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BEGINNERS LAYER & GLAZE OILS (Todd Bonita) COMING SOON
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LAYER & GLAZE in OILS
April 2 - June 4, 2020, (630 -9pm) 10 Thursday evenings. ($300) * 10 Live Online lectures, demos and handouts. * Recorded class sent to you if schedule conflict * Class project with weekly online ZOOM critique. * Register: Call Todd (603) 819-9100 Email tmbonita@gmail.com |
These classes are for beginners who have never painted before or for those who have some experience but are looking for a simple and focussed understanding of the nuts and bolts of oil painting with layers. Each class begins with a demo, where we will explore individual steps from drawing to underpainting to color application. Design, value, color and creative oil painting techniques and tools will be discussed and demonstrated. With an understanding of these principles, students will be better equipped to meet the challenges of painting with glazes and layers, and thereby, better able to express themselves as artist.
Please prepare for first class:
* 3 photographs emailed to tmbonita@gmail.com a day or two before class. (We will use one of them as reference to complete your painting and begin our discussion on design).
SYLLABUS
Day #1 Introduction, Overview, Design.
Day #2 Drawing,
Day #3 Value, Value scales
Day #4 Underpainting demonstration
Day #5 Underpainting White, Edges,
Day #6 Brushwork, Texture, Finish Underpaintings
Day #7 Local color
Day #8 Color, Atmosphere,
Day #9 Finish Paintings
Day #10 Final Critique, Conclusion, Framing
Supply List
(I buy my supplies at Jerrysartarama.com, Dickblick.com, Cheapjoes.com, Utrecht.com)
Pallet
I recommend a wood pallet. I have glass too for one of my boxes...try to avoid paper pallets.
Paint
*(I recommend a minimal palette of a warm and cool version of the three primaries plus white (with maybe a few extras)....A total of 9 colors but I have included some additional (optional colors) if you wish to expand and experiment. Please spend the extra for professional grade paints, be careful not to buy the student grade paints. I use Williamsburg, Winsor & Newton, Gamblin and Utrecht but there are many good options.)
Titanium White
Alkyd White (Important under painting color) Alkyd is quick dry paint. For brands, Gamblin, DaVinci and my favorite is by C.A.S. Alkyd Pro)
Cad Yellow medium
Yellow ochre (Alternatively, After more than twenty years, I replaced my cool yellow with Transparent Earth Yellow and I love it).
Alizeran Crimson Permanent
Cadmium Red Medium
Ultramarine Blue
Cobalt Blue or Cerulean Blue
Raw umber
Ivory Black (Just to make value scales)
Burnt Sienna (optional)
Greenish Umber (By Rembrandt) (Optional)
Viridian (optional)
Painting surface
Canvas, Linen or canvas mounted on board or gessoed wood panel...I recommend (8x10”) or (9x12”)....Please don't run to Michaels last minute and get the slick surfaced, gessoed panels they sell...they are awful and paint slides off of them. Get something with a little tooth to it...just a little though.)
Brushes
*Assortment of bristle brushes (I suggest large, medium and small in three styles: Flats, Rounds and Filberts. I mostly use Robert Simmons Signet series flats #3, #6 and #10)
*Assortment of synthetic flats and or filberts for glazing color.
*Small synthetic rounds for details. (I suggest Winsor and Newton Septre Gold 2 in the 404 series...size 4 and / or size 6)
Other
*Trowel type Pallet knife
*liquin and pallet cup
****Gamsol (Turpentine substitute) with container or medium glass jar (No turps aloud in studio, sorry, please use Gamsol.
*paper towels (Blue shop towels are the best)
Soft pencil, eraser and sketchbook
*Ruler, straight edge or a mahl stick (something to make straight lines with is handy)
*A Veiwfinder: Important! Whether homemade or store bought, it must be adjustable or proportionate to your canvases. Viewcatcher is ideal.
*Ruby Beholder (This is a quilters tool, a simple red piece of plastic used to see values, Amazon.com has them)
*Artist paint box for supplies
Recommended reading
www.toddbonita.com
www.toddbonitagallery.com
Please prepare for first class:
* 3 photographs emailed to tmbonita@gmail.com a day or two before class. (We will use one of them as reference to complete your painting and begin our discussion on design).
- * One 8x10” or 9x12” canvas or panel.
- * Art Supplies (List is below syllabus)
- * Download ZOOM.us
SYLLABUS
Day #1 Introduction, Overview, Design.
- Discussion of oil painting, objective, goals, tools and process
- Design discussion, rule of thirds, tension and student motif selection
- Handout: Edgar Payne Composition
Day #2 Drawing,
- Discussion of Drawing, Grid, Unit and Negative shapes
- Students draw motif on canvas
- Handout: Creating a painting
- Bring a wood paint mixer to next class.
