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G. Eric Slayton ― Painting Water in Oil |
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| Description |
Artists/Student Level: Intermediate In this three day workshop we will work from PHOTOGRAPHS. Each day will begin with a quick demo by Eric covering the emphasis for that session. You will need a fresh canvas for each day. A simple four-step process will take the student/artist from “sketching-in” to the finished painting. You should be able to complete a painting each day using this loose and direct style. We will utilize photo-images of three different subject matter, one for each day. These are most commonly used in paintings with water as “subject” or as a supportive nature . . . #1: Ocean, boat or beach theme, #2: A river or stream with tree reflections and #3: (Eric’s favorite) Canals of Venice. You are welcome to bring your own photo references or use one provided. Oil paint medium is recommended for this workshop. |
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| Materials |
Suggested Art Supply and Equipment List Oil Paints:
Note: With the high cost of oil paints and art supplies in general, I recommend that if you do not already have these colors that you purchase "student grade" paints and substitute colors that say "Hue" instead of pure pigment colors. Quality materials result in quality art but for economy sake you do not have to purchase top quality for this workshop. Remember, this is designed to be a "study" workshop and not meant to produce “great works of art.”
Medium:
I recommend Copal or Winsor & Newton’s Liquin. However, you may bring whatever medium you currently use. I do not use nor recommend the use of a lot of medium.
Brushes: Palette: Paper palette tablets are recommended for workshop, however, you should use whatever you are comfortable using. Best is a 16” x 20” white non-transparent Plexiglas (1/4” thick).
Canvas or Panels:
Easel: NOTE: If you do not have a portable easel, borrow one from a friend.
Above all,
let's have fun!!! |
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Instructor |
G. Eric Slayton
Being primarily a studio painter, Eric feels it is important for an artist to use all his years of knowledge gained through academic study and painting from life to recapture a specific moment in time. “Painting should be about an emotion not just be a portrait of the subject matter.” Eric brings his bravura brushwork and colorful interpretations to each canvas whether his subject is a Santa Barbara beach or a simple still life. His images are filled with light and wonderful color harmonies. Slayton’s extensive art education has encompassed studies at the University of Arizona, Tucson; Escuela de los Artes, Universidad de Madrid, Spain; UCLA Art Center, Los Angeles; Scottsdale Artists School and California Art Institute. He has had paintings hanging in the West Wing of the White House and is an exhibiting artist with the Art in Embassies Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
Eric is an
Artists Member of the California Art Club, Oil Painters of America
and the American Society of Marine Artists. |
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