Swimming in Paint #8 - July 23rd

 Degas &  Ballerinas

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

team LIMITED TO 10

The team will be in CLASSROOM 1

Starting July 29th there will also be a Friday "Swimming in Paint" session.

 Contact Crossroads Art Center for details 804.278.8950 

OUR INSPIRATION

PHOTO REFERENCES

 I included this wonderful photo (above) because of its similarity to Degas's light and sensual quality of our inspiration piece.

MAIN REFERENCE

Great study pieces!

NOT MUCH DOUBT DEGAS OWNS THIS SUBJECT. It was his compositions that always attracted me to his work. I'm looking forward to this Saturday's session to see what the team does with this one. 

"Swimming in Paint" is always about following the light and painting shapes. In this case "luminous" shapes. Last weeks "Nine Squares Project" should help our team this week focus on the all important subtle details in our main reference. Could be fun if they find a different crop to represent another point of view and mood too. 

PROJECT INFORMATION 

I would prefer brown bag to the disruption of leaving, paying and returning from outside lunch sources. This will allow more time at the lunch table to chat and study our progress.

The canvas surface will be 30x30. An ample supply of smooth 30x30 stretched oil primed linen canvas will always be available at $25. each.....or bring your own. 

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.

SUPPLY LIST

(1) 30x30 canvas Centurion oil primed linen or equal

(1) #12 Royal soft grip SG4520 Filbert (rounded flat)

(1) #12 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 30x30 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