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.

For Wednesday, September 3

It was a pleasure to meet you all and I look forward to a productive and rewarding class. For this week, beginning students need to bring in the small 4 x 6" canvas that I gave you drawn into 10 sections which we will shade from white to black. You also need: a container for your supplies such as a shoebox or fishing tackle box (not too big, mind you; lockers are small), black and white oil paint, brushes, a small glass jar with a lid, a disposable palette, rags, brush cleaner, a blank canvas or canvas board 11 x 14" or larger and a smock or old shirt. Refer to your syllabus for any extras you might also like to bring in.

More advanced students can bring in one or two examples of previous work if they haven't taken my class before, a canvas, complete painting supplies and still life objects/accessories/fabrics they want to paint. If you want to work from a photograph, it should be a photograph you have taken yourself.

"Family Tree" Oil Painting, 58" x 72" (2008) by Julia Healy

Welcome to Painting 261/262/263

Professor Healy's Painting Class will begin at 6 p.m. on August 27 in Building C. Your syllabus and supply sheet will be given to you at that time. Class will be dismissed early the night of the first class.