Our classes are now located at our "Studio North" location. When arriving make sure you have all your materials listed below for you class!
PLEASE HAVE:
• 4 oz Cold Wax Medium/CWM (Gamblin or Dorland's)
• OIL paint, any brand (water-soluble is NOT recommended, but is OK if that's what you already have) *STUDENT GRADE ie Gamblin 180 brand is what I use TITANIUM WHITE REQUIRED (1.25 oz or larger) PLUS 2-4 COLORS (1.25 oz tubes) - SEE COLOR SUGGESTIONS BELOW
• Palette knife: small trowel/angled with square end preferred, but any shape that works to mix paint and also paint with is fine
• Silicone squeegee (like a bowl scraper or pottery tool) - straight edge, flexible
• 2" or 4” SOFT rubber brayer (roller)
• 1 SHEET *OIL* paper, 22 x 30 in 140 lb (300 gsm) to cut or tape off into smaller painting surfaces [*NOT* "Canvas paper" - CWM will not adhere]
• 1" artist/painter's/masking tape (preferably white/tan, blue is OK)
• 4-6 sheets cardboard (or heavy paper), at least 1-2" larger on all sides than your paper/artboards (will tape on for maneuverability while painting)
• Cardboard boxes to transport wet paintings mounted on cardboard (*pizza boxes work great, multiple pizza boxes are even better so you won't have to stack wet paintings. Make sure they are large enough to fit your mounting cardboard/papers inside. Pizza shops will usually give you a few for free.)
• APRON
• Rags or blue shop towels
OPTIONAL
• 1 small GESSOED cradled wood panel: ie 6x6, 5x7, 8x8, 10x10 inch (+ box to transport wet)
• smaller-sized *OIL* paper or *OIL* Artboards that come in pads ie Strathmore *OIL* paper, 12x12" OR Canva *OIL* Artboards, 9x12" (NOT "Canvas paper")
• Palette paper pad or Glass palette
• Additional colors of oil paint
• Resource: (copy available for reference at North Studio) "Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts and Conversations" by Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin https://coldwaxacademy.com/product/cold-wax-medium-book/
INSTRUCTOR PROVIDES: • 1 small cradled wooden panel: prepared for student with gesso and first layer semi-dry oil/cold wax medium (see fee)• Nitrile gloves• Palette paper• bamboo skewers, bubble wrap, burlap, and other items for making marks and texture• Vegetable oil for clean up
CHOOSING COLORS: GENDRAL INFO
• (REQUIRED) TITANIUM WHITE: to mix lighter tints• DON'T STRESS!! There are no bad colors!! (except avoid Alizarin Crimson with CWM)
A FEW USEFUL COLOR COMBINATIONS INCLUDE:
2 TUBES + WHITE:• Ultramarine, Burnt sienna: will mix a dark black; with white -> WIDE RANGE OF MUTED/NEUTRALS (+ blue). Add a yellow for GREEN mixture options
3 TUBES + WHITE:• Ultramarine blue, Quinacronone red, Cadmium yellow light: act as basic primaries for a WIDE RANGE OF COLORS• Turquoise, Quinacronone red or magenta, Hansa yellow light: Close to the CYM Cyan/Yellow/Magenta primary color wheel can result in both bright and muted colors• Burnt sienna, Yellow ochre, Payne's grey: act as primary red, yellow and blue if you prefer MORE EARTHY colors • Naphthol red (or Cadmium red), Yellow ochre, IVORY black: known as the ZORN palette, mixes a surprisingly LARGE RANGE of colors (including FLESH TONES)
6 TUBES + WHITE:• FULL SPLIT-PRIMARY PALETTE: India yellow, Cadmium yellow LIGHT, Cadmium orange, Quinacrinone red, Ultramarine blue, Turquoise: can give you a WIDE/almost limitless range of BOTH INTENSE AND MUTED colors; can mix a very dark black from the 3 transparent colors, so no need for a tube of black)