Summer 3b – Color Study in Oil Paints
July 3 - July 7
$300
Ages 10-18 | 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Instructor: Michela Mansuino
[Supply fee paid directly to instructor on Day 1. Extra fee to use the school paint, see below]
Students will practice painting exercises in the study of light key to strengthen their ability to recognize and mix color with accuracy. This unique opportunity will have students painting in a full 23-color oil palette, and learning to mix the colors that they see in brightly colored still life set ups under a variety of colored lights. The practice of color study ties in with traditional skill-based learning by enabling the student to paint in light key, the quality of all the colors in a painting relating to each other under the same light source, a technique employed by Monet. Color study is a form of improving drawing skills. We use the Henry Hensche exercises practiced by Studio Incamminati. These exercises strengthen the student’s ability to recognize and mix color in the light and shadow with accuracy. Students will use one 12 X 16 inch toned canvas per day. Students will have the option to pay a fee for the 23-color palette of oil paints rather than purchase all the paints (See list below). To purchase the needed palette, it will cost about $120, OR you can pay $50 supply fee to get the paints on your students palette for the week.
About the Artist Instructor: Our long-time instructor, Michela Mansuino, completed “graduate school” in 2017 from Studio Incamminati, an Atelier for the study of humanist realism. Her awards are numerous, including the Maggie Price and Jack Richeson Scholarship Award, the Studio Incamminati Scholarship Award, and the D. Colman Witte Scholarship. Michela continues to teach at The Arts of Great Falls School bringing the graduate school instruction to her youth students. website
SUPPLY LIST
If you are purchasing paint for the 23-color palette. Below is the list of oil paints needed for the class.
[Pigment prices are noted below by brand name – 1st price Winsor & Newton – 2nd Utrecht – 3rd Dick Blick online student grade] 37 ml. tubes
Raw Umber [$6.20 — $5.89 — $3.05]
Burnt Sienna [$6.20 — $5.89 — $3.05]
Permanent Alizarin Crimson or hue [$18.30 — $13.49 — $3.05]
Permanent Rose or Primary Magenta [$8.50 — $13.49 — $3.05]
Perylene Red or Naphthol Crimson= Gamblin [$10.47 – no U — $3.05]
Cadmium Red Deep or Hue [$18.30 — $16.19 — $3.05]
Cadmium Red or Hue [$18.30 — $16.19 — $3.05]
Cadmium Scarlet [$18.30 only W & N]
Cadmium Orange or Hue [$18.30 — $13.49 — $3.05]
Raw Sienna [$6.20 — $5.89 — $3.05]
Indian Yellow [$8.50 — $6.99 – no Dick Blick]
Cadmium Yellow Pale or Lemon or Hue [$18.30 — $16.19 — $3.05]
Cadmium Yellow or Hue [$18.30 — $13.49 — $3.05]
Cadmium Green Pale or Perm. Light Green [$18.30 — $6.99 — $3.05]
Viridian or Hue [$18.30 — $13.49 — $3.05]
Phthalo Green green shade or blue shade [Gamblin $5.89 — $3.05]
Phthalo Turquoise [$6.50 only W & N]
Cerulean Blue or Hue [$18.30 — $16.19 — $3.05]
Cobalt Blue or Hue [$18.30 — $16.19 — $3.05]
French or Ultramarine Blue [$8.50 — $6.99 — $3.05]
Dioxazine Purple [$8.50 — $6.99 — $3.05]
Titanium White [$23.15 — $14.59 — $8.49] for large tube 150 ml.
If you have any difficulty with registration, contact us at School@GreatFallsArt.org