Learning to Paint What You See
Location: Scottsdale Location
Room: TBA
Jan 25-29, 2010
Meets 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri
Tuition: $535.00
Level: BEG-INT
Status: This program has been canceled
This week of intensive study is aimed at helping the artist to see first then learn to translate the subject in front of you into the medium of paint. Seeing the end, knowing what you are after and how, will determine the way you travel there. We will spend much of our time this week discovering how to set ourselves up with the best chance of success from the onset of the creative process. Making a clear statement and defining your intentions comes from a solid foundation of the basic vocabulary of painting. How the principles of light work to create value and color relationships, edges, gradations and turning form of three dimensions out of two-dimensional flat shapes are some areas of study where we will work hard. Once the artist has a grasp of the foundational aspects of painting, they will find a freedom that allows for a clear communication and an open path to creating.
- Oil Painting (acrylic accepted)
Instructor -- Dan Robinson
Dan Robinson has been a professional artist for over twenty years. He received a BFA from The Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and has diligently worked at the craft of painting ever since. Still driven, he balances the search and discovery of a student while simultaneously reaching for the next level in the profession. Dan has shown his work at the Plein Aire Painters of America, Maynard Dixon Country, the Gilcrease Museum, Albuquerque and Phippen Museum. He was a recipient of the Stacey Scholarship, the Grumbacher Gold Medallion and awarded by the Oil Painters of America. All of these elements give Dan a unique perspective of knowing the students beginnings and how to help guide their desires forward.
- Palette
- Palette Knife (trowell shaped)
- Brushes - various sizes from #4 - #10 and shapes of flat, filbert, and rounds in hog bristle and nylon.
- Solvent - your preference; Odorless turpenoid or Mineral spirits and a non-glass brush cleaner. (ODORLESS REQUIRED)
- Canvases - Preferably an oil ground on linen, in sizes that you are comfortable working in: (8" x 10" up to 16" x 20"- We may use 6-12 throughout the week).
- Oil Colors: (My palette usually consists of) Titanium and Zinc White; Cadmium Lemon ; Cadmium. Yellow Medium ; Cadmium Orange; Yellow Ochre; Burnt Sienna; Grumbacher Red (Grumbacher); Thalo Red Rose (Grumbacher); Ultramarine Blue; Windsor Violet or Dioxazine Purple; Viridian or Thalo Emerald. **This is the palette that I will use in class.
- Sketchbook
- Black and white Sketching materials (examples: charcoal, pencils, sharpie markers)
- Reference materials (examples: photographs and field studies)