RON SANDERS 2012 TEACHING SCHEDULE
Florida Art Center Classes
+ Workshops
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CLASSES / WORKSHOPS
Monday: ACE - Intro to Drawing; Colored Pencil; Portraits from Photos (all media)
Tuesday: North Port Art Center - Studio Drawing & Painting
Wednesday: Venice Art Center - No Classes for Summer
Thursday: Punta Gorda Visual Art Center - All Media Painting; Beginning Drawing
Friday: - No Classes for Summer
NO WORKSHOPS PLANNED AT THIS TIME.
SPRING SESSION
April 23, 30, May 7, 14, 21 (No Class May 28), June 4, 11
Intro to Drawing - 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Jean Dominique Ingres is quoted as saying that "Painting is 90% drawing." With this in mind, every student knows that they should study and practice their drawing more. This class will focus on how to see, analyze and dissect shape relationships in order to draw any subject. Areas of focus will include depicting three dimensional form through the use of primary shapes, positive and negative space relationships, how to visually measure for accuracy, and a basic review of perspective. Students will also learn quick ways to render value in pencil and how to simplify value arrangements for quick sketching.
Students should bring a standard sketch pad, pencils and erasers.
SUMMER SESSION
June 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Aug. 6, 13
Intro to Colored Pencil - 10:00am - 1:00pm
For students new to colored pencil, or who would like to give this convenient medium a try, this class will offer an introduction to basic principles of working in the medium. Areas of discussion will include paper surfaces, types of pencils, sharpeners and erasures, methods of application and style.
Bring a sketch pad or surface of your choice to begin, colored pencils (the instructor recommends Prismacolor Premiere soft colored pencils), regular and kneaded erasers, and a pencil sharpener.
Portraits from Photos (all media) - 2:00pm - 5:00pm
This all media class will educate students in the basics of facial anatomy and drawing skills related to portraiture through lecture and examples. (week 1 is a full lecture, so bring note paper and pen or pencil) Students will work on portrait paintings from their own photographic reference. It is advised that students avoid working from black and white photos or color photos taken with a flash. The best reference to work from will have 3/4 or side lighting using a colorful light source such as the sun or a window.
Spring II: May 8, 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12
Studio Drawing & Painting - 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Students of all skill levels and styles are encouraged to attend this class to expand their knowledge, improve their skills, and explore new directions. While the class will focus on representational styles, all subjects are open. The instructor will meet each student where they are at in their artistic journey and assist them in problem solving and advancement on their personal chosen path.
All media are welcome.
NO CLASSES FOR SUMMER
Spring
April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24
Design through Value II - 9am-Noon
The glue that holds any work of art together is a well designed value pattern: For students who took the level one class, this course will apply the principles of value design to a full color painting. However, students who did not take the level one class will also be welcome to join the class. A slide lecture showing how these principles have been applied by successful artists will be offered to the general public on the evening of the first day of class (April 19th, 7-8:30pm), and all students are encouraged to attend.
Students will work in class from their own reference material to develop strong designs, first in black and white, then in color, working toward the texture and detail of a finished painting.
SUMMER
June 7, 14, 21, 28, July 5, 12
All Media Painting - 9:00am - 12:00noon
Students of all skill levels and styles are encouraged to attend this class to expand their knowledge, improve their skills, and explore new directions. While the class will focus on representational styles, all subjects are open. The instructor will meet each student where they are at in their artistic journey and assist them in problem solving and advancement on their personal chosen path.
All media are welcome.
Intro to Drawing - 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Jean Dominique Ingres is quoted as saying that "Painting is 90% drawing." With this in mind, every student knows that they should study and practice their drawing more. This class will focus on how to see, analyze and dissect shape relationships in order to draw any subject. Areas of focus will include depicting three dimensional form through the use of primary shapes, positive and negative space relationships, how to visually measure for accuracy, and a basic review of perspective. Students will also learn quick ways to render value in pencil and how to simplify value arrangements for quick sketching.
Students should bring a standard sketch pad, pencils and erasers.
NO CLASSES FOR SUMMER
Materials needed will vary depending upon medium used and class.
Drawing: bring appropriate paper, pencils, colored pencils or charcoal, and erasers. You may also use pastels, inks, markers or other drawing tools of your choice.
