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paintings are about the paint;
the application of the paint,
the look of the paint,
the visual feel of the paint.

brushstrokes are best when visible.

color mixing basics for oil and acrylic:

• Blacks and darksUltramarine Blue and Burnt Umber (or Burnt Sienna)
• Warm and cool grays white, Ultramarine Blue and Raw Umber or Burnt Umber
• Violet/purple Alizarin Crimson and Ultramarine Blue
• Greens
  Mix an orange or a purple with any green, or mix any yellow with any blue. Try different combinations, darken with any of the darks mentioned above, lighten with yellow or white
• Refer to the color wheel mix across the wheel to tone down colors
• Flesh tones for oil painting:
  Start with one of the earth tones (Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, or RawUmber)
  Add one of the reds (Alizarin Crimson, or Cadmium Red)
  Adjust with Ultramarine Blue
  Add white as needed

 

oil paint, water-mixable oil paint, or acrylic paint supplies:


• Basic colors: Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Light Hue, Cadmium Red Medium Hue, Raw Sienna or Yellow Ochre, Alizarin Crimson, Raw Umber, Ultramarine Blue.
  
• Optional colors: Cobalt Blue, Viridian Green, Thalo Green, Thalo Blue, Cerulean Blue, Naples Yellow, Burnt Umber, Permanent Rose, Sap Green, Manganese Blue, Prussian Blue, Indigo, etc.
• Mediums:
  Mixture of half linseed oil and half Gamsol, kept in a small labeled glass jar with a good lid (for regular oil paint only)
  Bottle of Liquin (for regular oil paint only)
  Water-mixable oil painting medium (for water-mixable oil paint only)
  Acrylic gloss or matte medium (for acrylic paint only)
• Palette knife/mixing knife
• Brushes:
  Filbert ¾" or 1"
  Flat ¾" or 1"
  Round ⅛" or ¼"
  one small pointed brush
• Stretched canvases that are related in size (same sizes, or 2 sides that are the same)
• Disposable palette: approximately 11" x 14" palette
• Silicoil brush cleaning jar filled to just above coil with safflower oil (for oil paint only)
• Paper towels, clean white rags, soap
  
• Smock or apron to cover clothes

 



 




 

create an artist portfolio website

see examples of artists' websites

resources and watercolor supply suggestions

create a series of works


ideas from the college board:

• A series of works that begins with representational interpretations and evolves into abstraction.
• A series of landscapes based upon personal experience of a particular place in which composition and light are used to intensify artistic expression.
• Abstractions developed from cells and other microscopic images
• Interpretive portraiture or figure studies that emphasize dramatic composition or abstraction
• A personal or family history communicated through symbols or imagery
• A series of expressive landscapes based upon personal experience of a particular place
• A personal or family history communicated through the content and style of still-life images
• Abstractions from mechanical objects that explore mark-making
• Interpretive self-portraiture and figure studies that emphasize exaggeration and distortion
• A project that explores interior or exterior architectural space, emphasizing
  principles of perspective, structure, ambiance created by light, etc
• An interpretive study of literary characters in which mixed media, color and form are explored
• The use of multiple images to create works that reflect psychological or narrative events

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