Intermediate Painting
Intermediate Painting
Intermediate - 🖌️🖌️
Instructor: Milena Spasic
10 weeks, In-person/ Room 3A
Thursday, 2-5pm, October 3 - December 12
$495
This course is designed for students who have completed three levels of Introduction to Painting and are now ready to challenge themselves by pushing observational skills into more expressive mark-making and considering abstraction within representation. Students will be working intensively from various resources which include historical references, live models, and elaborate still-life set-ups, all of which are designed to propel the individual’s visual problem-solving skills and paint application onto the next level. Students will also further their technical understanding of the capabilities of paint and mediums.
Materials List - These are the materials you will need for this class.
You may use either oil or acrylic paint
● Hansa Yellow Light, Hansa Yellow Medium (or any other warm yellow) Yellow Ochre, Napthol Red, Alizarin Crimson, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Raw Umber, Viridian, Ultramarine Blue, Pthalo blue - Small tubes of these colors
●Titanium White - Large tube
● Metal palette knife - trowel-shaped that comes to a point - no rounded tips, please.
● 16”x 20” glass or disposable paper palette.
● Long-handle hog bristle brushes - a mixture of Bright, Flat or Filberts. A variety of brush sizes #2, #4 #6, #8, #10 and #12. Make sure your largest brushes are at least an inch wide.
Acrylic painters, please select nylon synthetic brushes of the same type and size as above.
● Painting surfaces no smaller than 14”x18”
● 11”x 14” Canvas pad for color studies
Oil painters: Gamsol (pint), Silicoil Jar
Acrylic painters: Matte Acrylic Medium (large tube or 8oz jar),
Paper towels, disposable gloves, apron - WSS does not provide these for personal use while painting
- Dish Soap - for personal use to clean brushes
* If you are not sure if you want to work with oil paint or acrylic, Milena strongly recommends working with oils. Working with acrylic requires constant management of the paint to prevent it from drying on the palette.
NOTE: Gesso Day is SEPTEMBER 16TH. Join us at WSS between 2-6pm, to learn how to stretch and gesso your own canvases and prepare surfaces for the upcoming term! RSVP is required to attend.
Refund Policy and Course Selection
Covid Health Policy
Please find our full refund policy linked here.
If you are unsure if a class is right for you, please read our Pathway To Sucess: A Guide or have a conversation with a Faculty member or our Head of Faculty before the first week of the 10-week term ends. Once the second week of classes starts, no refunds will be offered.
For Workshops, Artist Demos, and Short Classes (classes less than 10 weeks in duration) - only withdrawals more than 14 days before the first day of class – 100% tuition refund*
A $25 administrative fee is applied to all refunds.
*If we can fill your spot, we will fully refund your tuition, less the administrative fee.