Level: all
May 14 - July 2, 2021
Fridays
10am - noon
8 weeks
Instructor: Sam Morrow
Fee: $250
These online classes will be structured somewhat differently than Sam’s usual Oil Painting classes that are taught in RAC’s studio, as these classes will have a definite assignment each week. This should prove useful for advanced and beginning students alike.
Sam will begin each class with a discussion and demonstration of the week’s assignment. Students will then paint for an hour or more during which time Sam will be available for questions and with help problem solving. Toward the end of class, time will be set aside for a group critique and discussion and a brief on the next week’s assignment. Examples of assignment include:
- Exploring underpainting colors or ‘grounds’ and the visual and emotional effects on the finished painting.
- Alla prima painting. Painting without an underpainting and using impasto paint throughout.
- Exploring different recipes for painting mediums.
- Painting from ‘life’ (something set up in front of the student) and working from photographs.
- Using a limited palette. Students will be assigned a different set of limited colors each week.
Note: these classes will be taught online using Zoom. Please download and familiarize yourself with the app prior to the first class.
Supply List:
Paints: Ivory Black, Flake White, Titanium White, Zinc White, Veridian Green, Terre Verte (Earth Green), Permanent Green, Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Prussian Blue, Light Red (actually a sepia brown), Alizarin Crimson (‘lake’ is best but ‘permanent’ will be ok), Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Yellow Ocre, Cadmium Red
Essential Materials: Linseed Oil (Artist’s Quality not Household!), Artist’s Thinners (Mona Lisa brand is good)., Flat, medium-sized palette., Paint rags (old T Shirts, sheets etc…), Empty food cans, jars etc…, Tacklebox or similar for storing paints.
Brushes: A good selection of small-to-medium sized oil painting brushes (these tend to be a courser bristle than watercolor). Buy long-handled brushes for better balance and handling.
Canvas: Initially you will need 2 or 3 canvas boards. These are fairly inexpensive. After a couple of weeks, feel free to purchase stretched canvas. If you have previous experience with painting use stretched canvas if you prefer.
Other Materials (optional): Damar varnish, Linseed Stand Oil, Liquin Paint Medium
NOTE: Along with my class supplies, it will be essential that students have a suitable device set up to communicate and so that myself and others can clearly see their painting as it progresses. I will encourage students to communicate with each other during the class. This class will be taught using Zoom. Please be sure to download the app prior to the start of class and have familiarized yourself with its workings.
About Sam Morrow:
Sam Morrow, Samskara
Sam moved to Fairfield,CT after having taught art both privately and at University level for 15 years in Virginia. He was born in London, England where he received his BA (Hons) in Painting from St. Martin’s School of Art. Sam received his MFA Fine Art from the Royal college of Art in London and Ohio State University. His work has been shown in numerous galleries throughout London, NYC, Brooklyn, Columbus, Tennessee, and Virginia. His work over the last decade has dealt with various investigations into the contemporary world of the information age. For several years he painted local landscapes, seen from the car and the road – the way most of us experience landscape in the 21st Century. These are not plein air paintings as such, but based on stills from videos and snapshots. Experience is increasingly second hand. The virtual has become a way of seeing – for good or bad.
