Painting: Light & Atmospheric Effects

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2760 N Tucson Blvd Tucson, AZ 85716 United States

Studio 2

Intermediate - Advanced

11/8/2021-11/29/2021

1:00 PM-4:00 PM MST (Arizona) on Mon

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$200.00

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Properly conveying the effects of light in paint can truly feel magical, as it honors the laws of the natural world and allows us to share that awe with others.

Topics Covered: light beams to hazy atmosphere and diffused light, specular reflections or bouncing light off surfaces, transmitted light and subsurface scattering or the glow of light through surfaces, types of highlights, light coronas, and halation.

  • Open to oil, water mixable oil or acrylic
  • (Suggestion for acrylic painters: use a slow drying acrylic like Golden OPEN acrylics or use a medium to slow drying time listed below)
  • Panel or stretched canvas sizes 8x10, 9x12, 11x 14, 16x20 (whatever size you are comfortable with.) At least one per class, and you may want back ups if you feel like starting over in the middle of class, or are fast and just want to paint more! :)
  • Paint
  • (*optional)
  • Titanium white
  • *Lemon yellow
  • Yellow ochre
  • Cad yellow
  • Cad red
  • Alizarin
  • Quinacridone Magenta
  • Burnt Sienna
  • Cerulean blue
  • Cobalt blue*
  • Ultramarine blue
  • Burnt umber
  • Raw Umber*
  • Ivory black*
  • Odorless mineral spirits (for oil)
  • Solvent container, like Silicon
  • Rolls of paper towels (viva) and or rags
  • Container for water (acrylic)
  • Liquitex slow-dry medium or Liquitex Professional Fluid Medium, Slow-Dri Blending (acrylic)
  • Brushes
  • Variety of Brushes (If you only come with 6 brushes, 2 small, 2 medium and two med/Large, that can be enough)
  • Variety of brushes sizes 1-12
  • 2 - 3 of Brights (variety of sizes, 1/2”, and 1” width would be great)
  • 2 or more Round (size 1-4 can be great for painting details and skin but feel free to get larger as well if you like rounds)
  • 2 - 3 of Filberts (sizes 2-8, others optional, 4, and 6 are good general sizes)
  • Bristle brushes are good for painting more thickly and soft synthetics are good for painting more thinly and also for creating smoother surfaces. Probably best to get a variety to see what you like, as the different types will give various results. For example if only able to get 6 total, get 1 bright bristle brush and 1 bright synthetic.
  • *palette knife
  • Palette
  • Some kind of palette: wooden, palette paper, or glass with scraper
  • I highly recommend Masterson’s Sa-wet palettes.
  • I use the large size in conjunction with palette paper, but you could also transport a glass palette this way.
  • If you get this kind of pallet, and are using acrylic, make sure you get the sponge insert and the special palette paper for acrylic.