SWIMING-IN-PAINT 2017

My painting method is direct

based on molding shapes, depicting light and shadow. Broad base at the beginning and continually refined (not over worked) until the desired effect is achieved or until the energy dissipates.....always the time to stop or sign off! 

chuck larivey

SWIMMING-IN-PAINT 2017 will be different than last. The team will sign-up a month at a time as opposed to the open single sessions we did in 2016. Each month will have (5) full sessions, (3)  Saturday sessions will be devoted to painting small practice works concluding with a great (2) day large format Saturday & Sunday session.

Choose your own subject, focus on it for the month.....learn and study it, with plenty of small quickly related small practice studies that revolve around your chosen subject. The idea is to get comfortable painting shapes, gestures and the colour, light and shadow rhythms that best represent your subject and painting intent.

During the week, binge on it, go online, look and study other examples that might be useful in your own work. Come in Saturday with a painting plan of what you expect to accomplish.....block the time and execute your plan.

IMPORTANT

• At sign-up indicate your "subject preference" for the month - related references will be available or combine them with your own to form personal painting ideas.

• Choose a single standard small works study size for the month (8x10, 12x12 or 11x14) Recommended Supplier: Jerry's, Centurion Oil Primed smooth linen, pads, panels or stretched canvas. Note: Linen pads can be mounted or stretch if worthy of wall space and the most economical surface to use for this type of work.

The last Saturday and Sunday session will apply everything learned from our small works to create a wonderful final work on a large format stretched linen canvas. (size determined by team member)

This process will be repeated each month throughout 2017  (Excluding December)

 Team limited to 10
fee $200
(Printed material list available at sign-up)

Contact Crossroads Art Center to reserve your space

804-278-8950

2017 SCHEDULE - 1ST QUARTER

CLASS ROOM (1) UNLESS NOTED

January 7, 14 ,21 , 28, 29(Sunday)

February 4, 11, 18, 25, 26(Sunday)

March 4, 11(Classroom 2), 18 , 25, 26(Sunday)

 

BASIC PROJECT INFORMATION

5X7 References will be available or bring your own

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

SUPPLY LIST

• JERRY'S - Centurion double primed oil linen canvas pads for quick learning studies (20x16 shown)

 ALTERNATE

• JERRY'S - Centurion smooth stretched oil primed linen canvas. Excellent value and can be purchased by the box of (6) or share the cost with fellow team members. 
  http://www.jerrysartarama.com/canvas-surfaces/stretched-canvas/centurion
  
  

• Royal soft grip brushes (SG4500 Series) available at $3.00 each.

#10, # 8, #6 & #4 Royal soft grip SG4520 Filbert (rounded flat)

#12, #8 & #4 Royal soft grip SG4510 Bright (flat)

 PURCHASE A DOZEN AND SAVE!

Direct link to brushes - scroll down to the SG4500 series

• 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.

• Flexible palette knives similar to the those shown

• Small light weight paint scraper - available from hardware & paint stores

 

(16x20 shown)

• Paper towels (3 or 4 sheets folded into quarters or halves)

• Clean cotton rags - (cut up old cotton Tee shirts and white socks work well)

• Odorless mineral spirits - at least 8 oz.

OIL PAINT

Basic palette

• Neo Megilp oil painting medium (Gamblin)

• Titanium White - fast drying Griffin alkyd (Winsor & Newton)

• Naples yellow

• Lemon yellow

• Cadmium Yellow medium

• Cadmium Orange

• Cadmium Red

• Permanent green light

• Sap green

• Chromium Oxide or green oxide

•  Cerulean Blue

• French Ultramarine Blue

• Dioxazine Purple

• Alizarin Crimson

• Permanent Rose

 SPECIAL OIL COLOURS

Specialty colours I always share.
 

• Alizarin Orange (Williamsburg)

• Sevres Blue (Williamsburg)

• Ultramarine Blue French (Williamsburg) 

• Provence Violet Bluish (Williamsburg)

• Persian Rose (Williamsburg)

• Cadmium Vermilion (Williamsburg)

• Cadmium Yellow Lemon (Michael Harding)

• Unbleached Titanium Pale (Williamsburg)

NOTE: Bring all your colours - I share all my colours - if a special colour works for you then buy it.

I don't normally use earth colours or black but I have them just in case.

Water based oils seems to work with regular oil paints and medium (Neo Megilp)