ABSTRACT ACRYLIC MIXED MEDIA
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 the following materials:
Surfaces: Your choice- Canvas boards, Canson Acrylic Pad, stretched canvas- medium size approx: 9" x 12" or smaller 8" x 8", 10" x 10" etc.
Gloves- if you are sensitive to any of these materials
1 small bottle of acrylic matte medium
PAINTS: acrylic heavy body paints (recommended- M. Graham or Golden), or Golden fluid acrylics
*Choose two complementary colors: see colors to choose for these complements below:
Red / true green (Analogous color choices = Purple,Orange,Blue or Yellow)
Primary Yellow / Purple (Analogous color choices = Red, Orange,Blue or Green)
Primary Blue / Orange (Analogous color choices = Purple,Red,Green or Yellow)
*For our color study above please choose from the following pigment colors for the truest mixtures
Reds: Cadmium Red or Napthol Red
Orange: Cadmium Orange
Yellow: Cadmium Yellow or Hansa Yellow
Green: Permanent Green Lt.
Blue: Ultramarine Blue
Purple: Dioxazine Purple
One analogous color (colors next to each other on the color wheel) from your choice of primaries.
Titanium White, optional: Black
#6 or #8 round or 1/4' or 1/2" flat/bright synthetic mixed media/acrylic brushes ( I prefer stiffer bristle brushes)
2 or more Caran d'ache neo color II ( water-soluble crayons) (at least two colors of your choice)
1 water-soluble graphite pencil (medium or dark)
1 General Layout pencil or comparable
Water soluble pencils: your choice- Stabilo Aquarelle, Stabilo Woody's, Durer , etc.
palette paper
shop towels- (we are no longer using paper towels for this class)
palette knife (not too small
any other tools you like to use for making marks ie. Paint pens, scraping tools etc
optional:
printed text, rubber stamps, printed images (computer), printed text (repurposed books)
Scissors
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