Figure Painting in Oil

Figure Painting in Oil

Class | FULL

1501 10th Ave East Seattle, WA 98102 United States

Room 304

All Levels

4/8/2024-6/10/2024

6:30 PM-9:30 PM PDT on Mon

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$540.00

$486.00

$20.00

Using a contemporary approach to painting the figure, we will focus on seeing and essentializing large shapes of color and value that become a figure in space. The class will start with shorter poses and end with a longer, multi-session pose. We will cover everything from value and temperature, to painting with a full spectrum palette. We will cover basic proportion and figure structure, but prioritize the experience of finding, simplifying, and organizing shapes of color. This class is suitable for beginners and intermediate painters alike!

No class on May 27th.

  • Paint Tubes Required:
    1. Titanium White
    2. Ivory Black
    3. Cadmium Yellow Light
    4. Yellow Ochre or Mars Yellow
    5. Cadmium Red Light
    6. Ultramarine Blue
    7. Mars Red or Burnt Sienna (any oxide red will do)
    8. Alizarin Crimson OR Quinacridone Magenta/Red
    Optional:
    9. Cadmium Orange
    10. Phthalo Green
    11. Dioxazine Purple
    12. Indian Yellow
    Tools:
    1. Oil painting Surfaces- Oil paper, canvas paper, gessoed paper, etc. Size between 9x12” and 18x24”. I recommend Arches Oil Paper
    2. 1” wide masking
    3. At least 16”x20” sheet of stiff foamcore, cardboard, or wood. This will be a hard surface
    to which you attach your paintings.
    4. A disposable paper palette or glass palette (recommended: Jack Richeson Grey Matters Paper Palette, 12 by 16-Inch, 50 Sheets)
    5. Liquitex 119901 Professional Freestyle Small Painting Knife No. 1, or any medium sized, trowel-shaped metal palette knife
    6. Roll of Paper towels OR old clothes you can turn into paint rags.
    7. This is a palette knife-heavy course, but you might wish to have a selection of brushes available to use in later stages of a painting. I use these brushes:
    • #2 round synthetic
    • #2 round bristle brush, #6 round bristle brush, #6 flat bristle brush
    • #11 Filbert bristle brush 1’2” flat synthetic brush, 1” flat synthetic brush.
    Any brand will work, I recommend Princeton Snap or Princeton Select brand because they are more affordable and of decent quality. You may choose to get a pack of brushes to save money, we can make anything work. You mostly need a good palette knife and a variety of size Bristle brushes to experiment with.
    8. Gamblin Cold wax medium
    9. A medium sized jar to put brushes in
    10. Soap for cleaning brushes. I recommend phels naptha bar soap or something similar.
    Dish soap or Murphy’s Wood Oil Soap will also work.
    11. A small bottle of Gamsol
    12. A Small plastic squeeze dropper bottle
    13. Disposable Gloves
    14. metal ruler
    15. 2B pencil
    Note: For the demonstrations, you may use clothed photos for your own projects if you prefer.