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   SUMMER CLASSES 2010   


Beginning Wheel-Thrown Pottery with Nat Doane
August 23 - 27 / 1 - 3:30 pm  REGISTRATION CLOSED
Members: $265    Non-members: $290
$45 materials fee
This class focuses on the fundamentals of “throwing” on the potter’s wheel, an introduction to the basic visual and technical issues involving ceramic forms.

 

    SUMMER WORKSHOPS  
 

Sailor's Valentines with Sandy Moran
September 8 & 10, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Members: $725  Non-members: $775
In the September workshop, create very imaginative flowers for a special flower garden inside the box, with a border around the inside. A handmade mahogany case, sea shells, tools and all other materials are provided.

 

 

 

 

 

  FALL CLASSES 2010   

Experimental Printmaking with Kathleen Sidwell
8 weeks / Mondays, Sept 20 - Nov 15 / 12:30 - 3:30 pm
Members: $135   Non-members: $160     
$25 materials fee, payable to instructor  * No class Oct 11
Printmaking, including linocut, monotype and drypoint, is featured in this class for artists of all levels. The class focuses on innovative ideas in printmaking using both hand-printed and press work. Each student will work on individual projects with critiques and personal instruction from the instructor. Materials will be discussed in the first class session.

Contemporary artist Kathleen Sidwell is owner of The Studio on Slough Road. A resident of Brewster for 4 years, she is known nationally for her large-scale monotypes. She studied printmaking at Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas and worked in North Adams with artists Brandon Graving and Dale Bradley when the Berkshire CAC was in its developmental stages. She lived in New Orleans, showing at the LeMieux Gallery, and Seattle where she received her certificate in Public Art from Bellevue Community College, interning with public artist Dan Corson, and heading up the collaborative ‘Scattered Ephemera.’


  

High School Portfolio Development with Dan Springer
8 weeks / Mondays, Sept 20 - Nov 22 / 3:30 - 5 pm
Members: $85   Non-members: $105
*No class Oct 11, Nov 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
    
This class is specifically designed to help 8th - 11th graders learn what college and university art schools are looking for and how to prepare for the application process. Sessions begin with a personalized portfolio assessment and a plan of action for how best to build a complete presentation. Assignments between class meetings will help to address your strengths and weaknesses and provide you with the tools necessary to be prepared for your senior year applications. A strong emphasis will be placed on observational work which should make up from 50%-80% of a total college portfolio.

Daniel Springer is a landscape painter represented by Left Bank Gallery in Orleans. He is also Chair of the Fine & Performing Arts Department at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School where he teaches Art Portfolio, Advertising, Drama and Humanities classes. Dan has been teaching more than 20 years. He studied Performance and Theater Design at Syracuse University, earned a BFA from Parsons School of Design and a Master’s in English from Northeastern University. Dan serves on the Advisory Committee for the Cape Cod & Islands Art Educators Association. He has presented several workshops at National Art Education Association conventions in Boston, Chicago, & NYC. In 2010, Dan was honored as Art Educator of the Year by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

   

Wheel-Thrown Pottery with Nat Doane
8 weeks / Mondays, Sept 20 - Nov 15 / 6 - 8 pm
Members: $170    Non-members: $195  

$45 materials fee   * All levels  * No Class Oct. 11

Focusing on the fundamentals of throwing on the potter’s wheel, learn the basic visual and technical issues involving ceramic forms. Through demonstrations and individual assistance, Nat helps each student develop skills using the potter’s wheel in creatng functional forms such as cups, bowls and vases.

Nat Doane is a graduate of UMass Dartmouth. He is native to Cape Cod and has worked with many local potters since high school. Nat has taught workshops to high school students, teaching alternative firing techniques and throwing on the potter’s wheel. He taught classes for the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill and currently teaches classes for CCMA. Nat is the Clay Studio Manager and the Facilities Manager for the museum.

  


Oil Painting for All Levels with Robert Roark

8 weeks / Mondays, Sept 20 - Nov 15 / 6 - 8 pm
Members: $110   Non-members: $135     * No class Oct 11
This class covers both basic and advanced oil techniques. Theory, color, composition and drawing are also taught. Students may work from a still life or bring in their own objects or photos from which to paint. Robert will give ongoing demonstrations throughout the course. Any questions about the class should be directed to Robert at
rkrstudios@masterfulart.com.

Robert Roark has taught and painted professionally since 1960. He received his formal training at the Art Students League of New York, the National Academy of Design and the Cape Cod School of Art under such noted artists as William Draper, Frank Mason and Henry Hensche. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors and is in many private, corporate and museum collections throughout the United States and other countries.

  

 

 

Understanding a Child’s Artistic Development with Jan Olson
4 weeks / Mondays, Oct 4 - Nov 1 / 6 - 8 pm
Members: $45    Non-members: $70    * No class Oct 11

This course investigates the journey taken by children as they develop an artistic language. Each stage of development is discussed, including mark making, first visual symbols, visual events, dawning realism, and working towards more mature expressions. Parents, grandparents or anyone interested in child development, will learn how to interpret and appreciate the wonder and beauty of a child’s visual expression. Learning how to engage children in conversation about their artwork reveals what they know and understand about their unique place in the world.

