
Intermediate Abstract Painting
WEDNESDAYS
TIME: 9:30AM - 12:00PM
CLASSES: 9
COURSE ID: 13646
TERM DATES: April 19th - June 19th, 2021
COST: $375.00
INSTRUCTOR:
CLASS MATERIALS LIST:
Acrylic OR Oil Paint may be used
- Pigments for Acrylic and Oil: The following are suggestions that will give optimum mixing potential but students may pick the colours they wish to work with: Alizarin Crimson*, Cadmium Orange, Hansa Yellow or Cadmium Yellow Light*, Thalo Green, Cobalt Blue*, Dioxazine Violet (Purple), Mars Black*, Titanium White – large tube or 16 oz container
- Brushes: acrylic brushes are synthetic; oil brushes are hog bristle: 2 flat brushes – 1” and 1/2”, 2 filbert brushes – medium-sized, round brushes - one small and one large assortment of other sizes of brushes if desired, House-painting style brush for applying gesso, Package of foam brushes with different sizes.
- Mediums:
· Acrylic
· Gloss acrylic medium – 8 oz container
· Matt acrylic medium – 8 oz - optional*
· Acrylic modeling paste – 8 oz - optional*
· Gesso – good for hardboard and real canvas + stretchers - optional*
· Oil Paint
· Linseed oil
· Non-solvent oil-based medium
· Baby Oil – for cleaning brushes
· Brush cleaning soap, dish or laundry detergent (put in a small container)
· NO SOLVENTS ALLOWED including Odourless Solvent – there will be demonstrations on cleaning brushes and hands without using solvent.
- Canvas and Supports: students may choose sizes and materials:
· ready-made canvas
· canvas boards
· heavy paper (such as drawing paper, watercolour paper, etc.)
· Yupo
· hardboard (Masonite)
· stretchers and unprimed canvas
· assortment of plastic palette knives, plus two different metal palette knives.
· masking tape
- Other materials:
· Paper Palette 12” x 18” – has disposable pages that can be torn out.
· Spray bottle for acrylics
· Containers for water or baby oil
· Rags for cleaning brushes and other painting jobs
· Paper towel roll
· Apron or smock (i.e. old shirt, etc.)
· Rubber gloves or non-latex gloves
· Gloss acrylic medium – 8 oz container
· Matt acrylic medium – 8 oz - optional*
· Acrylic modeling paste – 8 oz - optional*
· Gesso – good for hardboard and real canvas + stretchers - optional*
· Oil Paint
· Linseed oil
· Non-solvent oil-based medium
· Baby Oil – for cleaning brushes
· Brush cleaning soap, dish or laundry detergent (put in a small container)
· NO SOLVENTS ALLOWED including Odourless Solvent – there will be demonstrations on cleaning brushes and hands without using solvent.
· canvas boards
· heavy paper (such as drawing paper, watercolour paper, etc.)
· Yupo
· hardboard (Masonite)
· stretchers and unprimed canvas
· assortment of plastic palette knives, plus two different metal palette knives.
· masking tape
· Spray bottle for acrylics
· Containers for water or baby oil
· Rags for cleaning brushes and other painting jobs
· Paper towel roll
· Apron or smock (i.e. old shirt, etc.)
· Rubber gloves or non-latex gloves