Swimming in paint #9 July29th

 Friday 29th
Chihuly'sRed Reeds

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!

FRIDAY'S TEAM EXAMPLES

Red Reeds Oil on linen 72x96

Red Reeds & Blue Air Oil on Linen 60x48

FRIDAY'S PHOTO REFERENCES

Unaltered

My Photoshop version

Dale Chihuly gave a great gift to the world and Virginia when he created his red reeds for the VMFA Koi pond. The Chiluly Red Reeds is a local Richmond favorite but will also have broad based appeal to painters world wide. This is a subject that will work in any painting style, small or "LARGE" as the examples above show. 

For those who can't make the class or live in distant lands, download the references and try this at home. Email me at Chuck@Larivey.com with your results - I would love to see them:=)

PROJECT INFORMATION 

A selection of 5x7 Photo References will be provided

Brown bag or order lunch from Gretchen's before class. The lunch table is a wonderful time 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