Janet L. Olson is Professor Emerita at Boston University, College of Fine Arts.  Before retiring, she chaired the Art Education Department for 10 years.  Jan earned a BA Degree from St. Olaf College, an MFA Degree from Boston University, and an Ed.D Degree from Teachers College, Columbia University.  She has taught art at all levels, including 21 years in the public schools and 21 years in higher education.  Jan has made numerous presentations at national conferences and has conducted workshops throughout the country.  She has written many articles for professional journals, authored Envisioning Writing: Toward an Integration of Drawing and Writing (Heinemann, 1992) and co-authored Creating Meaning Through Art: Teacher As Choice Maker (Prentice Hall/Merrill, 1998).  She and her husband live in Brewster.      

  

Creativity Studio – Painting & More with Christy King
8 weeks / Tuesdays, Sept 21 - Nov 9 / 10 - noon
Members: $110   Non-members: $135    
$20 materials fee

Explore a variety painting methods using a selection of exercises and topics from art history. You can also opt to incorporate photos, text, and memorabilia to make an original personal statement. Museum exhibitions and other images will provide inspiration and ideas as well as interaction and discussion with classmates. Supplies are provided, but can also be supplemented with personal materials.

With over 25 years of experience in art education, Christy King finds helping students learn to see the world around them brings the greatest fulfillment for both student and teacher. She holds two Master’s degrees—in art education and in studio art—and is delighted to be surrounded by the varied arts of Cape Cod. She has lived abroad and traveled extensively. She is Graphic Designer and Media Communications Coordinator at CCMA.

  

Art History: Once Over Lightly with Elizabeth Ives Hunter
8 weeks / Tuesdays, Sept 21 - Nov 9 / 2 - 4 pm
Members: $80    Non-members: $105
This course is for those who slept through art history or never took it in the first place but want to contribute to, or at least follow, the conversations of their more artistically knowledgeable friends. Beginning with the art of ancient Greece, Rome and the Etruscans, the course will proceed to the Italian Renaissance, Dutch painting of the 16th and 17th centuries, German and French painting of the 19th century and French Impressionism. The final lecture will cover the isms of the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries, but is not limited to Cubism, Dadaism, Fauvism and Expressionism.

Elizabeth Ives Hunter grew up as a “studio brat” surrounded by artists, models paint and canvas. She received a bachelor’s degree from McGill University with joint honors in Economics and Political Science, and began a banking career. In 1981 she became adviser to the R.H. Gammell Studios Trust and was drawn back into the art world, lecturing and writing in the filed, organizing international exhibitions and editing Gammell’s books. In 2000 she became guest curator at the Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldenhill, WA where she organized the exhibition “Transcending Vision” which traveled the U.S. and England for two years. In 2003 she curated the Frederick Judd Waugh exhibition for CCMA and soon after was appointed exhibitions curator. Later that year, she was appointed Executive Director of Cape Cod Museum of Art. Mrs. Hunter lives in Walpole with her husband, painter Robert Douglas Hunter.

 

Fundamental Drawing with Michael Giaquinto
8 weeks / Tuesdays, Sept 21 - Nov 9 / 3 - 5 pm
Members: $110   Non-members: $135

Enhance artistic skills while working on a variety of techniques to draw a still life. Work closely with Michael to delve into composition and the use of line in an inviting atmosphere that welcomes both the experienced and beginners. Materials for class are listed on the museum website under Education/Studio Art Classes.

Michael Giaquinto is Exhibitions Curator at CCMA. For 10 years, Michael worked at Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Gallery of Art and Design at North Carolina State University where he was Chief Art Preparator. Michael is an artist who owns the Decorative Painter Art Gallery in Dennis. In 2001 and 2005, Michael was awarded ”Craftsman of the Year” through Early American Life magazine, and is listed in the directory of American Craftsmen. Michael’s work was part of the American Folk Art Museum in New York, NY.

 

Dry Pastels with Peter Richenburg
8 weeks / Tuesdays, Sept 21 - Nov 9 / 6 - 8 pm
Members: $110    Non-members: $135
Learn the basics of pastel painting. Instruction includes various methods of application to achieve exciting painterly effects. How to begin, proceed and finish a painting will be covered as well as avoidance of and overcoming common problems. After initial instructions and demonstrations, students work from their own photos with ample personal attention from the instructor who encourages the pursuit and development of a personal style. Materials for class are listed on the museum website under Education/Studio Art Classes.

Peter Richenburg lives on Cape Cod and owns Sandy Neck Studios of Cummaquid. He received his formal training in Boston, New York and Nebraska. Peter has taught throughout his career at secondary and college levels here and abroad. He is the recent recipient of Concordia University’s Master Teacher Award. His work has received many awards, and is exhibited in galleries in the United States and Australia. Various private and corporate collections in both America and abroad include his work. Helping students become lifelong learners and art enthusiasts are hallmarks of his career.

