Capturing the Light in Oil – Weekly Class with Caleb Stone

Fridays, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM October 16, 23, 30; November 6 Registration Deadline Extended: October 9 $240 RAA&M Members $290 Non-Members REGISTER HERE In this class, Caleb will teach how to capture the light, atmosphere, and color in an oil painting using a limited palette of red, yellow, blue, and white. Each class will begin with an oil demonstration, and then Caleb will help participants with their individual paintings, followed by a group critique at the end of class. Caleb will provide instruction about how to select and compose a painting with strong design, value contrast, and color mixing to get a good relation from warm to cool tones. All skill levels are welcome. Space is limited, with early registration recommended. Participants may paint in oil or acrylic. Suggested Materials: • Oil Paint Colors: Titanium or Permalba White Cadmium Lemon Yellow Cadmium Yellow Yellow Ocher Cadmium Orange Cadmium Red Alizarin Crimson French Utramarine Blue Cobalt Blue Pthalo Blue (Green Shade) • Brushes: Hog Hair Bristle Filbert Oil Brushes, Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, &12 (2 of each) • Canvas Boards or Stretched Canvas, Sizes 8x10 up to 16x20 • Wooden Palette or Plexi–Glass with grey on underside • Palette Knife, paper towels, trash bag • Gamsol, linseed oil, large double medium cups • French Box Easel or other outdoor easel* *RAA&M doesn’t permit the use of turpentine or other similar solvents in the classroom. RAA&M recommends Gamsol as an odorless alternative for oil painting.