"Painting Skyscapes" with Barbara Davis
Schedule
Sat Feb 08 2025 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
215 20th Street North, Birmingham, AL, United States, Alabama 35203 | Birmingham, AL
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Saturday, February 8, 2025.10 AM - 4 PM.
$150, includes lunch, supplies needed.
Limit 10.
Bring more interest to your landscape paintings by learning to paint a variety of skies! With extra attention on edges, value, and color temperature, Barbara will cover techniques that will enhance your skyscapes. Students are asked to bring photos of skies they would like to paint or use photos provided. Barbara will demonstrate and then guide each student individually. Barbara will be using oil paint, but oil AND acrylic painters are welcome.
Level 2: Intermediate - Assumes the student has some experience in the medium. Reviews basic techniques and offers individual assistance but moves at a faster pace.
CANVAS:
I prefer oil-primed linen like Masterpiece of Centurion Oil Primed Deluxe Linen panels, but bring whatever you like to paint on. I also do a lot of skies on gessoboard or on birch panels that have been primed with a few coats of gesso, too. If you want to paint a larger canvas (no larger than 16x20), one will be fine. If you paint smaller paintings, you may be able to complete a couple during class (around 8x10, 9x12, 11x14). Also, please have a small (8x10) inexpensive canvas just to use for exercises.
PAINTS:
I prefer Gamblin, Rembrandt and Williamsburg paints – primarily Gamblin. For this class I would typically use:
Titanium White
Cadmium Yellow Lemon
Ultramarine Blue
Cadmium Red Light
Alizarin Crimson
Yellow Ochre
Sap Green
Burnt Umber
Viridian
King’s Blue
Transparent Oxide Brown
If you would like some additional colors, I love to have the Radiant series of paints by Gamblin on hand.
BRUSHES:
I like Silver Bristlon flats in a variety of sizes. If you want to paint smaller canvases, have a few small-medium brushes. Medium-large brushes for larger canvas.
Also:
Sketchbook and pencil
ODORLESS mineral spirits such as Turpenoid or Gamsol & container for it
Paper Towels
Plastic grocery bag for trash
Apron
Palette knife
Palette
Photographs of a sky you would like to paint or you can use some of my references.
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Where is it happening?
215 20th Street North, Birmingham, AL, United States, Alabama 35203Event Location & Nearby Stays:
