PT484 Color, Light, and Form with Anders Fernbach

Thursdays, 6 week course

Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Tuition: $215

All Levels Welcome!

In this course, students will learn the language of color in an easy to understand, objective format. This will greatly aid in their ability to describe and mix any color, and to maintain control of their palette. In short, we’ll be discussing practical color theory for painters that can be used in everyday painting scenarios. We will also cover “light logic”, or the effect that light has in revealing form of any kind. Subject matter is open to the individual student, as portraiture, still life, and landscape all use the principles covered in this course. For practical purposes, students will work from hard copy photographs or screen images from a laptop or iPad during class hours. Since concepts covered in this course are fundamental, it will be equally useful for beginners, intermediate, and advanced artists alike. Concepts will be presented to the class as a whole, and then individual attention will be tailored specifically to each student.

Supply List

This list is the minimum, more colors can be collected over time. Most brands 
have “artist quality” paints, and “student grade” versions. Get the artist quality if 
you’re able, but student grade will suffice in the short term. Student grade paints 
have more fillers, where artist grade is mostly pigment and linseed oil.

Examples:

• Gamblin artist paints 1980 is their student grade line
  
• Windsor & Newton artist paints Winton is their student grade line
  
• Oil Paints
  
• Titanium white 150ml
  
• Ivory black 37ml
  
• Cadmium red light 37ml
  
• Permanent or Alizarin crimson 37ml
  
• Cadmium yellow light 37ml
  
• Sap green 37ml
  
• Ultramarine blue 37ml
  
• Pthalo blue 37ml
  
• Raw umber 37 ml
  
• Yellow ochre 37 ml
  
• Medium
  
• Small container of linseed oil
  
• Small container of odorless mineral spirits (Gamsol)
  

Brushes: (you will need a variety of sizes to begin with. I recommend coming to class with 3 sizes of round brushes. We can discuss brushes more during class, and you can decide for yourself what you prefer. Like paint tubes, it takes time to build a 
collection of brushes, and there is no need to try to get them all at one time. 

Surfaces:

• 18x24 inch illustration board
  
• 18x24 inch canvas or gessoed panel
  You will need more surfaces as the weeks progress, but this will suffice to start. 
  Depending upon your images, you may opt for a different size or proportions

Other:

• Sketchbook, or notepad for note taking, and storing hand-outs
  
• 18” metal ruler
  
• Jack Richeson grey paper palette pad 9x12 or 12x16 Advisable to have a stiff surface like foam board to support palette paper during use
  
• 18x24 inch illustration board
  
• Gesso (acrylic polymer ground) if you wish to prepare surfaces like wood, paper, 
  or to add stability to commercially pre-gessoed canvas
  
• Paper towels, or blue shop rags
  
• Cotton cloth rags. Old T-shirts work very well