Floral Painting - July/August
Adult Course | This program has been canceled
In this course we will paint a new flower every week. Some real, and some artificial. Even with an artificial, we can make them look full of life in our paintings. My flower of choice is the white rose, but we will paint sunflowers, peonies, orchids, anemones and more. The process is the same regardless of the flower. We will begin with white flowers to focus on the color of the light and then, with our newly acquired confidence, we will take a step forward by painting more chromatic flowers and dramatic lighting effects.
- Fundamental drawing/oil painting skills required for this course.
- Palette: bring glass or wood. No plastic please.
Windsor and Newton oil paints:
Titanium white
Cad yellow
Indian yellow
Cad orange
Cad red
Dioxazine purple
Ultramarine blue
Turquoise blue
Ivory black
Raw umber
Sap green
Brushes (any brand, all soft synthetic)- preferred brand: Rosemary and Co:
Sizes 1-2-4-6 rounds (Michael Kline rounds)
Sizes 1-2-4-6 flats (evergreen series)
Tiny, Small, large fan brushes (IMPORTANT-THESE MUST BE REALLY SOFT)
Brushes must be soft synthetics, but can be from any brand.
Two options for surface:
Centurion DLX Oil primed Linen panels Get on Jerrysartarama.com (I purchase the 24 x 36 panels and cut them down to smaller sizes using a box cutter and a straight edge) for this course, I would not cut smaller than 8x10.
Homemade Masonite gessoed panels (Gesso used: Golden Sandable Hard Gesso)
Please bring panels, not canvas.
Tanner Steed
“My paintings are the result of deep observation and contemplation of light. Through my sensory experience, I create a personal interpretation of the scene using the abstraction of brushstrokes. No matter how rendered, it will always be abstraction that formulates my work. Even though the subject matter is more than easily recognized, my paintings are about the quality of the paint itself. I hope to catch the viewers attention with a subject, only to inspire them to look closer at the innate beauty of oil on linen.”