Light, Shadow and the Visual Language of Paint
Location: Scottsdale Location
Room: TBD
Apr 18-22, 2011
Meets 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri
Tuition: $685.00
Level: INT-Professional
Status: This program is completed
The emphasis of this workshop will be on developing a concept, setting it up, and building your painting to realize your individual vision. Students will learn to understand the artist’s role as editor and free themselves from simply being copyists. Students will learn to recognize good design, mix color, perceive values, use drawing and edges, and understand the importance of surface quality. They will also learn how to see form and understand how to translate it to canvas. Students will also study how light and shadow behave and how to create atmospheric depth in their work.
- Demonstrations
- Individual attention
Instructor -- Jeff Legg
Jeff C. Legg, a native of Missouri was mentored by a college art professor as a young teen. He then went on to study art at Atelier Lack in Minneapolis and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. His “old master” techniques combined with his inspired contemporary use of chiaroscuro engage fellow artists and collectors world wide. Today, Legg’s artwork is represented by some of the nation’s most distinguished galleries. He is celebrated as an Oil Painters of America Master painter and is a nationally recognized award winning artist. His paintings have been featured in many publications including The Artists Magazine, American Artist, North Light books, Southwest Art, Art of the West, Western Art Collector and American Art Collector magazines. Legg now resides in Estes Park, CO. He paints daily in his studio.
- SUPPORT: No larger than 12" X 16" (I prefer fine weave canvas or smooth board primed with oil or gesso) ----You should tone all supports to a medium value neutral color with a thin mixture of raw umber mixed with cobalt blue and some medium. Tone board or canvas so that it will be dry before workshop starts.
- OIL PAINT: I use professional grade highly saturated pigments. Any high quality name brand paints will work for students. "Winsor and Newton"
- professional grade is widely available and suitable.
- RECOMMENDED COLORS LIST: (*indicates required color)
- Alizarin Crimson*
- Cadmium red deep
- Cadmium red medium*
- Cadmium orange
- Cadmium yellow medium*
- Cadmium lemon yellow *
- Viridian
- Ultramarine blue*
- Cobalt blue*
- Prussian blue
- Yellow ochre*
- Naples yellow
- Raw umber*
- Ivory black*
- Flake white or Titanium white if that is what you have available*
- PAINTING MEDIUM: Flemish formula "Maroger Medium" or if you can't find Maroger use Gamblin Brand "Galkyd" or "Galkyd Lite" medium.
- BRUSHES: Good quality hog filberts ranging in size from ¼" wide to at least 1" wide. (I primarily use "Robert Simmons" hog bristle filberts) A few good quality smaller soft hair filberts and rounds. (Synthetic sables are fine) Also, a 2"- 3" wide flat bristle or synthetic sable is good for smoothing a background. A fan brush is also handy to have.
- PAINTING KNIFE: A flexible pointed painting knife of about 2-3 inches long.
- SOLVENT: Odorless mineral spirits or Gamblin "Gamsol" kept in a container with lid. (Workshop may offer solvent for those that travel by plane)
- SMALL HAND HELD MIRROR: For looking at your painting in reverse. (Gives you a "fresh eye")
- PALETTE: I prefer a glass palette, but for travel purposes, wood or plastic. A neutral color is preferable to stark white.
- PAPER TOWELS: I like VIVA.