 

Basic Digital SLR Photography with Stan Godwin
8 weeks / Tuesdays, Sept 21 - Nov 9 / 6 - 8 pm
Members: $110    Non-members: $135
   
Students in this class will learn and practice proper camera handling, image capture, image archiving, image editing and image output with digital single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras. Time will be spent on the visual expression of photography and how you create your own visual style. The ideal student will have a digital SLR with interchangeable lenses, a basic set of camera skills and a rudimentary knowledge of image editing software such as: Adobe Photoshop®, Photoshop Elements® and/ or Adobe Lightroom®. Students will be encouraged to work with the RAW file format for optimum image quality and output.  We will look closely at exposure and composition modifiers and how to integrate them into the final product. There will be two field trips, weather permitting, as part of the 8-week course. Bring to first class: digital SLR camera and lenses; owners manual for your camera; memory card(s); charged batteries!

Stan Godwin was Associate Professor of Photography at Texas A&M-Commerce for 30 years. He taught many courses including Basic B&W Photography; Color; Nature & Wildlife; Visual Perception and Digital Imaging. At retirement, Stan was Interim Head of the Art Department. He has taught over 30 workshops, continues to shoot professionally and personally, and was lead for one of the first five digital programs in a U.S. university. His photographic work has been published in hundreds of magazines, newspapers and books over the last three decades, and shown in galleries and on the web. He is past president of the Photo Imaging Education Association and currently serves as consultant to that group.

  

Wheel-Thrown Pottery with Nat Doane   Enrollment Closed
8 weeks / Tuesdays, Sept 21 - Nov 9 / 6 - 8 pm
Members: $170    Non-members: $195
$45 materials fee     * All levels

This class focusing on the fundamentals of throwing on the potter’s wheel, provides an introduction to the basic visual and technical issues involving ceramic forms. Through demonstrations and individual assistance, the instructor helps each student develop skills using the potter’s wheel in the creation of functional forms such as cups, bowls and vases.

Nat Doane is a graduate of UMass Dartmouth. He is native to Cape Cod and has worked with many local potters since high school. Nat has taught workshops to high school students, teaching alternative firing techniques and throwing on the potter’s wheel. He taught classes for the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill and currently teaches classes for CCMA. Nat is the Clay Studio Manager and the Facilities Manager for the museum.

  

 

 

Water Media Painting with Karen North Wells
8 weeks / Wednesdays, Sept 22 - Nov 10 / 9:30 - 11:30 am
Members: $110  Non-members: $135

Come have some fun with a non-threatening class of learning and exploring a painting medium. This eight-week course will begin each day with a demonstration by Karen. It will be mainly in watercolor, but also acrylic and oil for anyone painting in those media.  Any of the water medias may be used: watercolor, acrylic and water-soluble oil. Subject matter varies from landscape to still life.  Help will be given in composition, values, perspective, and color mixing. A group critique will be given during the last class.

Karen North Wells has a BA in Art Education from Florida State University. She has taught art in the public schools for 20 years and has been a working artist for over 20 years selling her paintings, prints and cards. Now in her 15th year of teaching painting workshops for all ages, she has a video on how to paint in watercolor published by the Cape Cod Art Association. Karen and her husband, Malcolm Wells, are owners of the Underground Gallery in Brewster.

 

 

 

Art to Start with Christy King
8 weeks / Wednesdays, Sept 22 - Nov 10 / 6 - 8 pm

Members: $110   Non-members: $135    
$20 materials fee

This class is designed for those who would like to try art lessons, but are unsure where to begin. Learn about the fundamental principles and elements of art and discover a variety of materials used in artistic expression: pencils, charcoal, ink, watercolor and oil paints. Explore the possibilities of drawing and painting with basic lessons in using these varied media. Materials are furnished for this class.

With over 25 years of experience in art education, Christy King finds helping students learn to see the world around them brings the greatest fulfillment for both student and teacher. She holds two Master’s degrees—in art education and in studio art—and is delighted to be surrounded by the varied arts of Cape Cod. She has lived abroad and traveled extensively. She is Graphic Designer and Media Communications Coordinator at CCMA.

 

 

 

Beginning Acrylic Painting with Michael Giaquinto
8 weeks / Thursdays, Sept 23 - Nov 18 / 9:30 - 11:30 am
Members: $110    Non-members: $135   * No class Nov 11

If you have never painted and always wanted to learn or if you have some experience but want to further your knowledge of acrylic painting, then this course is for you. Learn the basic and comprehensive overview of the art of acrylic painting. The course will cover the fundamentals starting with the color wheel, mixing paints, and proper use of brushes and composition.  Learn how to see acrylic painting in a new way and develop the skills to improve your painting technique. Materials for class are listed on the museum website under Education/Studio Art Classes.

Michael Giaquinto is Exhibitions Curator at CCMA. For 10 years, Michael worked at Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Gallery of Art and Design at North Carolina State University where he was Chief Art Preparator. Michael is an artist who owns the Decorative Painter Art Gallery in Dennis. In 2001 and 2005, Michael was awarded ”Craftsman of the Year” through Early American Life magazine, and is listed in the directory of American Craftsmen. Michael’s work was part of the American Folk Art Museum in New York, NY.

