Saturday, February 8, 2025.
10 AM - 4 PM.
$150, includes lunch, supplies needed.
Limit 10.

Bring more interest to your landscape paintings by learning to paint a variety of skies! With extra attention on edges, value, and color temperature, Barbara will cover techniques that will enhance your skyscapes. Students are asked to bring photos of skies they would like to paint or use photos provided. Barbara will demonstrate and then guide each student individually. Barbara will be using oil paint, but oil AND acrylic painters are welcome.

Level 2: Intermediate - Assumes the student has some experience in the medium. Reviews basic techniques and offers individual assistance but moves at a faster pace.

CANVAS:

I prefer oil-primed linen like Masterpiece of Centurion Oil Primed Deluxe Linen panels, but bring whatever you like to paint on. I also do a lot of skies on gessoboard or on birch panels that have been primed with a few coats of gesso, too.  If you want to paint a larger canvas (no larger than 16x20), one will be fine. If you paint smaller paintings, you may be able to complete a couple during class (around 8x10, 9x12, 11x14). Also, please have a small (8x10) inexpensive canvas just to use for exercises.

PAINTS:

I prefer Gamblin, Rembrandt and Williamsburg paints – primarily Gamblin. For this class I would typically use:

• Titanium White
• Cadmium Yellow Lemon
• Ultramarine Blue
• Cadmium Red Light
• Alizarin Crimson
• Yellow Ochre
• Sap Green
• Burnt Umber
• Viridian
• King’s Blue
• Transparent Oxide Brown

If you would like some additional colors, I love to have the Radiant series of paints by Gamblin on hand.

BRUSHES:

I like Silver Bristlon flats in a variety of sizes.  If you want to paint smaller canvases, have a few small-medium brushes. Medium-large brushes for larger canvas.

Also:

• Sketchbook and pencil
• ODORLESS mineral spirits such as Turpenoid or Gamsol & container for it
• Paper Towels
• Plastic grocery bag for trash
• Apron
• Palette knife
• Palette
• Photographs of a sky you would like to paint or you can use some of my references.