Beginning Painting Oil & Acrylic- Fundamentals

Beginning Painting Oil & Acrylic- Fundamentals

Adult Classes | This program is completed

585 Park Street Naples, FL 34102 United States

Studio 200

Beginner

10/8/2019-10/29/2019

9:00 AM-12:00 PM on Tue

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$175.00

$125.00

Have you always wanted to learn to paint? If so, this class provides you with a strong painting foundation. The Fundamentals course explores painting supplies, safe materials handling, drawing and form. On completion of the course, students will have finished a series of studies in value (black, white and gray only), designed to give them a basic understanding of painting materials and techniques. Whether you are beginner or need a comprehensive refresher course, these classes will get you painting.

*The Fundamentals course is part of an optional 2-session series. The second session focuses on Color. Students interested in both will feel comfortable beginning with either class.

  • ACRYLIC PAINTERS:
  • Paints:
  • If you already understand C.I. Names for paints, purchase the following colors in the brand you prefer. Otherwise, purchase the following ten Liquitex Artist Grade Colors.
  • Burnt Umber (PBr7)
  • Cadmium Red Medium (PR108)
  • Cadmium Yellow Light (PY35)
  • Phthalocyanine Blue (Green Shade) (PB15)
  • Phthalocyanine Green (Blue Shade) (PG7)
  • Quinacridone Magenta (PV19)
  • Quinacridone Red (PV19)
  • Titanium White (PW6)
  • Transparent Burnt Sienna (PR101)
  • Ultramarine Blue (PB29)
  • Solvent:
  • Acrylic paints use water as a solvent. You will need a large container to clean your brushes (a two-pound plastic coffee container works best).
  • Brushes:
  • Eventually, you will need to acquire more brushes, but for this class, you will only need two. Both are soft fiber (not bristle) brushes. You will need a half-inch flat or bright brush and a small round brush for detail.
  • Other Materials:
  • Disposable Palette Pad
  • Palette knife (small, straight blade with flexible tip)
  • 9x12 Canvas pad (actual canvas sheets)
  • 9x12 Paper Canvas pad (coated paper sheets that look like canvas)
  • 4H - Drawing Pencil
  • Roll of paper towels
  • A roll of blue painter’s tape
  • Kneaded eraser
  • OIL PAINTERS:
  • Paints:
  • If you already understand C.I. Names for paints, purchase the following colors in the brand you prefer. Otherwise, purchase the following ten Winsor & Newton Artist Grade Colors (not Winton Colors).
  • Burnt Sienna (PR101)
  • Burnt Umber (PBr7)
  • Cadmium Lemon (PY35)
  • Cadmium Red (PR108)
  • French Ultramarine (PB29)
  • Permanent Magenta (PV19)
  • Permanent Rose (PV19)
  • Titanium White (PW6)
  • Winsor Blue (Green Shade) (PB15)
  • Winsor Green (PG7)
  • Solvent:
  • You will need to clean your brushes with an odorless solvent. The common ones are Turpenoid and Gamsol. Do not purchase odorless mineral spirits from a hardware store. You will also need two glass jars: 16 – 24 once.
  • Brushes:
  • Eventually, you will need to acquire more brushes, but for this class, you will only need two. Both are soft fiber (not bristle) brushes. You will need a halfinch flat or bright brush and a small round brush for detail.
  • Medium:
  • You will need a small jar of Liquin Original. This medium will increase the Dry-rate of your paints and makes them easier to use.
  • Other Materials:
  • Disposable Palette Paper Palette knife (small, straight blade with flexible tip)
  • 9x12 Canvas pad (actual canvas sheets)
  • 9x12 Paper Canvas pad (coated paper sheets that look like canvas)
  • 4H - Drawing Pencil
  • Roll of paper towels
  • A roll of blue painter’s tape
Kirk, Richard

Richard Kirk is an oil painter living and teaching in Naples and Bonita Springs, Florida. His current paintings are figurative and photorealistic, but he has worked extensively as an illustrator, portrait painter and still life painter. Currently, his paintings are on display at www.richardvkirk.com He teaches classes in Advanced Oil/Acrylic Painting, Figure Drawing and Portrait Painting at both Naples Art and the Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs. Richard studied illustration at Palomar College in San Marcos, California and established his illustration business from Boston, Massachusetts. His illustration clients included Hoods Milk, Dexter Shoes, Fidelity Investment, RGA Publishing and Harvard Magazine, to name a few. In addition, Richard has written and self-published four books designed to help his students learn the basics of drawing, painting, portrait painting and color theory. His fundamental belief about painting shapes his work and his teaching: “Creating a painting does not make one an artist. Artists create something extraordinary from their experience, knowledge and ability. Until a painter has discovered and is able to pull instantly from these three primary conditions, he or she is a student. Still, taking pride in being a student moves you closer to creating art.”