 

 

 

Stained Glass with Stefan Semple
8 weeks / Thursdays, Sept 23 - Nov 18 / noon - 2 pm
Members: $110   Non-members: $135      * No class Nov 11

Using the copper foil method, learn basic techniques to make a stained glass project of your choice. This class is for beginning students and those who have some experience with stained glass. Each student receives individualized instruction. Cost of materials may average $100 depending on choice of projects. Materials information is given at the first class.

In the centuries old tradition of stained glass craftsmanship, Stefan Semple designs and creates custom architectural elements as well as both functional and decorative interior accents. Most of his work is executed using the copper foil technique, popularized by Louis Tiffany, and includes, but is not limited to window panels, sidelights, cabinet doors, lamp shades, table tops, picture frames and wind chimes. He shares his passion for stained glass with adult education and School to Careers program for high school students. His professional affiliations include the Society of Cape Cod Craftsmen and Artisan’s Guild of Cape Cod.

  

 

 

Figure Drawing with Patrick Blackwell
8 weeks / Thursdays, Sept 23 - Nov 18 / 3 - 5 pm
Members: $150  Non-members: $175  * No class Nov 11

Join us for the pleasure and challenge of drawing from a live, nude model. This class will focus on drawing from objective observation. We will nurture the student’s evolving style, evaluate expressive opportunities and explore basic skills of staging, overlap, construction, proportion, gesture and contour. There will be an emphasis on individual attention and instruction in a setting where we sit up close and take a careful and unhurried look at the human form. With examples, we will examine masters of figure drawing. This is a great class for students needing observational drawings for college admittance portfolios. Materials for class are listed on the museum website under Education/Studio Art Classes.
Patrick Blackwell has vast knowledge and experience in advertising design and photography. He’s been an art director, consultant and had his own design and illustration office. In New York City he joined the revolutionary advertising agency, Doyle, Dane and Bernbach, as an art director. After that, he resumed his freelance design, illustration and photographic career. His work has been published in many national magazines and newspapers, and he is the recipient of many design and illustration awards. For over 10 years, Patrick has been involved in the mentor program at the Academy of Art, Science and Technology at Provincetown High School, and has been a mentor with the School to Careers Art Internship Program at CCMA for over five years.

 

Watercolor Painting with Kely Knowles – Two Sessions
1st session: 4 weeks / Thursdays, Sept 23 - Oct 14 / 6 - 8 pm
Members: $60    Non-members: $85
2nd session: 4 weeks / Thursdays, Oct 21 - Nov 18 / 6 - 8 pm    * No class Nov 11
Members: $60    Non-members: $85
The first four classes will be an introduction to color mixing and techniques. You will learn the fundamentals of color as you experiment with soft and hard edges. The exercises are fun and relaxing.  A painting will be produced.  The second four classes will be a repeat of the same for new students. Returning students will apply their new learned skills to landscapes and still lifes. This is a great time to explore and expand at your own pace. Materials for class are listed on the museum website under Education/Studio Art Classes.

Kely Knowles attended Rhode Island School of Design and studied with Jack Garver, a member of the American Watercolor Society. She has received numerous regional awards for her paintings, and currently exhibits at Rock Harbor Gallery, Orleans, MA. “Watching colors reflect captures my attention and compels me to interpret what I see in watercolor. My fascination with colors is the key to my freedom of expression. The satisfaction that I gain as I paint the ever-changing environment around myself ties me to watercolor, my preferred medium.

 

 

 

Clay Handbuilding with Lois Hirshberg
8 weeks / Thursdays, Sept 23 - Nov 18 / 6 - 8 pm
Members: $170    Non-members: $195   * No class Nov 11
$45 materials fee

This class focuses on learning to make pottery using basic tools and your bare hands! Explore a variety of techniques, including pinch pots, coils, and slab construction. Learn the tools and techniques for making functional and non-functional objects.

Lois Hirshberg began working in clay in 1976 at Mudflat Studios in Cambridge. She holds an M.Ed in Community Counseling from Northeastern University and an MA in Art Therapy from Lesley University. She has studied ceramics at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem, and spent a summer studying in Japan with the Parsons School of Design. She has exhibited nationally and internationally.

 

 

 

Discovering Regional Films with Eric Hart
8 weeks / Thursdays, Sept 23 - Nov 18 / 6 - 8:30 pm
Members: $110   Non-members: $135    * No class Nov 11

This class centers on eight films described as regional films, low-budget independent films filmed in specific regions of North America, emphasizing its culture and way of life. Some have become breakout national hits; others have found critical acclaim but little national recognition. All of these movies celebrate specific ways life is seldom captured in a high-budget Hollywood production.

