Level: all
May 10 - June 28, 2021
Mondays
2-4pm
8 wks
Instructor: Anda Styler
Instructor's website
Fee: $250
Here’s your chance to learn how to approach the painting of a landscape from one of the greats. Anda Styler, widely known for her bucolic paintings of the New England countryside, will lead students through a new painting each week. You’ll learn the importance of light and values and how to most effectively incorporate them into your work.
Anda will lead you step by step through the entire process starting with the blank canvas and ending with a finished painting. This class is appropriate for beginners, and also for more advanced artists who are curious to learn about Anda’s process. Anda will be teaching in acrylics, and suggests students do the same.
NOTE: This class will be taught online using Zoom. Students are expected to be familiar with the app prior to the start of class.
Supplies:
BRUSHES: Any of these in sizes from small to large. DICK BLICK brand angle brushes are great.
- Soft water color-types of brushes rounds or flats size 24,8,10 etc.
- 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
BASIC PAINT LIST: GOLDENS acrylic paints are best I have ever used and I recommend them. I have listed their colors below. Windsor Newton Finity colors are good and are available at ASW or select a STUDENT BRAND. If this is your FIRST time painting in acrylics you can buy a beginners set of acrylics for a reasonable price – this has 8-12 basic and you can add to that.
ACRYLIC PAINTS: – best brand – Golden (* denotes most often used colors)
- Cad Yellow Med*
- Ultramarine Blue*
- Thalo Blue – Green shade*
- Quinacridone Burnt Orange *
- Raw Umber *
- Titanium White*
- Cad Red Light
- Cad Red Medium
- Yellow Oxide regular size
- Dairyliade Yellow
- Transparent Iron Brown Oxide
- Raw Sienna
- Paynes Grey
- Neutral Grey #5
CANVAS
- SIZE: It is up to you, but if it is your first time 16 X 20, 18 X 24 is good to start. If you stretch your own pick any size you are comfortable with
PALLET-STA-WET PREMIER PALLET FROM MASTERSONS is the best I have ever used. It keep the acrylic paints wet and workable for hours without drying – this is an incredible breakthrough in using acrylics. It is a tray with a thin wet sponge that fits inside with a very strong paper that fits over the sponge and lasts about 2-3 days. It also has a snap on lid. Available at ASW ! 800-995-6778. 12 X 16 pallet is $16.95& paper to fit is $8.77 (40 sheets). or call MastersonsArt Products 602-263-6017. The whole tray costs about $23 . THIS IS A MUST FOR ON LOCATION PAINTING!!!
About the Instructor
Anda 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.
Example of a previous Step by Step
