Building Large Dynamic Paintings
 
This class focuses on the production of large acrylic paintings emphasizing the building of surface texture and color harmonies through a variety of techniques including dripping, palette knifing, fabric inlays, and collage with use of mediums such as molding paste, pumice gel, and sand.
 
Supply List

Small canvas board or piece of masonite to practice on: approx. 10 x 20 inches
Plastic to cover your vehicle for transportation of work, as they will have to be taken home with you after each class.
Large Stay-Wett palette (with paper and sponge). Make sure that you buy the paper and sponge if you don’t buy the palette that comes with them.
If you are interested in palette knifing you can wait and borrow my palette knives for the first day or you can go ahead and get some now.
Drawing pad of paper
Small color wheel (the large ones tend to have less information on them)
Pencil
Brushes: one large flat brush, one medium flat brush, one small flat brush (for Acrylic Paint) bring more if you have them
Fluid Acrylic Paint: Minimum: Red, Yellow, Blue, White, Black (You can bring any colors you like) (If you already have Heavy Body Acrylic Paint, that will be fine.)
Large plastic container or cup for water
Paper towels or old rags
A fork (that you do not mind getting paint on)
Large Gallery Wrapped Canvas (You choose your size. Wait to purchase until after first class meeting. Keep in mind that this canvas will go home with you after each class, so it needs to fit easily in your vehicle.)
Cupcake palette or other plastic containers to mix paints in
Heavy Gel Matte Medium

Textural Elements: Bring all or pick a few that seem interesting to you.
Hard Molding paste: (Golden) with palette knife or carving tool used for wood or clay
Scrap pieces of fabric: look for different textures and/or patterns of color, old jeans or washcloths will work. (Bring scissors to cut the fabric and molding paste or gel medium to glue it down.)
Fine or coarse pumice gel medium: Golden
Fine or coarse garnet gel medium: Golden
Clear Granular gel medium: Golden
Needle and colored threads or yarn
Sand / dirt
Mosaic tiles
Stencils
Other found objects such as pieces of wood or dried natural objects
Newspaper or other types of visually textured or colored paper
Optional: Small B&J Master Brush cleaner (to keep your brushes in good condition)Golden ? Fine or coarse garnet gel medium: Golden ? Clear Granular gel medium: Golden ? Needle and colored threads or yarn ? Sand / dirt ? Mosaic tiles ? Stencils ? Other found objects such as pieces of wood or dried natural objects ? Newspaper or other types of visually textured or colored paper

Optional: Small B&J Master Brush cleaner (to keep your brushes in good condition)