Sept 23: June Bug
A Chicago-based female gallery rep goes to the South to sign a new artist and visit with her husband’s family. With Amy Adams.
Sept 30: Frozen River
A desperate single mother living in upstate New York resorts to smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States as a means of making ends meet. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Feature at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Oct 7: Islander
After a tragic accident at sea, Eben Cole loses his family, friends and stature in his island fishing community. He returns to the island an outcast, but determined to win back the way of life he fought so hard to protect. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Maine coast.
Oct 14: Sunrise (2010)
An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm. With Hal Holbrook.
Oct 21: Sweet Land (2005)
Set in 1920, a young woman travels from Germany to rural Minnesota to  meet a man destined to be her husband. Bureaucracy and social morality cause major complications.
Oct 28: The Fast Runner (1991)
The telling of an Inuit legend about an evil spirit causing strife in the community, and one warrior’s endurance as he battles its influence.
Nov 4: La Mission (2010)
Growing up in the Mission district of San Francisco, Che Rivera (Benjamin Bratt) has always had to be tough to survive. He’s a powerful man respected throughout the Mission barrio for his masculinity and his strength, as well as for his hobby building beautiful low-rider cars. When his only son’s secret is revealed, Che’s path to redemption is tested.
Nov 18: Winter’s Bone
An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.

Eric Hart is the graduate of Franconia College and the College of William and Mary with degrees in Education and Human Communications. He is present owner of Cape Cinema, and is responsible for programming for Cape Cinema and the Screening Room at CCMA. Eric is involved in numerous projects supporting independent filmmakers and historic movie theaters.

 

Introduction to Abstract Painting with Michael Giaquinto
8 weeks / Fridays, Sept 24 - Nov 12 / 9:30 - 11:30 am
Members: $110     Non-members: $135

This course will approach abstract art as a step to finding your “free-expression” using acrylic paint. This Includes spontaneous drawing and painting, with a simple look at color field concepts and the use of collage in compositions.There will be studio demonstrations and class critiques. Materials for class are listed on the museum website under Education/Studio Art Classes.

Michael Giaquinto is Exhibitions Curator at CCMA. For 10 years, Michael worked at Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Gallery of Art and Design at North Carolina State University where he was Chief Art Preparator. Michael is an artist who owns the Decorative Painter Art Gallery in Dennis. In 2001 and 2005, Michael was awarded ”Craftsman of the Year” through Early American Life magazine, and is listed in the directory of American Craftsmen. Michael’s work was part of the American Folk Art Museum in New York, NY.

 

Wheel-Thrown Pottery with Nat Doane
8 weeks / Fridays, Sept 24 - Nov 12 / 10 am - 1 pm
Members: $215    Non-members: $240
$45 materials fee    *  All levels

This class, focusing on the fundamentals of throwing on the potter’s wheel, provides an introduction to the basic visual and technical issues involving ceramic forms. Through demonstrations and individual assistance, Nat helps each student develop skills using the potter’s wheel in the creation of functional forms such as cups, bowls and vases.

Nat Doane is a graduate of UMass Dartmouth. He is native to Cape Cod and has worked with many local potters since high school. Nat has taught workshops to high school students, teaching alternative firing techniques and throwing on the potter’s wheel. He taught classes for the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill and currently teaches classes for CCMA. Nat is the Clay Studio Manager and the Facilities Manager for the museum.

 

Open Clay Studio
Members: $30  Non-members: $45  *Per individual session
Students must call to register for Open Clay Studio; 508-385-4477 ext 16
Must use CCMA clay. Clay price including bisque firing: $21
Tuesdays, Sept 21 - Nov 16 / 2 - 4:30 pm
Wednesdays, Sept 22 - Nov 17 / 6 - 8 pm  ($25 / $40)
Fridays, Sept 24 - Nov 19 / 2 - 4:30 pm

Students with previous clay experience can pursue their own projects outside a structured class. No instruction provided. This is for wheel-throwing and hand-building and includes a bisque firing, not including glazing which is set up at a different time. Students must have prior clay experience or permission from Nat Doane, Clay Studio Manager.

 

   FALL - WINTER WORKSHOPS 

Collage Techniques and Creative Exploration 2010
Jonathan Talbot
Saturday & Sunday, October 23 & 24 / 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Members: $300    Non-members: $325

Explore composition and the creation of a personal visual vocabulary with internationally known artist Jonathan Talbot. Enjoy opportunities for new spontaneity as you learn his exciting collage technique that eliminates liquid adhesives from the collage-assembly process. Other subjects covered include the paperless transfer of printed and photocopied images, tissue overlays, permanency of materials, preparation of substrates, sources of tools and materials, presentation and framing of finished works, and more. According to Jonathan, “The only prerequisites for this workshop are initiative and imagination.”  For more information on Talbot and his work, see his website: www.jonathantalbot.com 

The works of artist Jonathan Talbot have been exhibited at The National Academy and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, have represented the U.S. overseas in exhibitions sponsored by the State Department and the Smithsonian Institution, and are included in museum collections in U.S. and Europe. Talbot's works include oils, watercolors, etchings, collages, and multi-dimensional collage-constructions. Among the public collections holding Talbot works are The Newark Museum, The Smith College Museum, The Everhart Museum, The Byer Museum, The Free Library of Philadelphia, The San Francisco Academy of Art, Fairleigh Dickinson University, The Provincetown Historical Society, and the Toronto Central Library. Talbot maintains his studio in Warwick, NY where he lives with his wife Marsha.

