Level: all levels
Sept 21- Oct 19 (no class 9/28), 2020
Mondays
2:00 - 4:00pm
5 wks
Instructor: Susan Fehlinger
Instructor's website
Fee: $165
Painting with the Palette Knife – an in-studio class
Mondays 2:00 – 4:00
Sept 21 – Oct 29 (no class 9/28)
In this class you’ll learn the joys and challenges of painting with the palette knife. The knife is more than a tool, it can be the key to unlock your creative freedom—a wonderful way to loosen up. You’ll learn to create different strokes and techniques with the knife by watching instructive demonstrations, doing some practice exercises, and through individual instruction and guidance as you create your paintings. We’ll be painting from photographs covering a variety of subject matter to show how versatile this tool can be. We’ll also be experimenting with mediums to achieve transparent glazes and layering effects. Students may work in oils or acrylics.
This class will be taught live in the RAC studio and will be limited to six students to comply with social distancing standards. We recommend you register early as this class is expected to fill quickly. See below for our complete Covid compliance policy.
Supply List
TOOLS One or two palette knives – Dick Blick has a starter set of 3 for $18. that are good sizes. Or you can get them individually for $5-$8 each. I use a 4” knife with rounded edges. (Blick’s #96 or Jerry’s #49T)
You may want a shorter one also for detail.
PAINT You can use oils or acrylics. Some suggested colors below. Feel free to bring your favorites.
Lemon Yellow
Cadmium Yellow
Indian Yellow or Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red
Quinacridone Rose or Alizarin Crimson
Dioxazine Purple
Cerulean or Manganese Blue
UltraMarine or Cobalt Blue
Prussian or Indigo Blue
Olive Green
Van Dyke Brown or Asphaltum
White–whichever one you like (Titanium, Flake, Zinc, etc.)
MEDIUM:
For oils: Gamblin Solvent Free Gel (tube) or Solvent Free Fluid
For acrylics: Winsor & Newton Galleria Acrylic Gel Medium or Liquitex Gel Medium
PALETTE FOR MIXING – Paper, wood, plastic, whatever you use in your studio.
CANVAS: 16 x 20, or 20 x 20
plus an extra inexpensive canvas or two for practicing.
About Susan Fehlinger
Susan Fehlinger had to be content to be an occasional painter during her 30+-year career as a Television Producer in New York City. She attended art classes at The School of Visual Arts at night, and painting workshops in the summers on Cape Cod, Monhegan Island Maine and Prince Edward Island, but for the most part she is a self-taught artist.
In 2003 she quit her job in NYC, bought a bed and breakfast on Cape Cod and began painting more seriously. She joined the Chatham Art Gallery on the Cape in 2007, and was represented by Sheldon Fine Arts in Newport RI and Saratoga Springs NY, as well as True North Gallery in Kennebunkport ME and Art Essex in Essex CT. She had solo shows at The Cultural Center of Cape Cod and The Cahoon Museum of American Art.
In 2014 she relocated to Black Rock CT in order to be closer to NY city, and branched out to other themes such as coastal architecture and cityscapes. Fehlinger’s paintings depict familiar, yet abstracted scenes. Her painting style emphasizes her interest in texture, color and light; and she applies her paint thickly with a palette knife to highlight structure, form and shadow. Her compositions play with scale, placement, and negative/positive spaces, creating visual interest and an individual style.
She is an active member of the Artists Collective of Westport and an exhibiting member of the Rowayton Art Center and the Ridgefield Guild of Artists. Since moving to Connecticut she has had a solo show at The Westport Library, The Greene Art Gallery in Guilford, The Kershner Gallery in Fairfield, and she has exhibited her work at Beechwood Arts, The Easton Art Council and the Westport Art Center.
For a treat, watch this video of Susan Fehlinger being interviewed by artist Miggs Burroughs for the Westport Library: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLZx9KIhYU0&list=PLRvmQu76JuJZV_7E9nhxS6-dOpC86Ulcc&index=6
A note about Covid compliance: You can be assured that RAC is doing everything possible to keep its customers and staff safe from the Corona Virus. Our studio is spacious and airy with excellent air circulation and plenty of room for people to stay safely distanced from one another. While our studio can easily accommodate up to 20 people, we are only allowing a maximum of 6 students and one teacher at a time. Every student will have a 6 foot table of their own on which to work and will have their own set of supplies.
Students and teachers will have their temperature taken before entry into the classroom. Everyone will be asked to wear masks and have their hands sanitized before and after every class. Hand sanitizer will be available at the entrance and exits to the studio and all shared spaces and equipment will be thoroughly disinfected before and after every class. As always, please do not come to the studio if you are feeling sick or have the following symptoms: cough, fever, shortness of breath (other than the excitement of seeing us), sudden loss of smell or taste, chills, body aches, or sore throat.