Painting Lessons from the Dutch and Renaissance Masters
Location: Scottsdale Location
Room: TBD
Nov 1-5, 2010
Meets 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri
Tuition: $585.00
Model Fee: $35.00
Level: BEG-ADV
Status: This program is completed
Da Vinci used his scientific knowledge of how the eye sees to create the illusion of immense depth. Rembrandt transformed paintings with his use of light, paint texture and brush work. In this class, students will learn how to use painting techniques acquired from the Renaissance and the Golden Age to tell a visual story. Students will learn proper canvas preparation, safety, glazing techniques, how to pose a model, how to set up a still life and how to create atmospheric light effects.
- Costumed model and fresh still life arrangements
Instructor -- Joshua Fallik
Joshua Fallik studied at Parsons School for Design and the Art Students League, where he was David A. Leffel’s assistant. He also studied with Robert Beverly Hale and Frank Mason. Fallik has taught art for over 25 years and he is featured in the educational video Oil Painting from Life. Fallik’s award-winning work has been exhibited around the United States, including the Lincoln Center and the Phoenix Art Museum. Fallik’s work may be viewed at Willow Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ. www.fallikstudio.com
- Josh uses Old Holland brands but students may use whatever is affordable
- PIGMENTS (IN ORDER OF THEIR PLACEMENT)
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- 1. Naples Yellow
- (Light or MAIMERI if possible)
- 2. Yellow Ochre Light
- 3. Venetian Red
- 4. Cadmium Yellow Deep
- 5. Cadmium Yellow Light
- 6. Cadmium Red Light
- 7. Alizarin Crimson or
- Rose Madder deep (Winsor & Newton)
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- 8. Ultramarine Blue deep
- 9. manganese blue (optional)
- 10. Burnt Umber
- 11. Raw Umber (Windsor & Newton)
- 12. Ivory Black
- 13. Cremnitz (or Flake or silver White)
- MEDIUMS (only ONE)
- 1. Maroger (Available for purchase at office) OR
- 2. Black Oil (available for purchase at office) OR
- 3. 1/3 Damar Varnish, 1/3 Stand Oil, 1/3 Turpentine (Mix together) OR
- 4. Cold Pressed Linseed Oil Painting Medium (Medium Drying time)
- 5. Copal
- 6. Stand oil, thinned with pure spirits of gum turpentine
- PLEASE KEEP IN MIND SAS REQUIRES ODORLESS THINNER
- Panting Surface:
- 2-3 Primed and toned canvas, various sizes: 9" x 12", 16" X 20".
- Double Primed fine weave, (example: FREDRIX RIX DP 111)
- Optional: apply thin coat of white lead with a palette knife, let dry for 2 weeks, sand warring dust mask, then tone with Burnt Umber & Ultramarine Blue mix with the Painting Medium (light value)
- Inner Glow Painting panels (1 877 430 3639)
- Gessoed Masonite, clay panels, various sizes. Toned as above.
- BRUSHES
- All brushes need to be Filbert #3, 5, 7 and up. The best brushes have interlocking, chunking bristles. Use one of the following companies.
- (In order of preference)
- Silver Grand Prix 1033 filbert
- Grumbacher Degas series #4229
- Pearl Paint #1200
- Isabey 6098 Filbert
- Strathmore Superior
- DRAWING MATERIALS
- Sketch pad, 5" x 7"
- Conte of Paris sanguine pencil #610
- HB pencil
- Kneaded rubber eraser
- Utility knife or blades, and sand paper for sharpening
- OPTIONAL: 0.5 mm mechanical pencil with "B" red or gray leads
- OTHER
- Palette: Plexiglas, Wood, Glass. (It is hard to judge value on white pallet, therefore white pallet is not recommended.)
- Tone back of Plexiglas (or glass) pallet with light gray color. Or back it with cardboard.
- Palette knife (2" to 2 1/2" blade)
- Paper towels or painting rags
- Small hand held mirror
- Simple calipers
- RECOMMENDED READING:
- Oil Painting Secrets of a Master; Linda Cateura; Watson-Guptill. This is about the work of David Leffel and costs about $30.
- Rembrandt-the Painter at Work; Ernst Van De Weterling; Amsterdam University Press. This is a superb book-very technical- about $28 in hardcover and $10 in paperback.
- Rembrandt; Christopher White; Thames and Hudson. This is one of the best books about Rembrandt’s life and philosophy. It’s in paperback and costs $10-$15, but it has almost no colored plates.
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- Joshua Fallik Studio
- fallikstudio@aol.com
- www.joshuafallik.com