Figure Painting in Oils: Intensity
In this 2-day workshop, taught by the Founding Director of the Modern Color Atelier, participants will create 2 oil paintings from the life model. The focus will be on highly chromatic color relationships that create exciting translations from observation.
Required Supplies
Instructor’s demo will be in oils.
A full chromatic palette is recommended: any version of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Magenta, and White. The pigments the instructor will be using: Cadmium Red (light or medium), Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Yellow Light, Phthalo Green, Phthalo Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Dioxazine Violet, Quinacridone Magenta, Titanium White.
-Assortment of Brushes, bristle and smooth. Instructor prefers Rounds, sizes 2, 4, 6 (Princeton Ashley; Princeton Imperial)
-Large Palette for Mixing (glass is great, at least 16 x 20")
-Palette Knife
-Gamsol (odorless mineral spirits), with small dish or squeeze bottle
-Small Jug of Dorland’s Wax Medium
-Surface for Painting on: 2 sheets of Arches Oil Paper, 16 x 20” or preferred surface
-Board for Mounting paper to
-24" ruler and Pencil
-Triangles/ straightedges
-Paper Towels or Rags
