OIL PAINTING

OIL PAINTING

Class | This program is completed

37 Buena Vista Road West Hartford, CT 06107 United States

Upper Schoolhouse (Brick Building)

All levels

4/10/2019-6/12/2019

1:00 PM-4:00 PM EDT on Wed

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$240.00

$220.00

Stronger compositions, and better color and drawing, are within everyone’s reach. The secret skill you need to get there is to learn how to look – to look at paintings and see how they are put together – to look at the landscape and see how that is put together. Once you see the structure underneath the beautiful landscapes that surround us, the path to painting them is a whole lot clearer. Let’s work on that together this spring. All approaches to painting are welcome, as well as all skill levels.

  • Bill Simpson
  • 860.653.3079 williamsimpsonartist@gmail.com Please call or write if you have questions.
  • Recommended Painting Supplies (These are color recommendations only – Oil, Acrylic, or Water Based Oil – I don’t care - although with a fast drying acrylic you’re missing a lot (most) of the fun.) I use Utrecht, Gamblin, and Windsor Newton paints. If you sell your paintings you should use the good stuff, otherwise, the Winton paints by W/N will be fine.
  • Large Tube
  • titanium white (I happen to like the Gamblin Zinc Titanium mix.)
  • Small Tubes
  • cadmium yellow
  • cadmium orange
  • lemon yellow
  • terra rosa or burnt sienna
  • viridian
  • ultramarine blue
  • cobalt (expensive), or cerulean or manganese blue
  • burnt umber
  • yellow ochre
  • windsor violet (dioxazine) or similar
  • Colors you don’t need (We can blend richer and far more interesting colors.)
  • raw umber
  • paynes grey
  • Gamsol odorless mineral spirits (brush cleaner/solvent) and a brush cleaner container, or buy a jar of something that has a good screw on lid.
  • Brushes and Canvases:
  • Brushes are a matter of personal preference – you have to try the different shapes. Bristle for oil, synthetic for acrylic. I happen to like the Brights (square tip). I used to use only the Filberts (rounded edges), but I’ve never had any use for the Rounds. That’s just me.
  • 4,6,8,10,12 Even on a smaller canvas you need large brushes to block in the basics. With a little practice a large brush can paint like a smaller one. Not so much, the other way around. A palette knife for mixing is very handy.
  • Have a couple of canvases available for each class. Some ideas call for a big canvas, some not. It’s nice to have a choice. 9x12, 11x14, 18x24. If you like the long landscape size (10x20) buy one. We’ll give it a shot. (Look over the canvases at the store closely – even the good brands are often warped or bowed – and look at the corners.)
  • Drawing Supplies
  • You should always have a pad, and charcoal or a soft lead pencil and a kneaded eraser
  • with you.

With a BFA and MFA in Painting, Bill has been represented by galleries in Maine, Connecticut, and Cape Cod, and has won numerous awards in juried shows across Connecticut. Bill is an Elected Artist at the West Hartford Art League and CT Academy of Fine Arts, and has placed large scale corporate commissions through Connecticut, NY, and Washington DC.