The Dramatic Still Life
Location: Scottsdale Location
Room: TBD
Mar 7-11, 2011
Meets 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri
Tuition: $800.00
Level: INT-ADV
Status: This program is completed
"I constantly search for the academics, emotion, expression, and at-the-moment character of a scene. Every painting should have a fine balance of these components. Toward that end, each piece develops its own unique personality." --C.W. Mundy
This five-day still life workshop begins with a lecture and slideshow on the science of painting, The Seven Foundational Truths. Also on the first day, students will observe a demonstration by Mundy. During the next four days, participants will paint still life’s daily, with individual critiques and instruction.
Instructor -- C. W. Mundy
C.W. Mundy, an American Impressionist Artist, was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. Upon returning home to Indiana in 1978, CW lived in Nashville, Indiana and became the first artist / illustrator to work for Bob Knight, the legendary basketball coach at Indiana University. After a 10 year stint with sports illustration, C.W. took on the challenge in the early 1990’s of painting in a more impressionistic style, going out of doors and painting “en plein air” and “from life. This painting style led C.W. to a series of European Plein Air painting trips. C.W. achieved Master Status in The American Impressionist Society in 2007. He is also a Signature Member of The American Society of Marine Artists. In 2003, International Artist Publishing (Sydney, Australia) published and distributed internationally the book Memoirs: Charles Warren Mundy, American Impressionist.
- PORTABLE EASEL (if desired). Scottsdale Artists’ School provides studio easels for the student’s convenience
- PALETTE or EASEL PAL
- CANVASES – 16 x 20 and/or 9 x 12 (Linen Panels)
- GAMSOL in closed container
- BRUSHES – ½ to ¾ inch flats, preferably soft hair brushes, i.e. Mongoose natural
- OIL PAINT – C.W. does not insist on using his color palette, but this is what he uses:
- Winsor Newton Griffin Fast Drying Oil Colour (Alkyds)
- Colors: Titanium White; Cadmium Yellow Light; Yellow Ochre; Cadmium Medium Red; Alizarin Crimson; Cerulean Blue; French Ultramarine Blue; Viridian; Terre Verte Green; VanDyke Brown; Dioxazine Purple
- Note: Some paints are “convenience” colors so don’t need to be missed...yellow ochre, terre verte green, dioxazine purple.
- OTHER – plastic trash bag, paper towels, Kleenex