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Artists Association of Nantucket
ART CLASSES EVENTS

Course Description

Learn traditional and dependable techniques for painting realistic flowers. We start with a foundational wash drawing, then learn accurate color mixing principles that we then use while delicately painting each flower. We will work from a photographic reference (supplied by the teacher), so that after the workshop has ended you will be able to continue to practice what you learned and finish your piece. This workshop is suitable for all levels, and we may sit while we paint.

For questions or assistance please contact Elizabeth Buccino, Director of Education*

Cancellation Policy

AAN depends upon student tuition to continue to offer classes and workshops. Due to our commitment to small class sizes and the hands-on nature of art education, we are greatly impacted by cancellations. Nevertheless, we do understand that plans change. If you need to cancel your reservation for a class or workshop, please note our cancellation/refund policy here and let us know as soon as possible.

Materials

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.

PAINTS: (these specific brands are recommended- they match the teacher’s palette. They
are all Winsor and Newton Artist Oil Colors, except the magenta)
• Titanium White (W&N)
• Cadmium Yellow Pale (W&N)
• Yellow Ochre Pale (W&N)
• Burnt Umber (W&N)
• Raw Umber (W&N)
• Ivory Black (W&N)
• French Ultramarine Blue (W&N, varying brands are fine)
• Alizarin Crimson or Alizarin Crimson Permanent (W&N)
• Magenta (Michael Harding)
• Cadmium Red (W&N)
• Cadmium Yellow Light or Lemon (W&N) optional
• Manganese Blue Extra (varying brands are fine) optional
CANVAS:
(2) 5x7” panels, either the Raphael Oil Primed Linen (preferred) or Dick Blick’s Studio Artist
Panels with Primed Canvas Texture
MEDIUMS:
• 100% odorless mineral spirits (Gamsol or the Mona Lisa Brand)
• Refined Linseed Oil
BRUSHES:
A variety of sizes 2-8, preferably synthetic - not bristle brushes
Recommended Brand: Creative Mark Ebony Splendor filberts and brights. The more
brushes the better, and have a bunch of tiny ones, too, with nice points.
MISCELLANEOUS:
• Palette (wood or grey paper, NOT white. New Wave brand recommended)
• Palette knife #45 OR 47
• Small cup (for medium mixture)
• Eyedropper (for medium mixture)
• Makeup Sponges (for medium mixture application)
• 2 Brush Holders (one for clean brushes, one for dirty brushes)
• Stiff Board for panel to attach to, roughly 16x20”
• Masking Tape
• Clamps (2)
• Paper Towels
• 2 glass jars with lids (one for clean Mineral Spirits and one for Brush Cleaning)
OPTIONAL:
• 6x9”ish Masterson paint saver with grey palette paper or parchment paper inside
• Acetate size 5x7” (3)

Realistic Flower Painting from a Photo, 18+

Christina Grace Mastrangelo

Christina Grace Mastrangelo (b.1983) is a European-trained Classical Realist Painter who has dedicated herself to studying, teaching, and professionally painting figurative work for over 15 years. A 2009 graduate of the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy, she has won awards for her work from the Art Renewal Center, Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America, the Salmagundi Club, and more. She has shown at notable venues, including a solo show at the St. Botolph Club in Boston, MA, the Villa Bardini in Florence, Italy, twice at both the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) in Barcelona, Spain and the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield, Massachusetts, including a solo show at the latter. Most recently, in 2024 she exhibited forty-four pieces at the Guild of Boston Artists for a solo show and was featured in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine as one of "Five Artists to Watch" and American Art Collector Magazine's "Artist Focus." She is currently represented by the Guild of Boston Artists in Boston, Massachusetts, Susan Powell Fine Art in Madison, Connecticut, and Williams Fine Art Dealers in Wenham, Massachusetts.
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