Slick: Oil Painting on Yupo with Natalie Voelker

Oil painting on a slick translucent surface? Yes please! Yupo is a smooth, slick, waterproof, paper-like surface. Unlike traditional painting surfaces, paint slips and slides across yupo – leading to bold brushwork, fluid imagery, and a uniquely fun painting experience. Bring a reference photo of an image you'd like to paint (figure, animal, still life, landscape – anything goes!). We'll follow a simple 3 step process to explore the beautiful potential of this unique medium. No painting experience necessary – experienced painters as well as brand new beginners with leave the workshop with a completed painting, fresh ideas, and a clear understanding of the unique properties of pairing oil and yupo.

Age / Skill Level:

Teens (15-19) and adults (20 and up). Suitable for beginners, practicing artists, and

educators.

Schedule:

Saturday December 13th: 10am-4pm

Sunday December 14th: 10am-4pm

*There will be a scheduled break in halfway through the session

Materials(What to Bring):

Supply List

1 photo reference – Bring a printed photo (approx 8x10 if possible) of any subject you'd like to paint. I recommend using a photo you took yourself. Bring multiple options if you're not sure what you'd like to paint.

Yupo paper – translucent (blue label), 20”x 26” sheet recommended. Opaque is fine.

Drawing board or other hard surface – big enough to tape your yupo paper to.

oil paints (I use Winsor & Newton's Winton line. It is less expensive because it's considered “student grade,” but it is still decent quality.):

1. burnt umber

2. cadmium red (or similar color)

3. cadmium yellow (or similar color)

4. french ultramarine, or cobalt blue, or prussian blue (or similar color)

5. permanent alizarin crimson or permanent rose or magenta

6. titanium white

optional/recommended:

1. naples yellow hue

2. yellow ochre

3. cerulean blue hue

5. any other colors you love

linseed oil.

1 palette – glass palette, paper palette pad, or roll of wax paper.

painter's tape – 1 or 2 inches wide.

palette knife – Blick Painting Knife style 132 or similar (for mixing paint colors).

brushes – at least 1 small filbert bristle brush (such as Princeton 6600FB or Silver Grand Prix extra long flibert 2, or similar) and variety of soft or bristle brushes (such as Princeton Real Value Brush Set 9130 from Blick or similar).

2 jars with lids – One holds solvent while you're painting; one serves as a “dump jar” to hold used solvent.

Gamsol – at least 8 oz of Gamsol solvent. (Gamsol brand strongly recommended for safety.)

cotton rags and/or paper towels – rags recommended, old cut up tshirt works great.

Optional:

mineral oil – handy for cleaning and protecting brushes. grocery store version is ok.

Dish soap or bar soap – for clean up.

About the Teaching Artist:

Natalie Voelker has been painting for more than 20 years. A Helene Wurlitzer Foundation fellow and international BP Portrait Award exhibitor, she creates paintings, drawings, and murals that investigate complexity and transcendence in the ordinary.

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