Intro to Traditional Oil Painting: B

Intro to Traditional Oil Painting: B

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2760 N Tucson Blvd Tucson, AZ 85716 United States

Studio 1

Beginning/Intermediate

1/9/2018-1/30/2018

6:00 PM-9:00 PM MST (Arizona) on Tue

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$150.00

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Traditional oil painting, sometimes referred to as the Flemish technique, is an indirect approach. Paint is applied thinly to dry surfaces and built up over time using glazes and scumbling. (In the direct approach, alla prima, paint is applied wet on wet, and is generally completed in one sitting) Learn the Flemish technique in this step-by-step workshop, using a limited pallet with a focus on value. Discussions will include making a few of your own mediums, understanding your tools and materials, and basic best practices in painting.

  • If you have questions email me info@myklwells.com
  • Paint
  • Color is a complicated subject the only paint you need at the start of class is raw umber and white.
  • This approach to painting starts with painting the values (all the shades from black to white) and then building up the colors over the dry surface using glazes and scumbles.
  • You will want a set of primary colors: a red, a yellow, and a blue. Different colors have different properties and some have more utility than others. The colors listed bellow are suggestions, if you already have oil paints, by all means use them. If you are on a budget you can get away with just the white, the umber and a single color, either a blue or a red.
  • I will do a color mixing demo in class and talk about paints and pigments, what to look for and what to avoid. As you work and develop, you will want to build a pallet that speaks to you. I encourage you to work together and share colors because nothing beats direct experience.
  • 1 tube of white ( I like permalba original white by Webber)
  • 1 tube of Raw Umber or Burnt Umber
  • 1 tube of yellow, this can be an earth yellow like yellow ocher or a bright yellow like cadmium lemon.
  • 1 tube of Blue, this should be either cobalt blue or French ultramarine.
  • 1 tube of Red, I'd recommend a Pyrrol red or Quinacridone red over a more electric cadmium.
  • Thinner
  • Gamsol paint thinner, This is a highly refined odorless thinner. I'd rather you use this in class. Odorless Mineral Spirits from the hardware store are okay at home but a bunch of open bottles in class would not be good.
  • Brushes
  • You'll need a small selection, we'll be painting small so smaller brushes, personally I like a liner to sketch and do detail work and flats for blocking in color and blending. Don't buy expensive brushes, I prefer a synthetic bristle. as an example there are blister packs of brushes at Michael's for about $8 that contains angles, flats and rounds of various sizes, this could serve you well. At a minimum get three smaller brushes like a #2 liner a #2flat/shader and a #4 flat/shader.
  • Rags
  • To wipe your brushes on
  • A tight sealing container
  • To store your dirty rags in. Could be a pint jar or tupperware or an old coffee can. Should be an air tight seal
  • Baby food or similar sized jars with lids that seal.
  • 2 jars
  • A Pallet
  • This can be a plate, there are disposable paper pallets, a piece of tempered glass a piece of masonite, pretty much any flat surface that isn't absorbent and has enough room to mix your colors on.
  • Stand Oil
  • 1 small bottle
  • Surface to paint on
  • I highly recommend Arches oil pad but if you have a small canvas or a primed panel you like, bring it. Just keep it small this technique is slow and too big a painting may be difficult to work.
  • Wear old clothes or an apron
  • you will get paint on you, it will not come out of your clothing.
  • Notes
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