Painting on Black : A Sure Way to Achieve Value Contrast
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
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SUPPLIES NEED
- canvas or gessoed watercolor paper, between 11 x 14 and 18 x 24………..prep your paper by painting it with black acrylic or black gesso before the workshop
- old gift card, hotel room card or credit card
- scissors
- palette (disposable is fine)
- several brushes, 1/4’ to 3/4’ flat synthetic, one or 2 small round brushes…..Vera recommends SILVER brand white brushes.
- paper towels
- water container
- ACRYLIC PAINTS – lots of Titanium white, hansa yellow, Indian yellow, pyrrol red lt or naphthol red lt, quin red, quin magenta, cobalt blue, thalo blue and green, raw umber, black minimum…Often paint companies make up names for their paints so check the back of the tube for the ingredients
- Bring any other paints you wish…even Folk Art craft paints, which are all opaque.
- Acrylic gel in matte and gloss, several small empty jars for mixing medium, a plastic spoon
- a small hair dryer, if you have one (we have some in the studio)
- reference photos
EXAMPLE IMAGES
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Vera Dickerson lives with assorted cats in the countryside of Botetourt, Virginia. She helped form The Studio School a 501(c3) nonprofit school, in 1990 and continues to teach classes at its Roanoke Towers Mall location. Her career honors include signature membership in both American and National Watercolor Societies, as well as inclusion in Who’s Who in American Art, Who’s Who in American Women, and Who’s Who in the South and Southeast. “Art of some sort has been part of my life since childhood, as has the love of travel. I record and personalize these experiences as I work. With maturity, I have come to a better understanding of the scope and content beyond simple picture making so that I now want to put my emotional connections into my art. My belief is that art is an emotional expression which contains something of the hand and mind that has formed the painting. It should be personal, not just a surface “prettiness.”
