Oil painting the landscape with an emphasis on capturing the light, atmosphere and color. Students will work from their own photographs or instructor photos. There may be a chance to incorporate an outdoor session or two dependent on weather and student interest. The process will explore both painting directly and working in several layers of opaque and transparent paint consistencies. Skill level: Intermediate to Advanced
Required Supplies
Oil Colors Minimum: Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Light, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue. For a fuller Palette: Cadmium Red Light, Winsor or Viridian Green, Transparent Oxide Red, Cadmium Yellow Deep and Thalo Blue. Palette: Wooden or Paper or Plastic. Brushes: Hogs Hair Natural Bristle of various sizes from #2 to #8. Filberts and a few smaller Rounds. A painting or palette knife. I will provide some options as well. Odorless Mineral Spirits or Turpentine Vine Charcoal and a medium charcoal pencil Artists Refined Linseed Oil and/or Neo Megilp Paper towels and cotton cloth Spray Fixative (optional) One or canvases or gessoed boards 12 x inch up to 20 x 24 inch. Several of your own photographs that are landscape painting possibilities. I will provide options for you as well.
Special Notes
6 week class.
Instructor
Tom Sadler
Since moving to Orlando in 1983, Sadler has dedicated his efforts toward capturing the light, color, and mood of the Central Florida landscape. The intense light, combined with the natural beauty of the many lakes, rivers, and parks of the area provide a never-ending source of inspiration. His paintings come to life as a celebration of this beauty found in nature, sometimes exuberant, at other times more subtle. Receiving his BFA at Auburn University, Sadler’s education included the study of oil painting that he considers of utmost value with instructor Jack Dempsey at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He also attended the School of Visual Arts in New York. Since that time he has studied the work of a variety of artists that have had different influences on his work. Sadler feels a pressing desire and necessity to paint each day. He feels that the door is just opening to the world of revealing all that is possible for him through his artwork.