ART - Painting En Plein Air with Jill McGannon
Classes2021 Spring|#26153
Description
As part of the Paint The Town plein air event, artist Jill McGannon will be offering an Oils or acrylics workshop for all skill levels. Jill will take students through the creation of a plein air painting, from selecting what to paint, creating a strong and dynamic composition, to the block in and then painting. Veteran painters will build upon their skillsets working with an award-winning artist. She'll demonstrate working from large shapes to small, dark to light, and thin to thick paint. Starting with a 2-color block in, then mixing secondary colors from a palette of a warm and a cool of each primary color to create color harmony in the final painting. Jill will do a 1-hour demo, then students will start blocking in their paintings. After lunch break, Jill will quickly go back over her approach to plein air, then students will continue to paint. Jill will be walking around during the class to offer suggestions, tips and critiques as everyone paints
Ages: 16+
Cost: $125 Residents - $187.5 Non-Residents
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May 18 Tue 9:00an - 4:00pm
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Paint: oil, acrylic, water mixable oils
Color suggestions: Cadmium yellow pale hue, Yellow Ochre, Naples Yellow, Cadmium Orange hue, Cadmium Red hue, Burnt Umber, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Pthalo Blue, Ivory Black, Titanium White. Optional: Naples yellow and Yellow Ochre
2-4 Canvases or panels (9”x12”, 11”x14”, or 12”x16”’s) Needs to fit onto your easel and into your wet paint carrier
Bristle Brushes: 6 brushes that are ¾” wide (size 10), 6 that are ½” wide plus a few other smaller and larger brushes. Filberts and flats in shape
12”x16” palette or larger
Plein Air Easel with tray for paints (example:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYAYGBH/?tag=artmag65-20) Painting easels are available at arts center for use at arts center but participants will need a small folding table or snack table to hold supplies
Sketch pad and pencil
Vinyl or plastic gloves
T-square for straight lines
Wet paint carrier, pizza box, or a plastic bin to transport your wet paintings back home. (ex: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=wet+canvas+carrier&hvadid=78546413362990&hvbmt=bb&hvdev=c&hvqmt=b&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_rm8vp434j_b)
Plastic bags for your wet brushes to transport home.
Paper towels
Water container
Gamsol or turpenoid for oils
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