Fundamentals of Drawing

Class Schedule

Wednesdays
9am-1pm

Fridays
9am-1pm

Class Materials List

Oil Paint:
Please do not purchase Winton, water-miscible or student grade paint.

Palette 1:
Flake White or Titanium White, 5 oz
*Flake White contains Lead
Burnt Umber, 1.25 oz

Palette 2:
Yellow Ochre, 1.25 oz
Yellow Ochre Half-Burnt (Old Holland), 1.25 oz
Raw Sienna, 1.25 oz
Burnt Sienna, 1.25 oz
Venetian Red (Old Holland), 1.25 oz
Ultramarine Blue, 1.25 oz
Cinnabar Green Light, 1.25 oz
*Other colors as needed

Brushes:
2 ea. #2 Long Flat or Filbert, Bristle
2 ea. #2 Long Flat or Filbert, Soft
2 ea. #4 Long Flat or Filbert, Bristle
2 ea. #2 Long Flat or Filbert, Soft
2 ea. #6 Long Flat or Filbert, Bristle
1 ea. #10 Long Flat or Filbert, Bristle
1 ea. #1 Round Sable or Sablette

Palette Knife
Disposable Paper Palette, 12”x16”
Pencil (2H) and Eraser
Good Quality, Pre-Stretched Canvas, 24”x30” Minimum Size
Gridded and Printed Reference Image

Atelier Art Studio will provide brush cleaners and mediums. If you are painting at home we strongly recommend the use of Gamsol solvent for your brush cleaning and medium making.

Pencils:

Ebony Pencils
Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils (Four colors of your choosing)

Erasers:

Art Gum Eraser
Kneaded Eraser
Tombow Mono Colored Pencil Eraser
White Vinyl Eraser
Optional: A Tombow Mono Zero detail eraser is also great to have

Measuring Tools:

C-thru 18” (8 squares to the inch)
C-thru 6” (8 squares to the inch)
Small plumb bob (I will show you this item in our first class)
Optional: A small bow compass

Other Materials

18”x24” Pad of drawing paper: Good choices include, Blick Drawing Pad, Canson XL Sketch Pad, or Strathmore Sketch Pad
Good quality pencil sharpener: A good choice is the Prismacolor Pencil Sharpener from Dick Blick
Tacklebox to carry supplies
Hard portfolio or soft portfolio with boards to transport and protect drawings

*We will add charcoal drawing supplies and paper later in the class

This is a relaxed environment where students learn to draw beautifully by advancing through a series of core skills. The class begins with simple shapes and natural perspective, next students progress to observational drawing and finally the class culminates in advanced projects. Fundamentals of Drawing is designed for students of all experience levels to be successful.

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