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American Impressionism – Landscape

Unleash your ability to see color!　 Never again be shackled with brown shadows!

This workshop teaches students to paint with color to create the many moods and magical light effects of nature.　 Beginning and advanced students will both benefit from this unique approach to color perception.　 Students will learn the historic (Hawthorne/Hensche) "mud-head" approach to studying color relationships.　 We will advance our energy from simple still lives with colored blocks, to the great outdoors! We will take advantage of the breath taking views in Saddlebrooke.　 This will be a "Plein Air" class (painting out doors from life), weather permitting.　 If it is too windy, we will reconvene in the classroom and work from your photos.　 　　

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You may choose to work with oils, Water based oils, or Acrylics. 　　We have permission to use the easels in the Topaz room, but if you have a plein air easel, I recommend using it.

Recommended colors (you don’t need to get every color, but it is better to have more choices then less while Impressionism painting):

Gamblin’s "Flake White Replace"(oil), or Titanium White (acrylic)
Yellow Ochre
Indian Red
Burnt Sienna
Lemon yellow
Cadmium yellow　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Permanent Rose　　　　　
Cadmium Red 　　　　　　　　
Cadmium Red Deep
Scarlet (Cadmium or Scarlet Lake)
Cadmium Orange
Permanent Green Light
Viridian hue
Cerulean blue hue
Cobalt blue　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Ultramarine blue
Violet or Purple

　

 

 

General Supplies for oil and acrylic:

-Portable Easel (If you already have one)
-Tray or table (for you palette)
-Chair (optional)
-Umbrella (optional, be sure you can anchor it)
-Pallet knives (metal and trowel shaped, small and flexible are best)
-Painters’ protective lotion such as "Invisible glove", "Liquid glove"
Optional - Small Bristol brushes in various shapes and sizes
-Paper towels (shop towels are especially nice)
-Drinking water

Oil
-Pallet (preferably glass)
-Xacto scraper (for glass pallets)

Acrylic
-"Masterson Stay-wet" Palette with sponge and sheets of　 Stay-wet palette paper
-Container for water (a large plastic water cup or a glass jar work well)
- Jar of Modeling Paste (Liquitex, will be with acrylic mediums)
- (Small) Bottle of Acrylic Retarder　 (Liquitex, will be with acrylic mediums)

Gessoed Masonite panels (two coats of Liquitex Gesso on smooth side.　 Home Depot or Lowe’s will cut down a 4’x8’ piece to any size.　 I recommend 12"x16", you can get 24 panels from one board) *these will be available for purchase at class.