Often students shy away from architecture due to their fear of getting the perspective incorrect. Nancie’s love of cityscapes and interesting structures has inspired her to paint them for years, and her goal is to help students learn the methods to establish correct vanishing points and find success. The class will work both in the studio and outdoors and Nancie will divest her methods to assist students in completing one painting over the course of each daily session. Students will find that the principles crossover and apply well to both soft pastels or oils and are welcome to work in either medium. Students Are To Bring the Following Supplies Required materials for pastels Along with your portable setup for painting, here are additional materials: Assorted soft and hard pastels Sturdy fan brush Closed container of denatured alcohol (hardware store) Shallow jar lid to dip fan brush into alcohol 3-6 rigid pastel panels or pastel paper taped to a rigid board, suggested 12×16” or smaller (I use UART #400 or Ampersand pastel boards) Vine charcoal Waxed paper or glassine and painter’s tape to wrap your finished work for transport Wet wipes (I recommend the facial cosmetic ones) Required materials for oil painting Along with your portable setup for painting, here are additional materials: Up to 8 tubes of the colors you most frequently use An assortment of 1-inch and smaller brushes A closed container of turps 3-6 panels or stretched canvas (12 x 16-inch or smaller) Paper towels
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