Oil Painting

Oils - The essentials and beyond
Start: 30 January 2009 at 6:00 p.m.
End: 01 February 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
With Roger Jones
If you are just starting out with oils or are more experienced, and want to develop a surer approach and personal style, this course will give you all you need to know.
Understanding variations in tone, those patterns of light and dark, and using them as a basis for your painting is a vital first step towards convincing and appealing work. The resulting well composed underpainting invites 'painting by numbers'; well almost!
We will explore my seven essentials to painting, which include two particular paint handling and brushwork skills.
Reference pictures, original paintings will guide us and there are notes and demonstrations for you to keep.
You Will Need:-
SOLVENTS
Ideally English distilled turpentine, or low odour Sansodor.
White spirit, glass jars for brush cleaning, and rags etc (for painting !) will be provided.
PAINTS
Ideally WINSOR & NEWTON ARTISTS QUALITY, in 37 ml tubes or smaller depending on your budget.
FRENCH ULTRAMARINE, CERULEAN BLUE, RAW SIENNA, BURNT SIENNA, VIRIDIAN, COBALT VIOLET, NAPLES YELLOW, NAPLES YELLOW LIGHT, TITANIUM WHITE, LEMON YELLOW, YELLOW OCHRE PALE, CADMIUM RED, CADMIUM ORANGE, and BUFF TITANIUM the latter only available from Daler-Rowney in their Georgian range.
NB If you already have these colours but they are made by a different paint maker do bring them.
BRUSHES
LONG FLAT HOG BRISTLE SIZES 2 & 4
SHORT FLAT HOG BRISTLE SIZES 2 &4
LONG FLAT HOG BRISTLE SIZE 10
RIGGER Pro Arte series 203 sizes 2 &4
SUPPORTS
CANVAS BOARDS AND/OR DALER BOARDS (or stretched canvas if you prefer)
1 x 12" x 16 ": 3 x 14 " x 18 "
I will provide additional primed, textured and toned boards that I make for you.
ADDITIONAL KIT- if you can, bring an easel, brush cleaning jars and solvents (as above), and protective aprons. Cotton buds, (for painting with), will also be useful.