Tuesday & Wednesday, 10am-4pm
August 11 & 12
Non Member: $350
Member: $315
New exciting workshop in oil! This really fun and informative workshop will cover the basic
principles of oil painting and get you painting simple and easy to understand objects in a short time. The idea of this workshop is to get you comfortable with the process of painting while teaching you how to paint dynamic and exciting paintings. The class includes interesting and memorable discussions on all the basic elements of painting including, composition, massing, building form, light and shadow – and depending on your own style, knowing when a work is finished (learning how to not overwork your painting).
Douglas delivers sound principles of painting that are an incredible foundation for your painting, and whether a person who has never ever picked up a brush, a relatively new painter or a more accomplished painter looking for some strong points and classic principles to review, it will make sense.
After the brief morning intro, a very hands-on approach to the class, gets students organized and preparing to paint. Students will learn how to set up their palette with the basic colors and understand why this is helpful. Douglas will overview his palette and concepts that his work entails and do a subsequent demonstration painting throughout the next two days for each subject that the class paints. Sometimes the demo is a step by step and sometimes the demo is done first and remains as an example you can follow and reference. There is nothing to be afraid of or self conscious of and Douglas will get you through all the tricky parts and you will have fun.
Students will work in their own style/technique so that the finished work is their own. Students will paint simple still lifes which usually includes items like apples, eggs and really common and fun things! You will also paint from a photo to help you get the idea of what painting “en plein air/out of doors” is like, usually we paint a still life/floral, a landscape and a water scene if time allows. Depending on the skill level of each student, students are able to grow and develop at a rate that is to their comfort. Plan to produce a few small paintings and possibly one larger painting. Plan to bring notebook/sketchbook and enjoy all the demos along with some great stories to help you remember these principles that are the foundation of Douglas’ teaching.
For questions or assistance please contact Elizabeth Buccino, Director of Education*
PLEASE NOTE: The AAN’s Painting studio is equipped with easels and glass top carts for palette use and daily personal storage. Due to this studio’s evening classes in a variety of media, please be prepared to leave your cart and easel clean, store work in progress in drying racks provided, and transport your supplies to and from the studio each day. Storing unused paint in a plastic palette bin is suggested. Thank you in advanced for your consideration.
Suggested Materials List
Oil Paint:
Yellow Ochre
Red Hue
Crimson Alizarin
Terre Verte
Sap Green
Black
Green
Lemon Yellow
Phalo Blue
Phalo Green l
Ultramarine Blue
Prussian Green
Permalba oil White
Acrylic for underpainting:
Cad Red Hue
Titanium White
Additional Supplies:
Palette Knife
Palette Cup
Liquin
Turpenoid
Plastic Jar with lid 1
Palette Paper 9x12
Disposable Gloves Large
Brushes:
Long Handled #2 Round, #4 Flat, #4 Filbert #6
Gesso Brush 1” Quantity 2
Surfaces:
Canvas 5x7/Quantity 2, 8x10/Quantity 2, 10x20/Quantity 1, 12x16/Quantity 1
And anything else student needs to help them paint well and feel comfortable.
You can prime all canvas with a thin coat of thinned down Utrecht brand Cad Red light and Titanium White Acrylic to make a pink or light red salmon tone on canvas.
If this is troublesome to do before class, don’t worry, we have plenty of time to do it in class on the first morning. It can be thin and applied with a blue shop towel or rag. (You can paint oil over acrylic but can’t paint acrylic over oil.)
