PAINT I & II – for beginners and advanced painters
Acrylic or Oil (more difficult)
NOTE:
Supplies can range from $50 - $500 (listed below).
Shop within your budget.
Class #1
Intro: under-painting, composition, mixing paint and clean-up.
Bring: pencil, eraser, paint, brushes, palette, a water container.
***No canvass necessary***
Class #2
Bring painting equipment and 3 “subjects” to discuss,
The best
subject, is a photograph, taken by you, which has personal meaning.
Best choices are: travel pictures, your neighbourhood, flowers, fruit, not abstract.
The photograph should be: Clear, un-cluttered, good range of light & dark.
NOTE: Portraits are too difficult for your first painting
If you have access to a B/W photocopier,
enlarge your pictures on two 11"
x 17" = 22" x 17"
to the size of your canvas (20" x 16")
If you have
trouble choosing from your photographs,
take a look at the web sites listed below.
Free Image Web Sites:
www.googleimages.com - best site, if you select "large size" from the options menu
www.gettyimages.com - commercial (high res.)
www.flickr.com – public (mixed res. Great search engine)
www.webshots.com – public/commercial (good res. Great download)
** TIP: Print equipment shopping list **
Equipment:
There are 3 major art stores in town.
Opus
(closes 6pm) is the oldest, has great frames, large selection.
Deserres,
recent competition from Toronto, has 2 locations and has excellent sales.
Kroma
makes their own paint on Granville Island and is highly recommended by
advanced students. Ask about their "Vancouver Grey".
NOTE: Art stores
can be overwhelming.
If you buy everything at once, you may waste your money.
Try visiting the store(s) regularly. Ask about up-coming sales.
Buy equipment
as you need it.
Paint: NOTE: Oil painters need odourless thinner & stand oil
Necessary: Red, yellow, blue, black, white + Gloss Medium.
Optional: 2 reds, 2 blues, 2 yellows, violet, orange, green, ocher & brown(s)
Useful:
Naples Yellow, Hookers Green, Quinocridone Rose,
Impasto medium (thick), Gesso (primer), metalics,
pearlescent.
Brushes: Deserres
has a good starter set called "Clear Choice",
but they are a little small.
Do not get their set in canvas roll – because they
suck!
Necessary: “00” detail brush, #8 round, #8 (3/8") filbert
Note: each company has their own system – take your time.
Optional: 3/8” angled brush, blunt “scumbling” brush, fan brush, many more.
Canvas:
Avoid
cheap canvases (with staples on the outside edge)
Please spend the money on an actual canvas – not canvas board.
16”
x 20” is a good starting size,
Tools:
Necessary:
Little spray bottle – from art store,
water container
(i.e. yoghurt, margarine),
mixing surface: disposable pallet, pie plate,
yoghurt lid, etc.
pencil, eraser, colour wheel - small
size
Carrying case: many styles at art store,
or
Canadian tire, Home Depot, dollar
stores or your basement
I have seen; knapsacks, hat box, make-up
kit, gym bag, luggage (rolling), shoulder bag. tool kits
Optional: Sketch book, soft pencil (4b), charcoal, conté,
water colour pencils **,
palette knife, craft knife, scissors, staple gun, wine
opener.
Mid-week studies 30-60 minutes (optional)
For those who want
to improve their painting skills quickly,
purchase a sketch book
and do these exercises between classes.
Have your sketch books out when I come by to help
you.
NOTE:
try to print images as big as your sketch book page
glue them on one side and try to paint them on the other
Try to paint them quickly (water colour style) - under 30 minutes
SUBJECTS:
Water (un-evenly lit) lake, sea, ocean, river,
Clouds (un-evenly lit), sky, sun-set,
Landscape, including foreground, middle ground & background
Animals,
Fruit, vegetables, flowers, bouquet, still life, travel, famous people.
