NO CLASS ON 10/1 & 10/8

Remember, we have no class for two weeks. Try to finish any paintings you took home with you. 261: Bring your reds and greens along with yellow, white, black and earth colors for the 15th. We will be painting a still life with fruit. 262 & 263: Bring your own objects/photographs to work from.

9/24/2008

261--We will be continuing on our earth-colored still lives. Make sure you have an extra canvas if you haven't begun it yet. Colors you will need are: burnt sienna, burnt umber, white, black, yellow ochre or raw sienna and optional: raw umber. Bring rags--some of you are failing me on this!--and glass jars with covers, turpenoid, brushes (especially brights...) and a smock or apron. 262/263 & Interns: You are working on your individual projects.

Earth Colors 9/17

This week I will be bringing in still life objects that are warm colored such as onions, potatoes, baskets, etc. We will learn to mix and use earth colors. Bring as many of the following paints as you can: burnt sienna, raw umber, burnt umber, raw sienna, yellow ochre. Be sure to have plenty of RAGS, your glass jars with lids, paper towels, brush washing cakes, and a canvas to work on.

AR261/262/263 for Sept. 10

Beginning students have been working on learning about paint gradations, from white to black. We will continue with our white still life paintings. Bring your paints, turpenoid, rags, brushes, smock, palette paper and canvas.

More advanced students should bring in all materials necessary for them to work on their individual concentrations. If you have not taken my class before, bring in an example or two of your previous work if you can.