Oil and Acrylic Painting: Intermediate/Advanced
Adult Class | Registration opens 8/4/2026 9:00 AM MDT
The objective for this class is to assist intermediate/advanced painters to improve their observation and painting skills and to become even better artists.
- Must be an intermediate to advanced painter
- 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/