Students will learn how to organize both a Classical (“organic”) and Modernist (“plastic”) palette, how to mix hues using basic color-theory practice, and how to identify and mix hues from direct observation.  

Participants will consider related art history and aesthetics, from the Classical painters, to the Abstract Expressionist movement, to contemporary artists as well as both traditional and modernist techniques of image-making.

This course is open to both Teens and Adults, and is open to both the novice or experienced artist.  This course meets for two-and-a-half hours a day for four mornings across one week, 9:30am to 12 noon Tuesday through Friday.

Students should bring the following materials: 

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• a graphite drawing pencil (e.g. an Ebony Pencil or Flat Sketching Pencil); 
• an eraser (e.g. a white Prismacolor “Magic Rub Eraser” or similar); 
• a 24-sheet pad of 9” by 12” plain white drawing paper (e.g. Strathmore Series 400 Off-White Drawing Paper or similar); 
• a set of small bristle oil brushes - Brights sizes 4 and 12, Flats, sizes 6 and 8, and Round sizes 2 and 6 (or of similar size and shape - student-grade “economy” brushes are fine); 
• a metal medium-rounded spatula painting knife (or of similar size and shape); 
• a 50-sheet pad of 9” by 12” disposable wax palette paper; 
• at least two 9” by 12” pre-stretched and gessoed (“economy”) canvases; 
• a roll of paper-towel, and a few small clear plastic drinking cups (and perhaps rubber gloves).  

Students will have the option to continue working independently in the studio outside of class.

Students should also bring a water-bottle or similar beverage and a mid-morning snack to each session.   

All other materials will be supplied by the instructor, including: Winsor & Newton Artisan Water Mixable Oil Paints and Painting Medium (e.g. student-grade and safe, and with no solvents) and brush cleaner.