Wednesday, August 17, 2016

S.I.P #16 - August 20th

"SWIMMING   IN
 PAINT"

A  Model

10:00 am to 2:30pm  (Lunch break at 12:15)

team LIMITED TO 10

The team will meet in CLASSROOM 1

 Contact Crossroads Art Center for details 804.278.8950 

"Swimming in Paint" is always about following the light, painting shapes with colour and energy!

TEAM EXAMPLE

 MORNING SESSION

 AFTERNOON SESSION

Our live model will keep the team busy Saturday. We'll do two (STUDY) paintings, a head study in the morning and a different pose after lunch capturing the overall essence of our model - not so much about details but the right proportions - painting light with colour SHAPES. 

While we could end up with a masterpiece, this exercise is not about making a masterpiece. If it doesn't work, wipe it off, jump in again - always with energy!

"SMOOTH LINEN CANVAS PADS"

Studies  like these don't always require the normal stretched canvas we use in class - good painting surface YES! 

Jerry's Centurion OP DLX Professional pads are one of the best alternative options on the market today. The same well priced stretched linen canvas we use but in pad form. The largest pad is 16x20 (10 sheets) - significantly less and perfect for studies like these!

http://www.jerrysartarama.com/canvas-surfaces/canvas-pads/oil-primed/centurion-deluxe-oil-primed-linen-pads


This is short notice, so a good solution for Saturday. I often use  a 1/4" smooth 24x24 plywood panel or in a pinch a piece of heavy cardboard as a back board to attach loose canvas with blue tape. (shown below).   
Loose canvas will be available @ $5.00 each



Shaping and molding a subject with your brush requires a bit more paint and medium to make paint flow effortlessly. Handwriting is oddly important here, as is the right pen or brush to make it happen. Flowing expressive moves are key.......not tight uncontrolled jerky dibs and dabs! The reward is allowing the subject to emerge from the background in a painterly fashion! Lots of ways to do this with lost and found edges. Perhaps the most fun part of painting wet-in-wet.

BASIC PROJECT INFORMATION 

Brown bag or order lunch from Gretchen's before class. The lunch table is a wonderful time to chat and study our progress.

Canvas size, 20x20 or larger. Preferably Centurion double primed oil linen. An ample supply of smooth stretched oil primed linen canvas in various sizes will always be available.

16x20 - $5.00 per sheet (Full pad if available $50.00)
20x20 - $12.50 each
20x24 - $15.00 each
24x24 - $20.00 each
30x30 - $25.00 each

There will also be a supply of Royal soft grip brushes (SG4500 Series) available at $2.50 each.

I do encourage using a glass palette - old picture frame glass works with a white sheet of paper and a cardboard backing or foam core with blue taped edges to hold it all together. 

Please try to have (1) Flexible palette knife. Preferably similar to the two on the left.

(16x20 shown)

SUPPLY LIST

(1) 20x20 or 20x24 canvas Centurion oil primed linen or equal
(1) #8 or #6 Royal soft grip SG4520 Filbert (rounded flat)
(1) #12 or #10 Royal soft grip SG4510 Bright (flat)

A few palette knives (flexible)
Glass palette with a small paint scraper
3 or 4 sheets of paper towels (folded into quarters)
Neo Megilp oil painting medium
Clean cotton rags - (cut up old cotton Tee shirts and white socks work well)
Small amount of odorless mineral spirits - at least 8 oz.

Basic palette: I added a few of the specialty colours I often use - either way I always share those colours.

Titanium White or a fast drying Griffin alkyd by Winsor & Newton
Naples yellow
Lemon yellow
Cadmium Yellow medium
Alizarin Orange (Williamsburg)
Permanent green light
Sap green
Chromium Oxide or green oxide
Cerulean Blue
Sevres Blue (Williamsburg)
French Ultramarine Blue
Ultramarine Blue French (Williamsburg)
Dioxazine Purple
Provence Violet Bluish (Williamsburg)
Alizarin Crimson
Permanent Rose
Persian Rose (Williamsburg)
Cadmium Vermilion (Williamsburg)

NOTE: PAINTING SURFACE

Jerry's has Centurion oil linen well priced already stretched by the box (6)......check it out.

  ALWAYS WAIT FOR A SALE

http://www.jerrysartarama.com/canvas-surfaces/stretched-canvas/centurion

Royal SG4500 series long handle soft grip brushes (LINK)
or
Direct link to brushes - scroll down to the SG4500 series

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