Description

Howard Park & Lisa Miceli

This class will explore how to approach the changing colors, weather, and mood of fall and winter. Participants will learn how to overcome the challenges of painting the colorful transformations of fall, including how to interpret the vivid colors in the landscape as they change, as well as the cooler colors of winter, so they fit into the design, composition, and proper value and color scheme of a painting.

The class will focus on balancing color and light effects by understanding the source of light and the effective use of values. Participants will explore the relationship between value and color using sketchbooks and learn how to use lights to make darks.

Through demonstrations and individual instruction, participants will learn to design a well-balanced fall-to-winter landscape that captures the beauty of fall’s brilliance and warmth, as well as the changing light as the seasons transition into cooler weather.

The class includes instructor demonstrations in oil and watercolor, along with individual instruction. Weather permitting, participants will practice sketching outdoors along the river at MMoA. Students should bring sketchbooks, pencils, charcoal for drawing, and/or pens or markers for sketching.

5-week series

Tuesdays, 9am – 12pm

October 20 – November 17

Members $240 / Nonmembers $280

Class Supply List 

Recommended Supply List for Oil or Acrylic 

Suggested oil paint brands: RGH paints, Rembrandt, Lucas and Gamblin

Howard’s limited palette:

White: Titanium white, large tubes. Gamblin has a flake white replacement. Zinc white is a cool white with strong tinting qualities but can easily make colors get chalky

Black. Ivory black (Optional) Can be used to make greens and browns.

Red. Quinacridone red (a strong pure red) or Naphthol Red or Venetian Red.

Yellow:  Hansa yellow (a pure, semi-transparent yellow)

Blue: Ultramarine blue or ultramarine blue deep

Green: Viridian (a transparent green used as a modifier)

Brushes: Bristle brushes, even sizes 2-10.  Mostly filberts, a couple of flats and a few cheap hardware chip flats.

Palette knife and painting knives:  A mixing knife for mixing paint on the palette. Flexible painting knives of a variety of sizes and shapes.

Miscellaneous:  Paper towels, brush washer. medium cup. small trash bag, extra-large palette, odorless turpentine, [Thin -X] or gamsol,

Painting medium: Linseed oil to one part Gamsol, or one part stand oil to 4 parts Thin -X

Liquin, or Grumbacher Zec and Lucas 2225(fast drying gels)

For palette knife painting: cold wax painting butter such as Dorland’s cold wax medium

Canvas Boards 8X10, 9X12, 11X14 inches

Panel carriers to protect wet masterpieces

Recommended Supply List for Watercolor

Watercolor paper: Rough or cold press paper – minimum of 140lb

Brushes: Assorted sizes

Large wash brush or hake brush

1 1/2” flat – either synthetic or natural bristle

1-inch flat brush

#6 or other round brush

Lisa’s Palette:

(Please bring the colors you like to work with)

Raw sienna, cad yellow light, yellow ochre, quinacridone red, light red, burnt umber, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, Payne’s grey, Prussian blue.
Drawing pencils and kneaded erasers for sketching

Small sketch pad

Masking tape

Water container (plastic or metal)

Roll of paper towels

Palette

Clips to hold paper