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Portfolio Review with Elizabeth

Included in this course is one portfolio review   Anytime you feel like you are ready to discuss your work with me just email me at [email protected] and we can set up a time to review your work.  This portfolio review includes personal critiques and help from me in any way I can.  To save the reference images, right click on the image and then save to downloads.

Lesson #1

In this lesson of Learn Paint Grow you will learn how to create form and how to paint this simple still life of apples.

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 Concept Lesson: Creating Form

Full Length Lesson: Painting Granny Smith Apples

Lesson #2

In this lesson we continue to discuss how to create from in flowers and paint a beautiful still life with sunflowers and a jade vase

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 Concept Lesson: Continuation of Creating Form

Full Length Lesson: Painting Sunflowers in Jade

Lesson #3

In this lesson we will learn the importance of seeing things as shapes.  You will learn how to paint a beautiful painting of yellow roses in a glass vase.

 Concept Lesson: Seeing things as Shapes and Painting Glass

Full Length Lesson: Painting Yellow Roses in a Glass Vase

Lesson #4

In this lesson we learn how to paint grapes and then a flow blue vase with red roses

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 Concept Lesson: How to Paint Grapes

Full Length Lesson: Painting Red Roses in a Flow Blue Vase

Lesson #5

In this lesson we continue to discuss different background choices and how to paint peach roses in a copper vase

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 Concept Lesson: Choosing a Background

Full Length Lesson: Painting Peach Roses in Copper

Lesson #6

In this lesson we learn about composition and what makes a great painting.  You will learn how to loosen up and paint peonies, lilies in a silver vase

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 Concept Lesson: Composition

Full Length Lesson: Painting Lilies, Peonies in Silver Vase

Materials List

Materials Video

How to Set Up a Still Life Station

Oil Paint. Below are Gamblin Colors

• Titanium White
• Cadmium Lemon
• Cadmium Yellow Medium (Cadmium Yellow Pale if Winsor Newton)
• Cadmium Orange (Cadmium Yellow Deep if Winsor Newton)
• Cadmium Red Medium
• Cadmium Red Deep
• Indian Yellow
• Yellow Ocher
• Raw Umber
• Transparant Earth Red (Transparant Red Iron Oxide if Rembrandt)
• Alizarin Crimson
• French Ultramarine
• Cobalt Blue (optional)
• Viridian
• Ivory Black

About paints: I realize some of these colors are quite expensive but would prefer them over the Winton brand or any other “Student” quality paint.

Canvas:   I use C12 or L600 from www.newtraditionsartpanels.com   Ask Tim and tell him you are taking my workshop.  He knows what I like

• Alternative is Centurian Oil Primed linen
• Also bring some cheaper small canvas (8×10) for studies. You can also buy Canvas pads
• that are pretty cheap for these studies

Other Supplies

• *Large grey Toned Palette impervious to oils
• Palette Knife
• Paper towels
• Gamsol
• Gamblin’s Neo Megilp (medium)
• Hand mirror
• A willingness to learn
• A sense of humor

Brushes:  Click here to purchase brushes

Hog Bristle filberts size 2, 4 6 or 1, 3 ,5.   I use Royal Vienna series but any good hog bristle brush will do
Royal Sabletek series 95510 sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 10, 14, 18. (various sizes)
Series 95510 size 24 or 26 or 28 large flat (at least 3/4” wide)

A 2 inch chip brush from hardware store.  (cheap Chinese bristle paintbrush)

I move back and forth between the sable flats and the bristle filberts. I like the sable flats in the shadowed areas when I want quiet passages of paint and I like the bristle filberts in the light areas so that I can add texture in the light.

Congratulations!  I hope you learned, painted and grown as an artist