Learn to see color and light with Linda Butti. Linda is an accomplished artist and her class is always popular.
Meeting on Thursday mornings from 10-12:30…5 classes, starting April 25th, 2024
- Materials Required for Class:
- Pads: 2 drawing pads sizes: 9 x 12 and 18 x 24
- Pencils: b pencils; 2b 6b 8b or any b pencils you have.
- Erasers: kneaded eraser and non-kneaded
- Sharpeners: a small utility knife or single edged razor
- One regular size stump
- One 12 inch ruler
- Charcoal sticks: medium is okay. Do not bring vine charcoal.
- Supplies Recommended:-Prismacolor (wax based) pencils set of 48 or 72- Small set of drawing pencils- Retractable plastic eraser (Staedtler)- Handheld doulble hole pencil sharpener (Prismacolor)- Toned paper pad 9×12 or larger such as Canson Mi-Teintes pastel pad.- Reference materials such as photos of what you would like to draw.You can see more of Margot’s work on her Instagram.
- Griselda Lessard Healy grew up in St. James, Long Island, New York. There she studied still-life and landscape painting with Paul Russotto before moving to Europe and later Canada, where she studied and worked primarily as a musician while never letting her painting work fall far from hand and mind. When Griselda returned to the USA in 1987, her focus moved primarily towards figure painting, sculpture, and drawing. She studied in NYC at the Art Students League with Harvey Dinnerstein and at the National Academy of Design with Mary Beth McKenzie.You can see more of Griselda's work on her Website.
- This course is structured and for those who have some experience with oil paintingYou can see more of Jae Yeun’s work on her Website.Supplies to start:-One set of 48 soft pastels -Sketch book for all purposes 18x24 -Soft black charcoal sticks -Blending stick (tortillons)One set of oil paints including, titanium white, cadmium red light, cadmium red yellow, ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson, yellow ochre, raw umber, raw sienna, burnt sienna, burnt umber.
- Supplies you will need for this class:Brushes (do NOT purchase a set, buy individual brushes): # 8, #6, #4, #2 and #0 flat plus #4 filbert Paints, (do NOT purchase a set, buy individual tubes): Titanium white, (large) - Ivory black - cadmium red medium - cadmium lemon yellow, yellow ochre Ultra-marine blue - thalo blue - burnt umber - Alizarin crimson - thalo green Rags: Bring a small rag. Cotton rags are the best. Old sweat socks, sweat pants, pajamas. Paper towel: bring a roll of paper towels. Viva or cheap brands work best because they don’t shed. 1. A small bottle of Linseed oil. 2. Odorless paint thinner, at least a pint. Must be artist grade. The odorless thinners from Home Depot and hardware stores are NOT acceptable alternatives. 3. A palette pad and small palette knife 4. A canvas pad (100% cotton canvas, not paper) or canvas boards/stretched canvas. Sizes: 9x12" or 12x16" 5. A medium size metal or glass jar with a cover 6. 1" wide roll of masking tape.If you have painted before, bring samples to show, either originals or on phone.This class meets once a week for 10 weeks.
- Practice Makes Perfect! 10 weeks of studio time with a live model - details belowThe classroom monitor will manage model poses and break sessions. Poses lengths will vary. Typically, the evening will begin with shorter poses and pose length will increase throughout the session.
- Learn to paint with oils or acrylic in a stress free environment. Studio based class, learn while painting. Please, bring pictures or ideas of what you might want to paint. Every level of painters are welcome, whether you are interested in oil and acrylic.
In this 3 day workshop you will learn to enhance your color blending skills.
Supplies you will need for this workshop:
Primary color acrylic paint: 2 different blues,2 different reds,2 different yellows, black, and white, Watercolor tube paint set
Mixed media paper pad, any size
Palette
Brushes, both synthetic and natural hair
- Griselda Lessard Healy grew up in St. James, Long Island, New York. There she studied still-life and landscape painting with Paul Russotto before moving to Europe and later Canada, where she studied and worked primarily as a musician while never letting her painting work fall far from hand and mind. When Griselda returned to the USA in 1987, her focus moved primarily towards figure painting, sculpture, and drawing. She studied in NYC at the Art Students League with Harvey Dinnerstein and at the National Academy of Design with Mary Beth McKenzie.You can see more of Griselda’s work on her Website. Required/Suggested Materials:Required: drawing pad or drawing paper no smaller than 14 inches x 17inches.Pencils, soft and hard: #2, B4, B6, eraser.Students may also choose any of the following materials:Vine charcoal and charcoal pencils (hard and soft) with appropriate easer and charcoal paperPastels with appropriate paper
This painting workshops focus on series work and developing your style. It is also a great continuation from the workshop, Mastering Color: Painting with color! Meets once a week for 3 consecutive weeks.
- Griselda Lessard Healy grew up in St. James, Long Island, New York. There she studied still-life and landscape painting with Paul Russotto before moving to Europe and later Canada, where she studied and worked primarily as a musician while never letting her painting work fall far from hand and mind. When Griselda returned to the USA in 1987, her focus moved primarily towards figure painting, sculpture, and drawing. She studied in NYC at the Art Students League with Harvey Dinnerstein and at the National Academy of Design with Mary Beth McKenzie.You can see more of Griselda's work on her Website.
