Paint Naples & the Basics of Color
Adult Classes | Available
For beginners or painters who want to un-muddle their color and/or loosen up a tight technique, this class provides individual instruction and demonstration on the fundamentals of color, value, composition & technique. The class is unstructured in that student’s paint what they choose (except for the first exercise for newcomers) & at their own pace. The emphasis is on learning to see and mix color by consistent use of the primary and essential tool, the color wheel.
- REQUIRED: Purchase of the studio work book “PAINT NAPLES: AND THE BASICS OF COLOR” available from the instructor at the first class. ($35.00. cash or check only)
IMPORTANT: Before & in preparation for the first class, review the class supply list & purchase at a minimum, a warm & cool version of each of the 3 primaries listed, as well as white. For brushes, bring a large and small bristle & fiber bright brushes.
BRUSHES: Natural Bristle: Brights #2, 4, 8 & 10
Synthetic White Fiber: Brights # 1, 2, 4, 8, & 10. Rounds #1
PAINTS: I recommend Grumbacker paints (good quality & reasonably priced)
Required Colors: (Artist (Not Student) Grade 12 Colors (37 ml. tubes)
1 Cool Yellow (Cadmium Yellow Pale or Lemon Yellow or Zink Yellow)
1 Warm Yellow (Cadmium Yellow MEDIUM)
1 Cadmium Orange
1 Warm Red (Cadmium Red LIGHT)
1 Cool Red (Thalo Rose) (Alizarin Crimson is NOT a substitute, ROSE substitutes only)
1 Dioxazine Purple
1 Cool Blue (Ultramarine Blue)
1 Warm Blue (Thalo or Turquoise)
1 Thalo Green or 1 Permanent Green Light
1 Permalba White (150 ml. tube)
Optional "Earth" or "Grayed" colors:
1 Naples Yellow
1 Yellow Ochre
1 Raw Umber
1 Ivory Black
CANVAS: Stretched or On Board
To begin any of the following sizes: (8 x 10), (9 x 12), (11 x 14), (12 x 16)
Your kit should include:
1 Palette Knife or Painting Knife (Recommended: Jerry’s Catalogue: (#15) #56201)
1 Air tight Brush Washer- metal cup within a cup is the best (see Jerry’s Catalogue)
1 Odorless Turpenoid 16oz
1 Linseed Oil (for Medium: ¾ turpenoid ¼ linseed oil)
1 Disposable Paper Paeltte Pad (12” x 16”)
1 Small Sketchpad, HB pencils, Eraser
1 Roll of Paper Towels (or old towel)
1 Pliars
1 Scissors
Masking or Painter tape
*Available locally at Family Hobby on 10th St. N. or online at Jerry's (800-827-8478)
Any questions? Please contact me directly: annsullivangallery@hotmail.com
Ann Sullivan
Ann Sullivan was born and reared in New York City where she taught Biology at Andrew Jackson High School after graduating from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Except for a few classes at Pratt Institute, while she was still in high school, Ann is a self taught artist who has drawn and painted since childhood. In the late 70’s she and her husband moved to Cape Cod where they raised their 4 children. She opened the Ann Sullivan Gallery in 1983 and has sold her work through other galleries as well from New York to North Carolina to Florida.
Today she and her husband reside in Naples, FL most of the year where she teaches oil painting. They return to the beloved Cape Cod home and the gallery for the summer months.
In addition to one-man shows, her work has been included in Museum Exhibitions and has won numerous awards in National and juried shows. In 2022, at the request of our Ambassador to Ireland, Claire Cronin, Ann's paintings will soon hang in the American Embassy in Dublin, Ireland.
She has taught painting at the various Art Associations across the Cape as well as in Naples and her work has been widely published in regional and national publications, including American Artist magazine.