WORKSHOPS
SHADOWS/ VALUES
Below is the flyer for the Yuma 2010 class:
'WHAT TO BRING' list ...Shadows/ Values Workshop
notebook/ sketchbook /assorted drawing pencils /2x3 viewfinder
[we will be using these most of the time the first day]
*your paints...oils or acrylics
**NOTICE...be sure you have at least one version of each hue listed below in your collection..indispensable for mixing great colors:
• lemon yellow [or hansa yellow]....a light cool transparent yellow
• cadmium yellow light or medium [or permanent yellow]...a warm yellow
• yellow ochre....a cool opaque earth yellow...[used to gray violet shadows]
• cadmium red light [or permanent red light or vermillion]...a very warm color
• alizarin crimson [or permanent madder or alizarin type substitute]...a cool transparent red
• burnt sienna [or transparent red oxide].... wonderful warm earth
• venetian red [or mars red, indian red , mars violet, or terra rosa]....a cool earth color
• manganese blue hue [or cerulean blue]....a warm semi-opaque turquoise
• prussian blue [or thalo blue]...useful for making great blacks when mixed with cool earths
• ultramarine blue....indispensable cool transparent blue
Optional [for convenience] :
cadmium orange [or permanent orange]... warm
viridian [or thalo green]....a cool transparent blue-green [very useful for chromatic blacks]
any red violet ...a warm purple
any blue violet.... cool purple
*don’t forget a large tube of white!
**notice...generally there is a warm/ cool version of a color
**black, paynes gray, or any colors made with black will not be used...they have their place [advanced work]..but we will not use them ..not even for shadows!
*one 16 x 20 canvas or canvas board
*gamsol [or quality odorless mineral spirits]
*liquin or whatever medium you like for your paints
*mixing surface/palette...not too small
*brushes...flats, brights, or filberts...two each...sizes 2,4,6,8
*paper towels....[the heavy blue paper shop towels work great]
*something to protect the table under your work area...[neutral colored is best]
*wear your painting clothes [comfortable...paint stains, etc]
* a foam pad or old pillow [especially for the first day]...the chairs are very hard!
**yummy lunch / something to drink
*and most importantly... bring an attitude open to learning and solving problems...a necessary skill for all good artists...and of course...your love of color. Let's have some fun!
See you in class...Katherine
KM WITHERS artist / instructor