 

 

Enameling
Lois Grebe
Saturday, Oct 2,  10 am - 2 pm
Sunday, Oct 3,  12:30 - 4:30 pm
Members: $170    Non-members: $195

In one weekend create a beautiful cloisonne pendant. Design and produce an outstanding piece of jewelry using fine silver, wires and enamels. Cloisonne is the ancient process of filling in areas with colorful enamels (ground sand that turns into glass at 1500). We will encase your masterpiece in a sterling silver finding ready to be hung on your favorite chain. Class is limited to six students so everyone has ample time for kiln use.

Lois Grebe has spent most of her life in the arts. She was an art teacher for many years in New Jersey. Her interest in enamels started with her teaching experience and graduated to many professional workshops and to her involvement with the Enamel Guild / North East, of which she is general secretary, and with the International Enamelist Society. Lois is on the faculty of the Weny Education Center at CCMA; her work has been shown on Cape Cod at Museo Gallery as well as at CCMA.

 

Folk Art Landscape Painting
Michael Giaquinto
Saturday, Sept 25 / 10 am - 2 pm
Sunday, Sept 26 /  12:30 am - 4:30 pm
Members: $150  Non-members: $175

Folk art painting refers to painting done in a “primitive style,” which can include more decorative elements, a flattening of forms, somewhat distorted use of perspective and a more playful sense of design. Using country themes such as farms or rural settings and water views, the class will cover technique and primitive style to express a folk art approach to landscape representations.

Michael Giaquinto is Exhibitions Curator at CCMA. For 10 years, Michael worked at Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Gallery of Art and Design at North Carolina State University where he was Chief Art Preparator. Michael is an artist who owns the Decorative Painter Art Gallery in Dennis. In 2001 and 2005, Michael was awarded ”Craftsman of the Year” through Early American Life magazine, and is listed in the directory of American Craftsmen. Michael’s work was part of the American Folk Art Museum in New York, NY.

 

The Language of Art
Michael Giaquinto
Sundays, Oct 3 - 24, 2 - 3pm
Members: $40    Non-members: $55  
This will be a brief introduction to terms regularly used in museums to describe art. While this is not a comprehensive course, it will assist museum goers with definitions and terms that apply to many forms of art. Using the definitions in general terms can lead to the pursuit of more specific information about the particular medium, enhancing understanding of the process. This course will use art work from the museum’s extensive collection. Topics to be covered include chiaroscuro, composition, fresco, drawing, painting, prints, sculpture and numerous other terms of art.

Michael Giaquinto is Exhibitions Curator at CCMA. For 10 years, Michael worked at Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Gallery of Art and Design at North Carolina State University where he was Chief Art Preparator. Michael is an artist who owns the Decorative Painter Art Gallery in Dennis. In 2001 and 2005, Michael was awarded ”Craftsman of the Year” through Early American Life magazine, and is listed in the directory of American Craftsmen. Michael’s work was part of the American Folk Art Museum in New York, NY.

 

Marcel Breuer, the Bauhaus Diaspora and the Scott House - Lecture & House Tour
Peter McMahon

Saturday, Oct 9 / 1 - 3 pm
Members: $60      Non-members: $75  * Limited to 35 people

Beginning in the summer of 1937, a small group of some of the modern era’s most important designers and thinkers chose the Cape as a place to congregate and eventually, build experimental homes for themselves and their friends.  Among them was the seminal architect Marcel Breuer, who settled in Wellfleet and built four modest wood framed summer homes. Clues to another, larger Breuer house in the Mid-Cape existed but information on the house had never been published, it’s location was unknown and it remained unavailable to scholars.  In 2009, in a collaborative effort between the Museum of Modern Art, the Cape Cod Times, and the Cape Cod Modern House Trust, the Scott house was located in an unaltered state with it’s original furniture and still owned by the Scott family.  
This program begins with a lecture that will illustrate the remarkable history of this convergence of 20th century prime movers on the Cape, Breuer’s work in particular and will be followed by a tour of the Scott house on nearby Scargo Hill. It is recommended that attendees carpool to the home from the museum.
Peter MacMahon is the Executive Director of the Cape Cod Modern House Trust, an organization created to promote the documentation and preservation of significant examples of Modernist architecture on the Outer Cape. MacMahon founded the organization in 2007.  He is also the Principal of PM Design in South Wellfleet, a firm which focuses on sustainable, modern architecture and restoration of mid-20th century buildings. Along with CCMHT’s board and staff, MacMahon has managed the restoration of the Kugel/Gips house, annual modern house tours, an artist/scholar residency and is co-authoring a book on the Cape’s modern architectural legacy.
     

 

Painting Birds in Oil
Aleta Steward

Saturday, Oct 30, 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Sunday, Oct 31 , 12:30 - 4:30 pm
Members: $175        Non-members: $200

This is for anyone who wants to capture the fascinating beauty of a bird in it’s natural environment. Students will learn how to analyze the important characteristics of different birds with the goal of portraying them accurately and with life. Lighting, color harmony, feathers, eyes, size relationships, and other aspects unique to painting birds will be covered. Specific instruction in how to break it all down into steps will take away any hesitation in tackling these sometimes intimidating subjects. Students should have some experience with oils. We will be working indoors, from photos, although information on gathering your own reference materials will be discussed.

