LAYER & GLAZING PART 2 (Todd Bonita)
April 04 - May 30, 2022 (9am - 12) 8 Mondays
Todd Bonita Gallery
39 Ceres Street, Portsmouth, NH
8 Weeks (Limit 8) $360
This indoor class takes place at my Portsmouth gallery on Monday mornings and serves to build upon the foundation of classical painting learned in the first Layer and Glaze class. Students will complete a painting over the eight weeks and be introduced to new skills and exercises to compliment their tool box. We will dig deeper into design, drawing, values and develop color charts in a fun and explorative learning experience. Itinerary & supply list below.
*(No class May 16).
April 04 - May 30, 2022 (9am - 12) 8 Mondays
Todd Bonita Gallery
39 Ceres Street, Portsmouth, NH
8 Weeks (Limit 8) $360
This indoor class takes place at my Portsmouth gallery on Monday mornings and serves to build upon the foundation of classical painting learned in the first Layer and Glaze class. Students will complete a painting over the eight weeks and be introduced to new skills and exercises to compliment their tool box. We will dig deeper into design, drawing, values and develop color charts in a fun and explorative learning experience. Itinerary & supply list below.
*(No class May 16).
REGISTER:
Contact Todd Bonita
Phone: (603) 819-9100
Email: tmbonita@gmail.com
50% Deposit ($180) to hold your space.
We accept:
* Checks,
* Credit Cards (4% process fee)
* Pay Pal
* Cash for teachers pet...LOL
* Venmo ; @Todd-Bonita
If sending a check, please make it otu to Todd
Bonita and mail it to:
Todd Bonita
28 McShane Ave
Greenland, NH 03840
Please write "Layer and Glaze 2" in the memo on the check.
Contact Todd Bonita
Phone: (603) 819-9100
Email: tmbonita@gmail.com
50% Deposit ($180) to hold your space.
We accept:
* Checks,
* Credit Cards (4% process fee)
* Pay Pal
* Cash for teachers pet...LOL
* Venmo ; @Todd-Bonita
If sending a check, please make it otu to Todd
Bonita and mail it to:
Todd Bonita
28 McShane Ave
Greenland, NH 03840
Please write "Layer and Glaze 2" in the memo on the check.
Please bring to first class:
3 photographs (We will use one of them as reference to complete your painting and begin our discussion on design).
SYLLABUS
Day #1 Introduction, Overview, Student Photos / Design
Day #2 Drawing
Day #3 Underpaintings, Value Scale w/ Warm and cool grays
Day #4 Under painting White, Values
Day #5 Finished Underpaintings
Day #6 Local color
Day #7 Color, Atmosphere, Edges, Brushwork
Day #8 Finish Paintings, Critique, Conclusion, Framing
Supply List
(I buy my supplies at Jerrysartarama.com, Dickblick.com, Cheapjoes.com, Utrecht.com)
Please bring a table easel, I have extras if you don't have one.
Pallet
I recommend a wood pallet. I have glass too for one of my boxes...try to avoid paper pallets.
Paint
*(I recommend a Split-Primary palette, this is 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 (Alkyd is a quick dry paint that plays nice with oils. For brands, Winsor and Newton Griffin, Gamblin, DaVinci)
Titanium White
Cad Yellow Medium
Yellow ochre
Alizeran Crimson Permanent
Cadmium Red Medium
Ultramarine Blue
Cobalt Blue or Cerulean Blue
Raw umber
Ivory Black
Burnt Sienna (optional)
Greenish Umber (By Rembrandt) (Optional)
Viridian (optional)
Painting surface
Canvas, canvas or linen mounted on board or gessoed wood panel...I recommend (8x10”) or (9x12”)
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
*Wet paint carrier. I love the PanelPaks...they are lightweight and convenient or you could use a pizza box.
**(I have extras of everything so please do not stress or panic if you can’t find that tube of yellow, etc…For best deals, shop online at Jerrys Artarama, Dick Blick, Utrecht or Cheap Joes.
Recommended reading
www.toddbonita.com
www.toddbonitagallery.com
3 photographs (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)
SYLLABUS
Day #1 Introduction, Overview, Student Photos / Design
- Discussion of oil painting, objective, goals, tools and process
- Choose student photos. Design discussion (Design = Poetry).
Day #2 Drawing
- Drawing Demo (The Envelope, refresher on Diagramatic lines, Unit and Negative shapes)
- Students set up and draw.
Day #3 Underpaintings, Value Scale w/ Warm and cool grays
- Discuss students work, Warm, cool and nuetral Grays, students make Advanced Value Scales.
- Set up and work on Underpainting
Day #4 Under painting White, Values
- Discuss students work
- Underpainting White demonstration (Attention to edges, Intro to palette knife).
- Set up and work on Underpainting
Day #5 Finished Underpaintings
- Discuss students work
- Set up and work on Underpainting
Day #6 Local color
- Discussion of color charts (Munselle, planning color scheme).
- Local color lay-in demonstration
- Set up and work on color lay in.
Day #7 Color, Atmosphere, Edges, Brushwork
- Discussion of color 2 (Atmospheric perspective, Mood, Depth/Distance, warm and cool, relationships).
- Set up and work on student projects
Day #8 Finish Paintings, Critique, Conclusion, Framing
- Discussion of finishing a painting
- Set up and finish our paintings
- Review of primary fundamentals of oil painting, visual elements, process.
- Critique of personal projects
- Class critique, recommendation for further study and reading (Coffee and treats).
Supply List
(I buy my supplies at Jerrysartarama.com, Dickblick.com, Cheapjoes.com, Utrecht.com)
Please bring a table easel, I have extras if you don't have one.
Pallet
I recommend a wood pallet. I have glass too for one of my boxes...try to avoid paper pallets.
Paint
*(I recommend a Split-Primary palette, this is 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 (Alkyd is a quick dry paint that plays nice with oils. For brands, Winsor and Newton Griffin, Gamblin, DaVinci)
Titanium White
Cad Yellow Medium
Yellow ochre
Alizeran Crimson Permanent
Cadmium Red Medium
Ultramarine Blue
Cobalt Blue or Cerulean Blue
Raw umber
Ivory Black
Burnt Sienna (optional)
Greenish Umber (By Rembrandt) (Optional)
Viridian (optional)
Painting surface
Canvas, canvas or linen mounted on board or gessoed wood panel...I recommend (8x10”) or (9x12”)
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
*Wet paint carrier. I love the PanelPaks...they are lightweight and convenient or you could use a pizza box.
**(I have extras of everything so please do not stress or panic if you can’t find that tube of yellow, etc…For best deals, shop online at Jerrys Artarama, Dick Blick, Utrecht or Cheap Joes.
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
www.toddbonita.com
www.toddbonitagallery.com