Painting Memories in Oil

Description

Participants can bring their own image, printed on paper (please, no smaller than a 5x7 reference) and we will provide a few options as well. We will also offer simple still life options.
This class will give participants the basic info for starting a painting using a photo reference or simple still life.
Recommended Supply list, we can help supplement if necessary:
Micheals in Newington (Dickblick or Jerrys Artarama online) should have everything you need
5x7” or 9x12” canvas panel
Oil paints: I use Gamblin regularly. alizarin crimson and cadmium red, cadmium yellow, ultramarine blue, sap green, white, at minimum
Gamsol paint thinner
Oil brushes, filbert is a shape that I like, also flats…my most used size are usually 4 & 6…many teachers will tell you to start with a big brush 8-10 and save small brushes for finishing. Small brushes for details are helpful 1-2.
About the instructor:

Christy lives in Newmarket, New Hampshire. She enjoys working in her home studio but has discovered a passion for painting en plein air. She earned a degree in Studio Art and Education from Denison University in 1997 and continues to love learning, while working with other artists on the Seacoast and around the country. Christy paints quickly and loves to fill her canvas with bold colors. The subject of her paintings varies from landscapes and seascapes to figurative paintings but they all express joy and warmth. As a busy Mom of three daughters, she is often overwhelmed with trying to fit it all in. She would love to be able to stop time every once in awhile, “I think that’s what I like the most about painting, it gives me a chance to slow down and really focus on the beautiful moments in life that we are often too busy to enjoy...but I still have to paint fast ‘cause who knows how much time I’ll have before I’m needed elsewhere!”.