Miniature Painting with Ardis DeFreece

NOTE:
THIS CLASS WILL BE HELD ONLINE
THIS CLASS CAN BE TAKEN ASYNCHRONOUSLY

Students will learn the fun and technique of painting miniatures. This class is appropriate for painters with a beginner to intermediate skill level. It is helpful if students have taken at least one painting class. Students can work in Acrylic or Oil or both. Each week we will paint a view or an object with new techniques. For students who have taken previous miniature painting classes with me, these are new subjects. Students can also work from their own objects and photos.

Week 1: Spring Day
Week 2: Fruit
Week 3: Wet evening with light
Week 4: Birds
Week 5: Sunset
Week 6: Atmospheric seascape
Week 7: Backlit trees
Week 8: Curiosities

Check out the Syllabus

Materials:

Oil paint: hansa or cadmium yellow light hue, yellow ochre, quinacridone red or permanent red or vermillion, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, titanium white and ivory, mars or lamp black. (I use M Graham walnut oil and Gamblin oil paints)
Walnut oil or linseed oil or Walnut Alkyd medium or Galkyd
Optional: Thinner EcoHouse, Gamsol, or OMS in a Silicoil jar with lid
There are also non toxic brush cleaners by Winsor and Newton and others
Rags or paper towels
Disposable or reusable flat palette
Acrylic Paint in the same colors as the oils: hansa or cadmium yellow light hue, yellow ochre, quinacridone red or permanent red or vermillion, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, titanium white and ivory, mars or lamp black. (I use M Graham and Golden acrylic paints)
jar for water
2x3 inch canvas or panels, you can work up to 3x5 inch if you prefer.
Brushes: a selection of small flats and detail rounds (synthetic), a No. 6 round bristle or small set of bristle brushes (art store). Also, a 1/4” flat. 1/2” flat. and a 1”
If you work in oil and acrylic, you will need two sets of brushes.