The New Acrylics, or, Shmoos on Parade
An inspirational video.................eat your hearts out, oil painters!
Were Leonardo da Vinci alive today, he would be up to his elbows in the new acrylic paints. Advances in polymer chemistry now allow the artist to achieve the depth and luminosity of oil paints but without their extended drying time, problematic solvents—and rules. Portraiture, plein air, action painting, watercolor, impasto, transparent pours and glazes, and just about anything else an artist could desire are all possible in the new acrylic universe. Join us in exploring and exploiting this magical medium. Students will leave with paintings, sample boards, and confidence. No previous painting experience or drawing skills are necessary. All tools and materials will be furnished.
Please note: There will be a fee for supplies. Please bring exact change to the first class. |
Instructor
PAT SCHEIBLE, a reformed molecular biologist, has taught several studio art courses at OLLI, In addition to running her own decorative painting business, Painting Speciaities.
http://www.patscheible.com for decorative painting, plus some paintings from my Synesthesia series
http://alamanceartisans.com/artists/pat-scheible/ Current paintings
Click HERE for my views on color.
http://www.patscheible.com for decorative painting, plus some paintings from my Synesthesia series
http://alamanceartisans.com/artists/pat-scheible/ Current paintings
Click HERE for my views on color.
Information for Students
Students will be doing hands-on painting so should dress appropriately; painting can be messy at times.
I will furnish you with some essential handouts, but there is a tremendous wealth of information on the web. Here are some links to get you started:
SUPPLIES
You may want to wait until after the course to purchase your supplies, when you have formed some idea about how you want to employ acrylics in your own art. Do you want to paint thickly, in thin layers, add collage elements, or work on a textured support? The experience you gain in this course should help you shop wisely.
This basic palette will allow you to mix almost any color you desire: Hansa yellow medium, Yellow ochre, Phthalo green BS, Phthalo blue GS, Quinacridone magenta, Napthol red medium, Titanium white, Zinc white. These pigments are available in all acrylic formulations. WWW.GOLDENmxr.com lets you experiment with mixes, and even match a color in an uploaded photo. Simply astounding.
Manufacturers offer a dizzying variety of additional colors. Some are convenience mixtures, like Payne's Gray and Hooker's Green, some contain pigments with unique properties, like the Cadmium colors, and some serve their bottom line by offering colors that you can more economically mix yourself. "If we mix cheap titianium white with cheap phthalo blue, we can give it a fancy name and charge a fancy price for it!"
Some additional colors I often use include Diarylide yellow, Dioxazane purple, Ultramarine blue, Cadmium orange, Nickel azo yellow, Green gold, Quinacridone burnt orange and Naples Yellow hue.
LOCAL AND ON LINE ART SUPPLY SOURCES
Jerry's Artarama Stores Your local Big Box in Raleigh
Askew Taylor Locally owned (Raleigh), charmingly quirky, prices compare with Jerry's. I prefer to support local businesses
Right here in Durham Happymess studio and art supplies. http://happymessart.com/ M. Graham acrylic paints, made in the USA. I'm impressed!
Cheap Joes http://www.cheapjoes.com/?gclid=CLTJ_qOfu70CFUNqOgod0VsAxA Joe has a new line of acrylics; I intend to give them a try.
Bull City Craft http://bullcitycraft.com/art-supplies I have not tried the Amsterdam acrylics.
The Scrap Exchange http://www.scrapexchange.org/about/faqs/ If this place doesn't activate your creative gene, check your pulse.
Daniel Smith http://www.danielsmith.com Paint manufacturer; many unusual and unique pigments (you can try mixing their PrimaTec watercolors with acrylic gel medium if they don't offer the color as an acrylic). Also, a comprehensive art supply house.
Dick Blick www.dickblick.com
Utrecht www.utrechtart.com
Forget Michael's
REFERENCE BOOKS
The text for this class (which didn't make it into the catalog) is New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook by Rheni Tauchid ISBN 978-0-8230-9926-9
The best reference and guide to acrylic products out there. Caveat: She does not cover the newer paints with long open times, but does discuss the use of retarding additive, a tricky product, in my opinion.
Tauchid's other book, The New Acrylics, ISBN 0-8230-3159-4, is also filled with supremely useful information. It is also filled with absolutely luscious photographs of acrylic products in action. Get them both if you can.
