Oil Landscapes On Location in Southern Utah
Location: Southern Utah Location
Room: TBD
Jun 6-10, 2011
Meets 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri
Tuition: $660.00
Level: All Levels
Status: This program is completed
This week-long workshop will concentrate on the fundamentals of landscape painting while exploring the beauty of southern Utah. Starling demonstrates outdoor painting techniques required in capturing the shifting light and color of the outdoors. Working in small- to mid-size format, the class will paint several field studies with a focus on composition, value, color, and cohesion of the major masses. A portion of the instruction will take place in the studio with an emphasis on refining the field studies or developing a larger work.
This workshop will meet at the Maynard Dixon County property in Mt. Carmel, Utah. Students are responsible for their own travel and hotel arrangements. For more information on the area, and historic Maynard Dixon property, please visit, www.ThunderbirdFoundation.com or call the school for suggestions regarding hotels.
- This class is for students with current painting experience but familiarity with outdoor painting is not a requirement.
- Instructor demonstrates in oil.
- Class size limited to 12 students.
Instructor -- Kate Starling
KATE STARLING is an oil painter living in Rockville, Utah on the outskirts of Zion National Park. A fascination with the natural world led her to work as a geologist, park ranger and wildland fire fighter before turning full time to painting. She learned to paint at Southern Utah University and the University of Oregon and has gone on to explore and travel extensively to capture the landscape. She is represented by Bingham Gallery in Mt. Carmel, UT, Settlers West Gallery in Tucson, AZ, El Prado Gallery in Sedona, AZ, Williams Gallery in Salt Lake City, UT and Worthington Gallery in Springdale, UT.
- Paint: Good quality paint (such as Holbein, Utrecht, Rembrandt, Grumbacher, and Windsor-Newton) is a must. Titanium White (large tube), Cadmium Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red Medium, Permanent Alizarin, Grumbacher Permanent Bright Green, Sap Green, Ultramarine Blue, Ivory Black
- Brushes: Hog Bristle Flats and Filberts, #2 through 8, mainly #4, #6, and #8. Six or more in good condition
- 1 Quart Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits and Container for Brush Cleaning
- Panels or Stretched Canvas: 8x10, 9x12, 11x14 Bring enough to have at least two per field day plus a couple of larger canvases for studio use.
- Basic Day Kit for Outdoor Painting
- French Easel or palette/panel holder with tripod
- Clean, smooth palette with a slick surface for easy clean up
- 2 panels or canvases
- Paint
- Medium or odorless mineral spirits
- Palette cup
- Brushes
- Brush wash container
- Paper towels
- Palette knife
- Sketch book and pen or pencil
- View finder
- Plastic bags for trash
- Umbrella and system to anchor it (not required but recommended)
- Cloth market bag with handles (to fill with rocks or dirt to weigh down an easel in wind)
- Basic Personal Items
- Hat with brim or visor
- Long-sleeved shirt for sun protection (a dark color to reduce reflection onto canvas)
- Canteen of water
- Sunscreen
- Insect repellant
- Wet Ones or other moist wipes
- Snack and/or sack lunch
- Camp stool or folding chair (optional)
- Keeping it Small
- Find one container that is big enough to carry everything that you’ll need for the day but not too big to carry comfortably when it’s loaded. Try to get everything into a day pack, palette/panel holder and all. If you have a French easel (or a similar system) you can carry it and wear a smaller pack. Pare it down to the bare essentials. Use it to paint for a few days, even if it’s only in the studio, to make sure you have everything you need to make a painting -- but not much more.
- An Important Side Note: I discourage the use of paper throw-away pallets, especially for outdoor painting. Wind is only one problem with them. Get used to laying out paint on a pallet that can be kept day to day and find a method to easily and quickly scrape and clean it.
- You’ll want to have some more equipment that you keep in your car: Extra panels, supplies, a drying box for wet panels and brush cleaning containers. Keep this stuff organized as well.
- Painting outdoors is challenging even under the best conditions. There are a lot of distractions inherent in this situation so make your painting kit the simplest part of the process so you can concentrate on painting. You should be so familiar with your equipment that you can get set up and ready to paint in minutes. Be systematic in the way you set up your palette (from white to the darks the same every time) so your brush can fly from paint to medium to painting without thinking.
- Sources
- www.utrecht.com – paint, medium, solvent, canvas, brushes, French easels, sketching materials, palette knives
- www.aswexpress.com – same as above
- www.openboxm.com – tripod mounted Open Box M palette/panel holders, drying boxes, packs
- www.artworkessentials.com – tripod mounted EasyL palette panel holders, drying boxes, carrying bags, umbrellas
- www.canvaspanels.com – panels and Miracle Muck glue
- www.raymarart.com -- panels and drying boxes
- www.newtraditionsartpanels.com -- panels