Aleta Steward began drawing as a child, while growing up in New York, on Long Island. Many trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Natural History, and the Hayden Planetarium awakened an interest in art and science at a young age. It was this unusual combination that drew her to a career specializing in wildlife and animal paintings. After spending many years in California, she relocated to the Cape Cod area in 1987. She quickly began to discover a whole new world of coastal habitat to apply her painting skills to. Her works began to portray shorebirds and songbirds. They also began to quickly garner attention. Major awards followed from the Massachusetts Audubon Society and the New England Woodcarving and Wildlife Festival. Shows followed, including the Vermont Institute of Natural Science, and two solo exhibits at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History. She has also participated in many national juried shows. She has been featured in many newspaper and magazine articles, including being a cover artist, and has taught numerous classes for both adults and children. Most recently, she was featured artist at the Cahoon Museum of American Art in Cotuit MA, where the show titled "In Fine Feather" broke attendance records, as did the lecture she gave on her work. Aleta studied classic figure painting at The Art Students League in NYC under master artist Frank Mason. She took classes with Paul Wood of Port Washington NY, who specialized in abstraction. Her education continued in California under Sophie Sheppard, a watercolorist.. Aleta has recently been honored with membership in the Society of Animal Artists, based in New York City. Aleta Steward currently shows her work at Tree’s Place in Orleans, MA and Christina Gallery in Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, MA.

 

Painting Skies and Water      SOLD OUT
William R. Davis
Saturday & Sunday, November 6 & 7
Saturday 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Sunday 12:30 - 4:30 pm
Members: $285    Non-members: $310  
This workshop will address the painting of atmospheric skies and its reflections on water with a master of landscape and seascape painting. Davis will teach an approach to cloud structure, color and its effects on still or moving water, with an emphasis on the stages of underpainting in oil. Class participants should have some experience with oil painting. Materials list is below registration information.


 William R. Davis has a national reputation as one of the best marine artists presently working in the United States. Davis, who grew up in Hyannis Port, MA, is a self-taught artist whose paintings typically capture the serene light of sunrise or sunset on the water. He employs many of the techniques traditionally used by American luminist painters to realize his personal vision, showing a marked preference for 19th century subjects. David has shifted in the past few years to painting more landscapes on location. In the process, he has converted to plein air painting, partly influenced by his friendship with artists Joseph McGurl and Donald Demers. In April 2001, Davis’ work was illustrated on the cover of American Artist magazine along with an in-depth article about his work.

 

  

Smalti Mosaic Workshop
Joshua Winer

Saturday & Sunday, Nov 13 & 14,  9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Members: $265    Non-members: $285
Smalti mosaic is the traditional sparkling, highly colored glass seen throughout European churches, palaces and garden walls, and is unsurpassed for beauty, utility and permanence. Working with small glass smalti (5/8”) from Mexico, create an original mosaic on a 10” x 10” panel. Topics include design, panel preparation, purchase of materials, cutting mosaics, adhesives and grouting. Workshop is for both beginners and mosaic artists who would like to develop advanced individual projects. Materials are provided, including glass cutter.

Joshua Winer’s background includes a degree in Fresco Painting from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1976), a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from Yale University (1978), and a Master's Degree in Architecture from Harvard University (1986). After practicing architecture for three years, he became a licensed architect in 1989. Joshua's fascination with public art was sparked while exploring Europe during his early twenties. In Paris, Florence, and Venice, he saw magnificent frescos and mosaics in historic architectural settings. This was the genesis of a career focused on the creation of art that complements its environment. Joshua developed his expertise as a muralist while still a student at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. During this period he created 'The Harvard Square Theater Mural' and 'The Mayor's Wall' in Boston's Old City Hall. While practicing architecture in Boston he often collaborated with architects, notably 'The S&S Restaurant Mural'. When he won a major public design competition for the Newbury Street Mural in 1991, he started a full time career as an artist.  

 

 

White Line Wood Block Printmaking
Kathryn Smith

Saturday, Nov 20, 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Sunday, Nov 21, 12:30 am - 4:30 pm
Members: $225     Non-members: $250   
$10 materials fee

This weekend course will provide the student with a brief introduction to the white-line printmaking process begun in Provincetown in 1915. 
Participants will learn the basics of making a white-line print: image transfer, cutting the block, and hand-printing the image to make your print. 
The course runs 4 hours per day, for a total of 8 hours. Students will need to bring the following items: watercolor paints and brushes of various
sizes (either cake or tube watercolor is fine); carbon or transfer paper, one or 2 sheets; tracing paper, one or two sheets; pencil, ruler, drawing
paper, one or two sheets; D’Arches Cover PRINTMAKING paper (NOT watercolor paper), one sheet; a silver or stainless steel tablespoon; Exacto knife with #19 blade; a 6 x 8 linear image.

Kathryn Smith has been making white-line prints since she was four years old, having learned the method from her artist grandmother, Ferol Sibley Warthen, a student of Blanche Lazell’s.  Smith earned her BFA from the University of Maryland and attended three universities in Colorado following graduation.  Revisiting the process in 1981, and further studies with Warthen, Smith has been making prints professionally since that time.  She has taught classes and workshops in this method in many venues since 1992, as well as lecturing at studios and universities in the United States.  In 2003 Smith was invited to Japan by LamiaInk! to teach Japanese artists our American method of color woodblock printmaking and to exhibit her prints along with Japanese artists. Smith has shown her work in numerous solo exhibitions, both gallery and museum, and her prints are in museum, corporate and private collections worldwide.  She has been listed in “Who’s Who in American Women” in 2006-7, and other publications including “Who’s Who in the World” in 2010.