Nancy Reyner has written three books: Acrylic Revolution, ISBN 13: 978-1-58180-804-9, "New tricks and techniques for working with the world's most versatile medium"
Acrylic Innovation, ISBN 13-978-1-60061-864-2, "Styles & techniques featuring 64 visionary artists"
Acrylic Illuminations This covers her technique of painting on reflective grounds with up to 30 layers of paint. I plan to purchase this one. The
first two books contain much that Tauchid covers better, in my opinion.
Reyner has instructional DVDs available for purchase on her web site, plus many short teasers on YouTube that are worth watching.
Phil Garrett, a pioneer in making acrylics look like oils, has written Inside Acrylics: Studio Secrets from Today's Top Artists". I haven't purchased it, but have taken several workshops with him; he's a good teacher.
A convenient, and free, reference on any imaginable painting technique is YouTube, that black hole of free time.
I will furnish you with some essential handouts, but there is a tremendous wealth of information on the web. Here are some links to get you started:
SUPPLIES
You may want to wait until after the course to purchase your supplies, when you have formed some idea about how you want to employ acrylics in your own art. Do you want to paint thickly, in thin layers, add collage elements, or work on a textured support? The experience you gain in this course should help you shop wisely.
This basic palette will allow you to mix almost any color you desire: Hansa yellow medium, Yellow ochre, Phthalo green BS, Phthalo blue GS, Quinacridone magenta, Napthol red medium, Titanium white, Zinc white. These pigments are available in all acrylic formulations. WWW.GOLDENmxr.com lets you experiment with mixes, and even match a color in an uploaded photo. Simply astounding.
Manufacturers offer a dizzying variety of additional colors. Some are convenience mixtures, like Payne's Gray and Hooker's Green, some contain pigments with unique properties, like the Cadmium colors, and some serve their bottom line by offering colors that you can more economically mix yourself. "If we mix cheap titianium white with cheap phthalo blue, we can give it a fancy name and charge a fancy price for it!"
Some additional colors I often use include Diarylide yellow, Dioxazane purple, Ultramarine blue, Cadmium orange, Nickel azo yellow, Green gold, Quinacridone burnt orange and Naples Yellow hue.
LOCAL AND ON LINE ART SUPPLY SOURCES
Jerry's Artarama Stores Your local Big Box in Raleigh
Askew Taylor Locally owned (Raleigh), charmingly quirky, prices compare with Jerry's. I prefer to support local businesses
Right here in Durham Happymess studio and art supplies. http://happymessart.com/ M. Graham acrylic paints, made in the USA. I'm impressed!
Cheap Joes http://www.cheapjoes.com/?gclid=CLTJ_qOfu70CFUNqOgod0VsAxA Joe has a new line of acrylics; I intend to give them a try.
Bull City Craft http://bullcitycraft.com/art-supplies I have not tried the Amsterdam acrylics.
The Scrap Exchange http://www.scrapexchange.org/about/faqs/ If this place doesn't activate your creative gene, check your pulse.
Daniel Smith http://www.danielsmith.com Paint manufacturer; many unusual and unique pigments (you can try mixing their PrimaTec watercolors with acrylic gel medium if they don't offer the color as an acrylic). Also, a comprehensive art supply house.
Dick Blick www.dickblick.com
Utrecht www.utrechtart.com
Forget Michael's
REFERENCE BOOKS
The text for this class (which didn't make it into the catalog) is New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook by Rheni Tauchid ISBN 978-0-8230-9926-9
The best reference and guide to acrylic products out there. Caveat: She does not cover the newer paints with long open times, but does discuss the use of retarding additive, a tricky product, in my opinion.
Tauchid's other book, The New Acrylics, ISBN 0-8230-3159-4, is also filled with supremely useful information. It is also filled with absolutely luscious photographs of acrylic products in action. Get them both if you can.
Nancy Reyner has written three books: Acrylic Revolution, ISBN 13: 978-1-58180-804-9, "New tricks and techniques for working with the world's most versatile medium"
Acrylic Innovation, ISBN 13-978-1-60061-864-2, "Styles & techniques featuring 64 visionary artists"
Acrylic Illuminations This covers her technique of painting on reflective grounds with up to 30 layers of paint. I plan to purchase this one. The
first two books contain much that Tauchid covers better, in my opinion.
Reyner has instructional DVDs available for purchase on her web site, plus many short teasers on YouTube that are worth watching.
Phil Garrett, a pioneer in making acrylics look like oils, has written Inside Acrylics: Studio Secrets from Today's Top Artists". I haven't purchased it, but have taken several workshops with him; he's a good teacher.
A convenient, and free, reference on any imaginable painting technique is YouTube, that black hole of free time.