Landscapes from Photographs with Carol Tarzier _ Fridays _ Oct 4th _ Dec 20th _ 12:30- 4:30 _Studio 1

Landscape from Photographs” is about using photographs to create fresh and lively landscapes with the energy and color of Plein Air work. The series covers color mixing and creating color tones with a limited palette of three primary colors.   The class begins with materials and equipment that make painting fun, and with designing the value structure in monochrome.   It moves to color mixing using atmospheric perspective – creating depth using soft edges, muted tones, and soft grays.  Students will use saturation to create space, with bright colors in the foreground.  The class discusses colors for specific effects, for example color changes in the sky as it moves toward the horizon, how to make a flat plane recede into the distance, and which colors create a dynamic foreground.  Time permitting, the class will cover transparency: how to make water look transparent, how to paint waves, and painting reflections.

Students bring their landscape photos to each class, on a tablet or printed photos.  Oil and acrylic painters of all levels welcome. Class demonstrations are in oil. Acrylic instruction is individual. Oil painters please use odorless thinner only.

Carol Tarzier has taught painting for many years at the Academy of Art University.  Her paintings have been represented in national shows and museums, including the Salon International at the Greenhouse Gallery, the Haggin Museum, Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition and at the California Art Club’s Gold Medal Show.

The class is limited to 20 students, and pre-enrollment is required.  Tuition for the ten 4-hour sessions is $200. for members, 220. for guests For questions and enrollment, email Carol Tarzier at tarzier@tarzier.com.   View examples of Tarzier’s work at www.tarzier.com or

https://www.facebook.com/CarolTarzierFineArt

Supplies are suggested. If you cannot get supplies for the first class, bring in the closest match you have.  If you want to use alternate supplies, it’s OK.

Brush cleaner in Silicoil brush washing container.

Gamsol odorless thinner in small container for medium

Isopropyl alcohol for cleaning

Medium – M. Graham walnut alkyd medium or M. Graham Walnut Oil

Oil paint colors.  I use M. Graham paint which is made with walnut oil thus less toxic, and is excellent and inexpensive.  M. Graham is available at Blick or Amazon. Here is a suggested palette.  I suggest a warm and a cool of each primary.

Cool red – Alizarin crimson or Cad Red Deep or Anthraquinone Red

Warm red – Cadmium Red Light or Cad Red Medium or Azo Coral

Cadmium orange or Scarlet Pyrrol

            Cool yellow – Cadmium yellow light

            Warm or medium yellow – Cadmium  Yellow Medium

            Cool (or leaning toward violet) blue – Ultramarine blue

            Warm or medium blue (leaning toward green)- Cerulean blue or Thalo Blue Red Shade, orAnthraquinone Blue (Indanthrene Blue)

            Titanium white

Canvases or canvas-coated panels.  Both cotton and linen canvas are fine.  For Plein Air, I suggest working smaller (miniature canvases 4” square on up to 12×16)

Linen – Internet suppliers – Source-Tek or Raymar or Centurion panels, any size from 6”x6” to 11”x14’

Canvases – cotton canvases from Michael’s or Blick are fine.

Brushes – I order from Rosemary & Co, UK,

Rosemary & Co has a large assortment, this is a suggested list.

Ivory series Long Flats #4, 8, 14, Daggers 3/8”, ½”, and ivory fans

Or Shiraz series long flats #4, 8, 12, daggers 3/8”, ½”, two shiraz fans

If you are buying local –   two long flats one smaller one at least 1” wide, and a couple of filberts.  Watercolor brushes work well for oil painting.

Rosemary Impasto brushes

Paper or glass or plastic palette.

Your plein air easel or Pochade box easel if you prefer your own.  The studio has table easels.

Color wheel

Hand mirror

Sketch pad – any size from 5” by 7” on up

Charcoal pencil or Tombow monochrome (grays) pen set

Roll of paper towels, soft (Viva or blue auto paper towels from Costco)

Viewfinder – I use The Color Wheel Company 7002 View Catcher from Amazon.

Reading List

Daily Painting, Carol Marine