Figures in the Environment (Online Course) Summer 2024 w/ Stacy Kamin

July 2 to July 23 (Tuesdays), 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Eastern Time

**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.

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Course Description

Develop your skills in composing paintings with a clear visual concept. Plan your artwork effectively using sketches, thumbnails, and value studies. Additionally, delve into the world of color mixing and understand the nuances of values. Embrace abstraction by keeping your paintings open-ended for as long as possible. Learn how to make beautiful brush strokes and create a painterly painting that reflects your artistic expression. Refine your techniques and unleash your creativity in this comprehensive class. The instructor will supply 3 images to paint from. Students may paint from their own pictures however they must be pre-approved by the instructor. 

Course Outline

Week 1 -

Slide Show - Introduction.

Drawing excercises.

Draw thumbnails, value studies, and watercolors, from 3 different thumbnails, value studies, and watercolors from 3 different pictures.

If we have time we will start one of the color and value studies in oil. 5 x 7 from one of the pictues.

Week 2 -

Finish the color studies of the other 3 pictures in oil. 5 x 7.

The instructor will critique the students drawings and color studies.

The instructor will help in selecting the final subject for painting.

Week 3 -

Start demo from one of the pictures.

Week 4 -

Continue painting.

Crituqe of students work.

Course Materials List

Brushes

Filberts (bristle)#3.4.5.6.8.10.12

flat

Make sure that brushes are pliable and not stiff with old paint

Palette

Raw Umber

Yellow Ochre

Ivory Black

Venetian Red

White

Cadmium Yellow Deep

Alizarin Crimson

Cadmium Red Light

Pthalo Blue

Ultra Marine Blue

Burnt Umber

Red Oxide

Canvas or canvas boards, variety of sizes 12 x 16, 16 x 20 ,

four canvases that are 5 x 7

Palette Knife

Medium- Walnut oil

Plastic or Glass Palette

Paper Towels

Drawing materials - micro pens 03, 05 and pencils -2b, 3b

Multi-media paper, or watercolor paper

Watercolor

Limited colors

Yellow Ochre

Ultramarine Blue

Burnt Umber

Sepia