Day #3 Value, Value scales
- Discussion of Value, Value relativity, temperature
- Students work on value scales.
- Students ink drawings.
- Handout: Grande Odelesque by David
Day #4 Underpainting demonstration
- Underpainting demonstration
- Student set up and work on under paintings
Day #5 Underpainting White, Edges,
- Discuss students work, Edges and Refinement
- Underpainting white demonstration
- Set up and work on Underpainting
Day #6 Brushwork, Texture, Finish Underpaintings
- Discuss students work, Brushwork, texture and Detail.
- Set up and finish Underpainting
Day #7 Local color
- Discussion of color Wheel (Hue, Value, Chroma,/ Munselle, Complimentary, Keying, planning color scheme).
- Local color lay-in demonstration
- Set up and work on color lay in.
- Handout: Color Chart
Day #8 Color, Atmosphere,
- Discussion of color 2 (Mixing, Graying, Atmosphere, Mood, Depth/Distance, warm and cool, relationships).
- Color mixing exercise
- Set up and work on student projects
- Handout: Color Mixing
Day #9 Finish Paintings
- Discussion of finishing a painting, 5 part checklist to finish a painting
- Set up and finish our paintings
- Handout: Finishing a painting
Day #10 Final Critique, Conclusion, Framing
- Review of primary fundamentals of oil painting, visual elements, process.
- Class critique, recommendation for further study and reading (Virtual cocktails)
Supply List
(I buy my supplies at Jerrysartarama.com, Dickblick.com, Cheapjoes.com, Utrecht.com)
Pallet
I recommend a wood pallet. I have glass too for one of my boxes...try to avoid paper pallets.
Paint
*(I recommend a minimal palette of a warm and cool version of the three primaries plus white (with maybe a few extras)....A total of 9 colors but I have included some additional (optional colors) if you wish to expand and experiment. Please spend the extra for professional grade paints, be careful not to buy the student grade paints. I use Williamsburg, Winsor & Newton, Gamblin and Utrecht but there are many good options.)
Titanium White
Alkyd White (Important under painting color) Alkyd is quick dry paint. For brands, Gamblin, DaVinci and my favorite is by C.A.S. Alkyd Pro)
Cad Yellow medium
Yellow ochre (Alternatively, After more than twenty years, I replaced my cool yellow with Transparent Earth Yellow and I love it).
Alizeran Crimson Permanent
Cadmium Red Medium
Ultramarine Blue
Cobalt Blue or Cerulean Blue
Raw umber
Ivory Black (Just to make value scales)
Burnt Sienna (optional)
Greenish Umber (By Rembrandt) (Optional)
Viridian (optional)
Painting surface
Canvas, Linen or canvas mounted on board or gessoed wood panel...I recommend (8x10”) or (9x12”)....Please don't run to Michaels last minute and get the slick surfaced, gessoed panels they sell...they are awful and paint slides off of them. Get something with a little tooth to it...just a little though.)
Brushes
*Assortment of bristle brushes (I suggest large, medium and small in three styles: Flats, Rounds and Filberts. I mostly use Robert Simmons Signet series flats #3, #6 and #10)
*Assortment of synthetic flats and or filberts for glazing color.
*Small synthetic rounds for details. (I suggest Winsor and Newton Septre Gold 2 in the 404 series...size 4 and / or size 6)
Other
*Trowel type Pallet knife
*liquin and pallet cup
****Gamsol (Turpentine substitute) with container or medium glass jar (No turps aloud in studio, sorry, please use Gamsol.
*paper towels (Blue shop towels are the best)
Soft pencil, eraser and sketchbook
*Ruler, straight edge or a mahl stick (something to make straight lines with is handy)
*A Veiwfinder: Important! Whether homemade or store bought, it must be adjustable or proportionate to your canvases. Viewcatcher is ideal.
*Ruby Beholder (This is a quilters tool, a simple red piece of plastic used to see values, Amazon.com has them)
*Artist paint box for supplies
Recommended reading
- Art Spirit by Robert Henri
- Alla Prima 2, (Everything I know about painting) by Richard Schmid
- Hawthorn on Painting by Charles Hawthorn
- Drawing on the right side of the brain by Betty Edwards
- Composition of outdoor painting by Edgar Payne
- Carlsons guide to landscape painting by John Carlson
- Landscape Painting: Essential concepts by Mitchell Albala
- Landscape Painting inside and out by Kevin MacPherson
- Stapleton Kearns Blog
- Painters Keys website by Robert Genn
www.toddbonita.com
www.toddbonitagallery.com