Painting:
If you need to buy new oil paints, look at Grumbacher PreTest oils for a low cost, yet professional grade paint that will work well. Other good brands include Gamblin, Winsor-Newton (but don't get their student grade Winton Line - it has too many fillers and is harder to mix and handle), Rembrandt Oils, or other professional grade traditional oil paints.
Colors to buy:
The full palette recommended by the instructor:
Cadmium Yellow Lemon, Cad Yellow Medium, Cad Orange, Cad Red Light, Quinacridone Rose (Permanent Rose PV-19) or Quinacridone Magenta (PR-122), Cobalt Violet (or cobalt violet hue), Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Blue -Green Shade (PB15:4), Viridian Green, Titanium White, and Burnt Umber (a brown).
[cadmium-barium colors have a lower cost than pure cad colors and can be used in their place to save money]
For those wishing to paint with a limited palette, please have: Cad Yellow Lemon, Permanent Rose (PV19) or Magenta (PR122), Pthalo Blue -Green Shade (PB15:4), Titanium White and Burnt Umber and/or Ivory Black.
Other materials you will need:
Brushes:
White Hogs Hair bristle brushes - these are coarse stiff brushes that can handle the paint load. Bristle brushes are best for the body painting in both oils and acrylics.
Soft synthetic brushes like white nylon or softer animal hair brushes
will not pick up the stiff, thick oil paint well, but can be used for initial
washes, soft blending or for detail work,
You can use one small synthetic round for details, such as a size 0 or
1, and a one inch flat for initial washes.
Buy brushes in Flat and Filbert styles - sizes 2, 4, 6 and 8 for each style.
You will need a Palette to work on - you can buy a wooden one, or buy paper palette pads that are disposable. Another quick-cleanup solution for class is to tape wax paper to your palette or a piece of masonite. When you're done painting, you can just throw the wax paper with the paint away in the trash. This is a much quicker and easier solution than cleaning the palette with solvents at the end of the class, which also helps to reduce the odors from paint thinner.
Masonite (size 12x16 inches), 1 roll of Wax Paper or Wax Paper Sheets, 1 roll of masking tape.
Paint Thinner: Buy an odorless mineral spirit thinner such as Turpenoid in the blue can (DO NOT buy Turpenoid Natural in the green can!!- it is a different product that is not a thinner, but an oily medium). The other good thinner is Gamsol which reportedly has the slowest evaporation rate and therefore is the safest to work around.
You will need a container in which to carry the thinner. While you can buy metal brush washer cans with secure lids, I recommend just using a glass peanut butter or salsa jar (something with straight sides and screw top metal lid). In the bottom of the jar, place a nylon mesh kitchen pot scrubber (the nylon mesh netting rolled up in an oval): this gives you something to rub the brush against to get the paint out of the bristles. Then pour the Turpenoid or Gamsol into the container to a height an inch or two above the scrubber.
Rags: bring a roll of paper towels and also, if you can, a cloth rag for drying brushes. (old T-shirts work very well because the material is absorbent and does not lint)
Surface Options: you can buy canvas as stretched canvas, canvas boards (canvas wrapped around cardboard), canvas panels (canvas wrapped around masonite), or sheets of unstretched canvas in pads. All are preprimed and ready for painting. All but the canvas boards are archival.
Other options include gessoed masonite panels (archival) or you can make your own inexpensive sketching surface by putting a couple of thin coats of white acrylic gesso on cardboard or illustration board and cut to whatever size you want.
Acrylics
If you prefer Acrylics, everything is the same except the thinner, which will be water. You can buy all the same colors in acrylic paints and will still need a palette, brushes, brush cleaning jar (which can be plastic for water), rags and canvas.
Watercolors
Watercolor artists can also bring similar materials for their work. If you are buying new paints, you can get similar colors to that of oils and acrylics. Please bring a cool lemon yellow, a medium warm yellow, orange, warm orange-red, a cool red, violet, ultramarine blue, cerulean or pthalo blue (green shade), and viridian green. You may also use black and white in my classes and fill in with other colors that you favor.
You will also need a plastic palette, paper towels, brushes, water jar/brush cleaner, watercolor paper or board and any other equipment that you prefer for special effects and texturing.
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