Description
This class is Audit-Only.
Date : 14 May – 11 June
Length: 5 Weeks
Videos Uploaded: 12pm on Tuesday
Level : All Levels Welcome
A scripted series for creating outdoor paintings, emphasizing simple approaches to complex problems. Actual sequence and application of the paint to create desired effects such as…Sky, clouds, water, trees, weeds and just how the color and strokes will behave. Designing the composition and staying simple while doing it. Direct and uncomplicated methods that work.
Materials
- 12” x 16” canvas stretched or panels
- Gamsol
- Brush Cleaning Container
- Rags
- Razor Blade (for cleaning palette)
- Paints minimum list
- Alizarin Crimson
- Ultramarine Blue
- Pthalo Green
- Cadmium Yellow Light
- Titanium White 1lb tube
- Paints optional list
- Cadmium Orange (strongly advised)
- Madder Lake Deep Extra (Old Holland Jerry’s #40604 superior to and replaces Alizarin Crimson)
- Cobalt Blue
- Cadmium Red Deep
- Burnt Sienna
- Brushes
- (2) Bristle bright # 3
- (2) Bristle flat # 6
- (1) Bristle flat # 10
- (1) Bristle flat # 12
- (1) Robert Simmons white sable #761R (long handle)
Robert Watts
Robert Watts is the consummate professional. His credits include lead illustrator for Ryan Aeronautical, Navy Combat Artist during Vietnam and founding President of the Society of Illustrators of San Diego. His awards include, but are not limited to, ‘Best of Show’and Franklin Mint Awards at the American Society of Aviation Artist exhibitions in 1992-93. Mr. Watts attended both Pratt Institute and Art Center. With over 30 years of experience, Robert Watts has worked for varied clients including NASA, American Airlines, General Dynamics, and the U.S. Navy. Mr. Watts is currently one of the premier architectural illustrators in San Diego and a signature member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association.
