Gage Academy of Art | Intermediate Expressive Figure Painting: El Greco and Alice Neel

Intermediate Expressive Figure Painting: El Greco and Alice Neel

360 Online Class | This program is completed

Location

1501 10th Ave East Seattle, WA 98102 United States

Room

TBD

Level

Intermediate

Date

4/23/2020-6/11/2020

Time

4:00 PM-7:30 PM PDT on Th

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Tuition

$490.00

Member Tuition

$441.00

Registration Fee

$10.00

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Program Description

Through the works of El Greco and Alice Neel this class will explore Byzantine, Mannerist and Modern concepts of abstracting the figure. You will make two paintings, beginning in the manner of El Greco and then in the manner of Alice Neel’s expressive portraits. El Greco’s work is rooted a spiritual reality, departing from this earthly space with elongated figures who seem to float in air defying gravity. El Greco’s concepts will be discussed as you abstract the figure from a live model. Alice Neel’s portrait paintings have many crossovers with El Greco’s in the way Neel abstracts her models and flattens space. This second painting will also be made from a live model exploring Neel’s concepts and techniques of figurative abstraction. Oil or Acrylic Paint. Painting experience recommended.

This will be an online class

Required Supplies

Intermediate Expressive Figure Painting: El Greco and Alice Neel
Spring quarter 2020 classes will be held online, some additional supplies will be needed-
• Gamsol (for oil paint, Gage usually supplies)
• Paper towels
• Easel or table top for a work surface
• microphone and camera enabled computer
• I-pad, smart tablet or smart phone (android or IOS)
• Strong internet connection
• Excited Attitude!
· 2 stretched CANVASES
o 24x36” to 30x40” (various ratios are OK, but no smaller than around 24x36”)
o The first canvas will be painted in the manner of El Greco—you may like to paint on a “tall/thin canvas” since the figure will be elongated. Or stick to a traditional sized canvas, such as 30x40”.
o The second canvas (painted in the manner of Alice Neel) may be more the 24x36” or 30x40” ratios.
· PAPER for sketching: either a 11x17” sketchbook or work on paper either 18x24” or 24x36” The first session will use this paper to practice abstracting natural proportions of the human figure.
· Charcoal, vine charcoal or conté crayon for sketches.
· Please have the following colors. This list is a basic palette for good color mixing. Please do your best to have these colors.
o IMPORTANT: have both a tube of Zinc White and Titanium White. No mixed white, please.
o Note: color names vary according to brand.
· OIL COLOR NAMES:
o Titanium White
o Zinc White
o Mars or Ivory Black (optional)
o Yellow Ochre
o Raw Umber
o Hansa Yellow Light
o Hansa Yellow Medium or Deep
o Permanent Orange (optional)
o Permanent Red (or) Organic Vermillion (or) Napthol
o Alizarin Crimson
o Chromium Green Oxide
o Sap Green
o Phthalo Green
o Ultramarine Blue
o Phthalo Blue
o Dioxazine Violet (or) Violet (or) Carbazole Violet
· ACRYLIC COLOR NAMES:
o Titanium White
o Zinc White
o Mars or Ivory Black (optional)
o Yellow Ochre
o Raw Umber
o primary yellow (series 2) / or Hansa Yellow Opaque (series 4)
o Hansa yellow medium
o Pyrrole Orange (optional)
o Napthol Red Light (or) Cad Red Light (or) Pyroll Red Light
o Alizarin crimson
o Chromium Oxide Green
o Sap Green Hue or Jenkins Green
o Viridian Green Hue (optional)
o Pthalo Green
o Ultramarine blue
o Pthalo Blue
o Ultramarine Violet (optional)
o Dioxazine purple
· Other OPTIONAL Colors:
o Perinone Orange
o Quinacridone Coral
o Cobalt Teal Blue
o Pyrrol Scarlet
o Pyrrol Orange
o Perelyene Maroon
o Indian Yellow
o Quinacridone Orange or Red
o Manganese Violet
o Viridian
· BRUSHES
o Two soft hair bristle brushes are recommended: one small and one large: either rounds or filberts.
o HOG HAIR BRISTLE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (variety of sizes, rounds/filberts/flats) –Stiff natural hair brushes (not soft synthetic) are best for this class—at least TWO SIZES of FILBERT and ROUND (FLATS optional): large, such as a #8 or #10 -- and small, such as #4 or #2.
PAINTING TOOLS:
· 1 PAINTING PALETTE KNIFE: I recommend the medium sized rounded diamond shape
· 1 SCRAPER for cleaning your palette
· 1 PAINTING PALETTE: glass, Plexiglas or paper–a good-sized one please (14?X20? or larger is good). Acrylic painters—you may want to use the “Stay Wet” palette to keep paints moist
· PAPER TOWELS (I recommend “Bounty” or “Viva”)
· COTTON RAGS (small pieces cut from a cotton t-shirt. I recommend cutting to fit in your hand)
· GAMSOL for oil painter’s solvent
· 1 CONTAINER FOR SOLVENT OR WATER
o Use a lid to help contain fumes for oil painter’s solvent
· FOR ACRYLIC PAINTERS: I recommend you have a Matte Medium to thin paint and/or RETARDER or GLAZING medium to EXTEND THE DRYING TIME of your paints–and have a SPRAY BOTTLE to keep paints wet.
· FOR OIL PAINTERS: use a 50/50 traditional painting medium. Mix equal parts GAMSOL and either Linseed or Stand OIL. Put this into a plastic squeeze bottle to dispense into your mixes on the palette as you work. The squeeze bottles keep the medium clean and reduce fumes.

Instructor(s)

Barbara Fugate