PT484 Color, Light, and Form with Anders Fernbach
June 4 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Thursdays, 6 Week Course
All levels welcome!
In this course, students will learn the language of color in an easy to understand, objective format. This will greatly aid in their ability to describe and mix any color, and to maintain control of their palette. In short, we’ll be discussing practical color theory for painters that can be used in everyday painting scenarios. We will also cover “light logic”, or the effect that light has in revealing form of any kind. Subject matter is open to the individual student, as portraiture, still life, and landscape all use the principles covered in this course. For practical purposes, students will work from hard copy photographs or screen images from a laptop or iPad during class hours.
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This list is the minimum; more colors can be collected over time. Most brands
have “artist quality” paints, and “student grade” versions. Get the artist quality if
you’re able, but student grade will suffice in the short term. Student grade paints have more fillers, where artist grade is mostly pigment and linseed oil.
Examples:
Gamblin artist paints 1980 is their student grade line
Windsor & Newton artist paints Winton is their student grade line
Oil Paints
Titanium white 150ml
Flake white (optional)
Ivory black 37ml
Ultramarine blue 37 ml
Pthalo blue 37ml
Transparent Red Iron Oxide, or Transparent Earth Red (PR101)
Cadmium red light 37ml
Permanent or Alizarin crimson 37ml
Cadmium yellow light 37ml
Cadmium yellow medium 37ml
Yellow ochre 37 ml
Raw umber 37ml
Cadmium Orange (single pigment preferred) 37 ml
Sap green 37ml
Tere Vert 37 ml (optional)
Medium
Small container of linseed oil
Container of odorless mineral spirits (Gamsol 16.9 oz or larger) and air-tight jar
Recommended optional-Alkyd medium like Galkyd or Liquin for faster drying time and more transparency
Brushes
You will need a variety of sizes to begin with. I recommend coming to class with 3 sizes of round brushes. We can discuss brushes more during class, and you can decide for yourself what you prefer. Like paint tubes, it takes time to build a collection of brushes, and there is no need to try to get them all at one time.
Surfaces
18×24 inch illustration board if you wish to complete a color wheel and charts
canvas or gessoed panel (your choice of size, but larger is often less difficult) I
recommend 16×20 to begin with
You will need more surfaces as the weeks progress, but this will suffice to start. Depending upon your images, you may opt for a different size or proportions.
Other
Palette knife (diamond shape head preferred)
Sketchbook, or notepad for note taking, and storing hand-outs
18” metal ruler
Jack Richeson grey paper palette pad 12×16
A stiff surface like foam board to tape palette paper to during use
Gesso (acrylic polymer ground) if you wish to prepare surfaces like wood, paper,
or to add stability to commercially pre-gessoed canvas
Paper towels, or blue shop rags
Cotton cloth rags. Old T-shirts work very well
