Still Life Painting in Oils: Color/Temperature
360 Online Class | This program is completed
In this 5-week evening class we will be using the language of color blocking to construct and paint a still-life scene. We will be learning to observe large shapes of light and dark in our still life set-ups and how these shapes interact with the environment each object sits within. We will explore complementary color palettes to help us notice the temperature of light and find the playful interaction between warm light vs. cool shadows. We will begin by working through small quick oil studies and then progress to a longer painting where we will learn to observe, mix and paint the temperature of light. This class will build on my still life painting-VALUE class and it is therefore encouraged that you take my still life painting-VALUE class prior progressing to this color unit, but is by no means mandatory.
Suggested Oil Pigments*
Titanium White
Cadmium Orange (or Permanent orange)
Ultramarine Blue
Phthalo Blue
Dioxazine Purple
Cadmium Yellow light (or hansa yellow light)
Phthalo Green
Cadmium red medium (or Napthol)
*Please feel free to bring whatever you already have. You will need one red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. They can vary from the above suggested pigments.
Glass Palette for mixing oil pigment (preferred) or disposable Palette Paper Pad, Large (16”x20” ish)
Assortment of bristle (rough) and smooth oil brushes*
I prefer Princeton’s Synthetic Mongoose brushes for my smooths (round size 4 & 6)
I prefer Princeton’s Natural Bristle Brush (round 4 & 6)
*Please bring whatever you already have/prefer. No need to spend a lot of $ on brushes
Palette knife
I prefer Blick’s Medium Trowel #30
Small squeeze bottle
Gamsol Odorless mineral spirits*
*No turpentine will be allowed in class only gamsol
Linseed oil
Pad of Arches Oil paper 12” x 16” or canvas paper
White Artist Tape
Foam core board to attach paper to
Paper towels or old rags for oil paint cleanup
Baby wipes
Disposable gloves
Assortment of colored construction paper