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$320.00

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In each class, students will paint from direct observation a new still-life arrangement of fresh-cut flowers, small fruits or vegetables, and a bowl. the instructor will do a brief demo and discuss composition, color, light, and shadows, edges, and other aspects of good painting, working with each student offering suggestions for improvement. The instructor will supply flowers, fruit, and other still-life objects. Open to students with intermediate experience using oils, acrylics, or pastels.

  • This class is open to anyone with some experience working in oil paint, acrylic paint or pastel. The information below generally applies to oil painters, but if you'll be working in acrylic or pastel, please feel free to modify this list and bring the materials you normally use. If you have any questions, please contact the instructor.
  • BRUSHES: Bring half-inch-wide to one-inch-wide flat, round or filbert brushes. The bristles should be long, soft and flexible. No short, stiff brushes, please!
  • PAINTS: I paint with a limited palette. My main colors are: titanium white, a cool red (I use alizarin), ultramarine blue, and cadmium yellow light (not medium). You can do nearly everything with these, but if you want, you can also bring cadmium red, cerulean blue and yellow ochre. Please avoid using paints with the word “hue” on the tube – they are diluted and lifeless.
  • SURFACES: Bring your preferred surfaces – stretched canvases, canvas-covered panels, or paper (printmaking paper primed with gesso or acrylic makes a great inexpensive surface). Bring surfaces no smaller than 10 inches on any side. In each class session, we will start a new painting and bring it to a resolution of some kind, so you'll need at least one surface for each session – a total of six for the term.
  • THINNERS: If you use thinners, please bring only ODORLESS artist’s grade turpentine or mineral spirits. You can find it at Sam Flax and Art Systems stores. Also bring a sealable container for your thinner. (NOTE: I paint with water-mixable oils, so I don't use turpentine or mineral spirits.)
  • PALETTE KNIFE: You will be mixing colors on a palette, so it is important to have a metal palette knife (sometimes called a painting knife) that’s about as long as your middle finger, is pointed, flexible, and has a handle similar to a trowel.
  • PALETTE: Bring the palette you usually use for mixing colors. Paper plates are a handy alternative.
  • OTHER:
  • Bring a small sketchbook, a drawing pencil or charcoal sticks, and a block eraser or soft eraser.
  • The studio has table easels and stand-up easels, giving you the option of sitting or standing to paint.
  • The studio will provide paper towels. There’s also a utility sink for you to clean up.
Ross, Robert

Robert Ross’s paintings have been exhibited in a growing number of venues throughout Central Florida, including Anita Wooten Gallery at Valencia State College, Winter Park City Hall, Orlando City Hall, Maitland City Hall, Orange County Chambers, Gallery at Avalon Island, and Casselberry Art House. He has been in the Winter Park Paint Out sponsored by the Albin Polasek Museum, and he has won several awards for his paintings in the Winter Park Autumn Art Festival. He received his art education at Oakland University, Crealdé School of Art in Winter Park, and in master workshops taught by Stuart Shils. He is represented by Arts on Douglas Gallery in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Website: www.robertrossart.com