Level: all
Saturday
Oct 4
10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Instructor: Anda Styler
Fee: $125
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE’VE DECIDED TO OFFER A FREE DEMONSTRATION INSTEAD. MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR SUNDAY, NOV 16 (1-3pm). THE DEMO WILL BE POSTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON THE WORKSHOP PAGE OF THIS WEBSITE AND REGISTRATION WILL BE REQUIRED. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE 😉
This workshop is about learning to use acrylics in such a way that they appear to look like oils. It’s about eliminating the flatness and enriching your colors. It’s about applying colors that make the paints look vibrant and alive, and using those colors for mixtures to create more harmony and depth. It’s about finding the right surfaces to work on, using the right kinds of brushes and knives, using paint mediums, and expanding your color pallet.
The techniques being taught will show you how to make your acrylics more workable — as if your were working with oils.
Suggested Supply List:
- 12″ x 16″ Masterson Premier Sta-Wet pallete
- 12″ x 16″ Sta-Wet palette sponge
- 12″ x 16″ Sta-Wet palette paper
- Aluminum panel, sanded Birch panel or Masonite (or all three if you’d like to experiment)
- If you prefer to paint on canvas, you’ll need to prep it before class with 3 coats of colored gesso
- Bring the paint colors you generally paint with
- I’d also like you to bring the following paints if they’re not already in your color palette (Thalo Blue-Green Shade, Transparent Red Iron Oxide, Naples yellow Deep – (no hue), Flourescent Red,
Diarylide yellow, Ultramarine Blue, Yellow Oxide, Cad Yellow Medium, Raw Umber, Transparent Brown Oxide, Quinacridone Burnt Orange, Raw Sienna, Paynes Grey, Neutral Grey #5)A small but versatile pallet knife made by Creative Mark – T25 – can also produce amazing effects - Soft watercolor types of brushes in rounds or flats sizes 24, 8, 10 etc.
- Princeton Long Handle Catalyst brushes – come in 3 sizes only – get angular ones – makes incredible brush strokes in painting with acrylics
- Riggers (script brushes ) – fine for details 00, 3, 6, 7, etc.
- Angle brushes 1/4”, 1/2”, 3/4, 1” ( these brushes are wonderful for painting buildings, fields, water and details in buildings Large soft flat brush – for working large areas. Dick Blick angle brushes are great.
- Polymer medium gloss – I like the gloss but it comes in other finishes too – very effective in transparency and layering of paint
Below is an image of my palette. It’s the actual layout that I always use – in this way I always know where my colors are – so mixing becomes much easier – and remembering mixes becomes very easy. Hope to see you at the workshop. Lot’s of fun stuff to learn!
About the Instructor
Anda Styler lives in Sandy Hook, Connecticut and has been painting in oils and acrylics since she was 16. Acrylics, however, remain her favorite medium. Anda graduated from the Parson School of Design and has been devoted to her art ever since. She has many accomplishments in the art world, including interviews with both local and national publications, such as American Art Collector, Who’s Who in America, Country Gardeners Magazine, Victoria Magazine along with numerous awards and recognitions for her work as a painter.
Anda’s paintings and techniques are published in two books by North Light Publications. Her works are currently represented by several galleries in and around New England and to her credit, she has had many one-woman shows with great success. Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago is lucky to have four of her large paintings in their permanent collection.