Developing Your Own Style for Intermediate/Advanced
Adult Course | Registration opens 8/5/2025 10:00 AM MDT
Generally, this is an independent study class. The instructor will give individual assignments if desired and take each student from where they are and help make them better at the medium they choose.
- Must have an understanding of basic painting
Paint colors:
Cadmium red, Alizarin crimson
Titanium white (large tube)
Burnt sienna, Burnt umber (large tube), Yellow ochre
Ultramarine blue (large tube), Cerulean blue
Permanent green
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Canvas boards or pre-stretched canvas at least 12” x 18”
For those who want to create their own stretched canvasses, bring:
Stretcher bars (min. 12” x 18”)
10-oz raw canvas fabric
Craftsman 1/4 Light Duty Staples *974424 and staple gun
Gesso and gesso brush (something like a cheap house-painting-style brush)
1 or 2 round, series 4235 R #2 or smaller (Grumbacher-Bristlette)
1 or 2 flat 1/2” - 3/4” (Professional Bristle)
Silicoil – a metal coil you put inside a can use to clean your brushes
Paper palette
Mid-size palette knife
Odorless paint thinner, container, rags
Pencil & notebook
Other materials and tools may be discussed in class
Rob Gratiot
MFA, University of Denver
Gratiot was selected by American Artist magazine as a finalist in the American Realism Today competition. Gratiot's “John Lennon Sunglasses in Cellophane" won first prize at the Colorado Art Open Exhibition at Foothills Art Center. His work can be seen in numerous group shows and private collections.
http://www.robgratiot.com/