Creating Paintings from Reference
Adult Course | This program has been canceled
Day 1 - The design process will be covered in detail and then making a color study for a larger painting. The course will start with a lecture and a demonstration using oils. Students will bring in their reference and together we will come up with a design by doing preliminary sketches and thumbnails.
Day 2 - The student will create a color study of the painting. This is a blocky version of the painting and will show the design, value relationship (2 big value shapes) and the colors idea of the painting.
Day 3 – Another lecture and demo, followed by students working on finishing their color study and maybe working on another design idea from their reference.
Lectures will cover topics including Design, Composition, Value and Color, Thumbnails, Being Expressive, Additional Considerations such as Gradation and Asymmetry and Combining Photo References.
- These are the materials I use and I receive no money or products from any of these manufacturers to recommend them. They are great products and hence I’m recommending them.
I love painting on this surface –
Centurion oil primed linen
https://www.jerrysartarama.com/centurion-deluxe-oil-primed-linen-canvas
Another option is - https://www.jerrysartarama.com/ampersand-gessobord-panels
Please don’t buy the cheapest surface – try to get a double primed (oil or acrylic) medium or
fine tooth (weave) or panel. Cheap surfaces are not well primed with good (and very little)
gesso and they are hard to paint on (and take more paint).
Paints – I love Gamblin Artist Colors. These are the colors I use:
Titanium White
Hansa Yellow Light or Cadmium Yellow Light
Cadmium Yellow Medium (optional)
Cadmium Orange (optional)
Cadmium Red Light
Cadmium Red Medium (optional)
Napthol Scarlet
Alizarin
Yellow Ochre
Transparent Red Oxide (Grumbacher)
Viridian-
Permanent Green Bright (Grumbacher)
Phthalo Emerald Green (optional)
Cobalt Blue
Ultramarine Blue
Cerulean Blue (optional)
Ivory Black (optional)
Raj Chaudhuri
Art has always been my passion. Since my earliest memory, I have always drawn and painted. But, I didn't pursue it as a profession in the beginning, rather keeping it as a hobby while I pursued a career in software for 17 years! In 2009, I was able to make the transition to painting full-time. It is in art that I am determined to make a success of myself and have devoted all my efforts and attention towards it. I have had the privilege of learning from Quang Ho and Mark Daily here in Denver. Both amazing painters, teachers and instrumental in my development as an artist. I have also been very fortunate to spend time with Dan Sprick, a remarkable painter and person. Teaching Philosophy: My goal as a teacher is to share my knowledge, approach and skills that I have acquired in my journey as an artist. To me there is some real, and not so obvious learning in art that must happen in order for the student to really see this hidden show that is to do with the visual vocabulary - shapes, values, colors, edges, texture, line and more. This relationship of values and shapes that form the basis of every successful painting -- I believe showing students how to apply themselves smartly in the painting making process, setup exercises that improve their technical skill and artistic sensibility. Being intentional, deliberate and to take chances -- to intentionally make choices that are pleasing / revealing to one's aesthetic likes and help develop one's painting ability. I would like to introduce the student to all the available tools (digital cameras, photoshop, drawing tools, paintings tools) to empower them in this journey.