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Introduction to Painting A (Online)

Introduction to Painting A (Online)

SKU: 2024 Fall Wall Intro Painting A
Introduction to Painting A
Beginner -🖌️
Instructor: Martin Wall
10 weeks, Online via Zoom
Sunday, 2-5pm, October 6 - December 15
$495
 
Introduction to Painting A is the first of a sequence of three Introduction to Painting classes. It is designed to develop the student’s painting skills through an understanding of basic design concepts and principles of visual art.  By emphasizing perceptual awareness and emphasizing hand-eye coordination skills, students will explore the process of painting and how it relates to personal creativity and expression. In addition, this course will offer students an understanding of color and will implement a color-mixing method unique to the Washington Studio School. Students will also be exposed to art references, both historical and contemporary, as they will further one’s understanding of painting. 

What you can expect:
  • Gain knowledge and understanding of using oil paint.
  • Work from observation (still life).
  • Gain knowledge of ala prima painting.
  • Create several paintings with compositions that demonstrate the elements of design and color.

  • Who is this class for: This class is for those new to painting or those who are looking to refresh their fundamental skills in seeing and painting before moving to the next level. IT IS STRONGLY recommended that students have some drawing experience before taking a painting class. 

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Materials List - These are the materials you will need for this class.
Remote Introduction to Painting Supply List
  • Easel: free-standing or table-top style
  • Canvas/Linen: on stretchers or board; or loose sheets pinned/taped to a board; aprox. 14”x17”
  • and prepared with a gesso ground
  • Palette: Flat wood or glass palette is preferable for oils.
  • Bristle Brushes:
  • Flat #10 or 12 (bristle-width approx. 21-25mm)
  • Filbert #2, 4, and 8 (bristle-width approx. 6, 10, and 15mm)
  • Round #3 and 5 (bristle-width approx. 4 and 6mm)
  • Additional Brights/Flats, Rounds, Filberts - optional
  • Palette Knives: one or more blade-shapes for mixing/applying paint
  • Paint (Traditional Oil Paint):
  • Basic Colors:
  • Titanium White
  • Ivory Black
  • Yellow Ochre
  • Vermillion or Venetian Red
  • Cadmium Red Light/Medium
  • Alizarin Crimson
  • Cadmium Yellow Light/Medium
  • Cadmium Lemon Yellow
  • Phthalo Green or Viridian
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Cerulean or Sèvres Blue
  • Optional Colors:
  • Mars Black
  • Zinc White
  • Burnt and/or Raw Umber
  • Burnt and/or Raw Sienna
  • Sap Green
  • Oxide of Chromium
  • Indigo
  • Cobalt Blue
  • Prussian Blue
  • Medium/Solvent:
  • Linseed Oil (small bottle)
  • Gamsol or other non-toxic solvent (small bottle)
  • Miscellaneous prep/clean-up items:
  • Rags or paper towels
  • Bar Soap (e.g. Ivory, Dove, or 'brush soap')
  • Small Air-tight Container(s) - for unused paint storage (i.e. baby food jars, take-out
  • condiment containers)
 
 
 
*Online Courses 
If you have registered for an online course, you will receive access information via email 24 hours before the start of your class or workshop. If you are registering late for a class that starts over the weekend, you will receive access information on the following weekday.

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.

$495.00Price
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