6-Week Series
Wednesday mornings,
9:30 am - 12:30 PM
October 21 - December 2, No Class Nov 25
This 6 week course will focus on learning to paint from life. Students will learn to see shapes, values and colors while working with a limited palette of colors.
Angalee will work with each of you individually as well as a group and will provide several demonstrations. This class is not competitive and it is geared toward both beginner and more advanced painters. Come and have fun.
More course details:
We will start with four colors plus white. Later in the course we may add a few more. We will start with:
Titanium or Titanium/Zinc White
Ultramarine Blue
Cadmium Red Light
Cadmium Yellow Light
Quinacridone Red
I use Gamblin paints. They have a solvent free medium in a tube, but you may use a liquid medium if you have it. Also recommend Gamblin brand Gamsol for your solvent. If you don’t have it, use an odor free solvent. Most paint brands are just fine, but please use professional grade oil paint. The student grade is lower in pigment. All these paints are available online at Dick Blick.com, Jerrysartarama.com, Utrecht.com. I will bring plenty of paint and will share if you are missing something.
A variety of brushes. Size 2,4, 6, and 8. Flats or brights. Also you may include a very small size 0 brush for signing your paintings. Brushes can be hogs hair or synthetic but made for oil painting.
You will need a palette. You can use a paper pad that is made for oil paints. I will bring a roll of freezer paper as that is also useful as a palette. You can just tape it down on a board. Bring paper towels. Recommend Bounty or At least 8 or 10 canvas panels or stretched canvas. Size 11 x 14 or 12 x 16. Good size for in class painting. You may go up to 16x20, but don’t recommend large. I will bring some scraps of canvas for making color samples.
About the Artist:
A professional artists for over forty years, Angalee DeForest studied fine art at the University of Texas in Austin, and independently with nationally known artists throughout the United States. An ardent student, she believes artists never stop learning or striving to reach new goals.
She has taught classes in watercolor, pastel, and oil painting, as well as portrait and figurative sculpture. She is a signature member of the Connecticut Pastel Society, and an associate member of Oil Painters of America, Portrait Society of America, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, Degas Pastel Society, American Women Artists, American Impressionists Society, and the Outdoor Painters Society.
She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Rockport Center for the Arts. She was the 2019 Poster Artist for the Art Center’s 50 Anniversary.
Registration Info
Member Tuition: $180
Non-Member Tuition: $225
Register Online Below or In-person at Rockport Center for the Arts