9 am - 12 noon
March 7-28
Wednesdays, 9-12 noon
M $100/NM $120;
limit 25 (weekly $30/$35)
Painting with a palette knife offers a unique way to add both varying textures and colorful layers of paint rich in pigment and color while still expressing a dramatic energy. Through weekly demonstrations and one on one instruction, Rooney will show how to obtain physical dimension and impasto texture, while guiding you to mix and lay more accurate and vivid color and shapes, and avoid needless details. If you want to simplify your approach and add form and substance to painting- this class is for you!
Sponsored by Mangia Mangia
Register Online
Call 305-296-0458 to enroll in individual sessions.
Supply List
OIL OR ACRYLIC PAINT (if you’re using acrylic bring Acrylic Gel to thicken it)
Note: these are the colors i use but you can bring the colors you like or just bring ultramarine blue, cadmium red light, cad. yellow light and white (if you only want a limited palette)
Magenta
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Yellow Light
Cadmium Red Light
Alizarin Crimson
Turquoise
Ultramarine Blue
Cadmium Orange Hue
Sap Green
Cadmium Violet
Large tube of Titanium White
PALETTES, inexpensive wood or plastic (recycle plastic food trays!)
PAINTING PANELS (not canvases) two 6 x 8 and one 8×10 panel for EACH day
Watercolor paper pad for exercises; 10 – 18 sheets, 8 x 10 mimimum size, cold press, 140 #(pound)
Magenta Oil Pastel to draw on the panels with (you can use what you like best, pencil, charcoal, paint it on, etc)
Brushes- any stiff synthetic brush like Princeton 6300 or Silver Bristlon (or your own favorites) in sizes 2, 4, and 8, note the teacherís cart lists Silver Bristlon as a choice and you can use them for watercolor, acrylic or oil. Also if you have a Michaels Craft Store nearby you can use the brand American Painter. Find the stiffest synthetic. Also need a Liner (also called a Rigger) brush. It is thin and very long for detail work.
Palette knife(s); 1 or 2; metal knives in long trowel shape and short trowel shape
Easel or Pochade Box (TSKW has 18 easels to use… if you have one, bring one if not no problem!)
Please see www.jerrysartarama.com for suggestions; the lightweight, portable Feather easel weighs less than 2 pounds and retails for under $30; Mike Rooney, our instructor, was just featured in September’s Artist magazine endorsing the Monet Traveling Easel, currently on sale.
A lightweight tray or portable table to put your materials on makes your life much easier, particularly in the field; it’s not required but will keep you from having to bend up and down all day.
Photographs; a few, detailed, landscape photos or travel magazines. Pick pictures with good light and shadow pattern (stark difference between what is being struck by the light and what is in shadow).
Odorless mineral spirits
Metal or glass container for the spirits
Paper towels or rags
If you have questions about the suggested materials list, please email Mike Rooney: rooneystudios@hotmail.com
after you’re signed up for the class
