Warm and Cool Light, Warm and Cool Colors
Location: Scottsdale Location
Room: TBD
Nov 29-Dec 3, 2010
Meets 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri
Tuition: $635.00
Level: All Levels
Status: This program is completed
This workshop will use still life as a means to study light, an artist’s greatest gift. In the first three days of class students will paint from “warm” studio light on larger canvases, with emphasis on composition, drawing, and value. The last two days, students will have the opportunity to paint from “cool” north daylight, indoors. The purpose is to understand the difference between the two temperatures of light and the effect it has on color relationships. Students of all levels will find these studies valuable no matter what subject matter they may ultimately wish to pursue.
- All levels welcome
- Concepts apply to all subject matter
Instructor -- Susan Diehl
Susan Diehl’s passion for painting and Russian Impressionism comes across in her exuberant teaching style. Susan offers tangible techniques and concepts she learned from her mentors Ron Lucas and William F. Reese and backed by years of study. She is an award winning artist and is collected internationally. Susan’s work can be found at the Sanders Gallery in Tucson, Wadle Gallery in Santa Fe, The Cole Gallery in Edmonds, Washington, Montana Trails Gallery in Bozeman, Montana, and the Lawrence Gallery in Portland, Oregon.
- PAINTS: Titanium White; Cadmium Lemon Yellow; Cadmium Yellow Light; Yellow Ochre; Raw Sienna; Cadmium Orange; Cadmium Red Light; Napthol Red; Alizarin Crimson; Quinacridone Magenta; Burnt Sienna; Sap Green; Phthalo Green (yellow shade); Ultramarine Blue; Phthalo Blue; Manganese Violet; Dioxazine Purple; Burnt Umber; Raw Umber; Ivory Black
- PALETTE: 20” x 24” (at least)
- PANELS: 2 – 4 panels 9 x 12 up to 12 x 16. Canvas should be white – do not color them.
- CANVAS: 1 larger canvas. Size from 20x24 and up. No bigger than 30x36. I find it helpful to bring more than one size. That way you have a choice of proportions when it comes to your particular still life set-up.
- BRUSHES: Oil painting Flats and/ or Filberts; sizes 2-#2’s, 2-#4’s, 2-#6’s, 1-#8’s, and 1-#10
- MISCELLANEOUS
- For mediums I prefer Gamblin Neo Megilp, you may use your favorite or linseed oil
- Odorless Mineral Spirits
- Can for cleaning brushes (Get the kind that is a glass jar with coils on the bottom, they are cheap at the art store or a plein air one if you have it.
- 2 palette cups
- Paper towels
- Palette knife
- Notebook / pen, pencil
- Camera is optional