 

 

Painting the Sea – in 2011
Don Demers
Saturday & Sunday, Jan 29 & 30, 2011 / 9 am - 5 pm 
Members: $345   Non-members: $395   Intermediate level+

This workshop focuses on the theory and method of painting water and shoreline. Included in the subject matter will be techniques and methods for painting breaking surf on a rocky shore, breaking surf on a beach, calm water, marshes and the various objects and forms found in a shoreline environment. The class format includes demonstrations, paint-alongs and personal critiques of the students’ work. The workshop is in the studio, so each student must have no less than 4 small studies (no larger than 8x10) done on location; two studies of rough water and two studies of calm or inland water. These do not have to be finished paintings but must have been created on location. The student should create these studies with the idea of using them as reference for a larger work. This is an essential requirement for participating. If the student arrives without these studies they will not be able to participate in the class. Students should not worry if they don’t have much experience painting outdoors. These studies are a training exercise only. Photographs may be used, but these do not take the place of the small studies. A supply list is posted below registration information.

 

 

 

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Adult classes are open to high school students.

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For additional information regarding courses, please call Linda McNeill-Kemp, Education Director, at 508-385-4477 ext 25.

Cape Cod Museum of Art is not responsible for materials or artwork left on the premises.


Materials Lists for Selected Classes

Beginning Acrylic Painting - Michael Giaquinto
Colors
- Carbon Black or Ivory Black, Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cobalt Blue, Titanium White
Brushes: Variety of sizes of acrylic paint brushes
Palette
Canvas paper (comes in pads of several sheets)
8" x 10", 11" x 14" plastic tubs with lids
Empty coffee can
Clean rags

Folk Art Painting with Michael Giaquinto
Acrylic paint; variety of colors
Paint brushes; variety of sizes including a 3” 
Three canvas panels; various sizes, these are to practice on.
Stretched canvas; size of your choice. 12 x 16, 14 x 18 or 16 x 20
Small sea sponges
Water can
Paper towels


Oil Painting for All Levels - Robert Roark

Colors- Ivory black, burnt umber, burnt sienna, yellow ochre, cadmium red, cadmium orange, cadmium yellow, alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, viridian green, titanium white.
Brushes- An assortment of flats and rounds in various sizes will be fine.
--Turpentine
--Paper towels
--Painting and/or mixing knife
--Palette

Drawing - Michael Giaquinto
14” x 18” drawing pad
Pencils: HB, 2B, 4B and 6B
Gum or kneaded eraser
Blending stump

Figure Drawing - Patrick Blackwell
Drawing pad: your choice: sized 9" x 12" to 12" x 18" recommended
Soft pencils
Eraser
Charcoal

Dry Pastels - Peter Richenburg
Set of dry pastels (the larger, the better)
Paper will be supplied by instructor
Sheet of medium sandpaper
Roll of artists tape (purchase after first class)
Small chamois
Q-tips
Optional: Drawing board for your paper to be taped on (masonite is fine)
 

Bird Carving: Create a Crowell - Eric Kaiser
Loew-Cornell paint brushes (or similar): 7020-2 Ultra Round, 7300C #6 Shader and 7200 Small Fan
#11 X-Acto knife; small carving knife, or, X-Acto Basic Knife Set (or similar)

Intermediate Oil Painting - Shawn Nelson Dahlstrom
Colors: White (Titanium or Zinc); Payne's Gray, Burnt Umber, Cadmium Yellow, Orange and Red; Alizarin Crimson; Thalo Blue; Ultramarine Blue, Diozanine Purple
Palette and palette cup
Odorless paint thinner
Vine charcoal
Painting knife
Brushes: Filberts: #2, 4, 6; Rounds: #2, 4, 6 (if you wish to purchase only two brushes, choose Filbert #4 and a round #4)
Cloth or paper towels to clean your brushes
Canvas

Water-Base Oils and Acrylics - Karen North Wells
For oils, my preference is Artisan water-base oils by Winsor Newton plus.
Stand oil made especially for water-base oils.  Stand oil gives paint a sheen plus makes them buttery in texture, quite creamy! Stand oil is NOT used with acrylics.  Or you may use Linseed oil instead of Stand oil with oils.  I just happen to like Stand oil.
For acrylics my preference is Liquitex.
For oils and acrylics I use pretty much the same colors as I do for watercolor except for a few differences.
Cadmium Lemon, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow Medium (optional), Cadmium Orange(optional), Cadmium Red Light or Cadmium Red, Cadmium Red Medium, Alizarin Crimson(optional)(good with Viridian Green to make black), Permanent Rose (used for flowers), (French) Ultramarine Blue, Winsor Blue (Phthalo Blue), Cerulean Blue, Viridian Green (Optional, but good with alizarin crimson to make black), Ivory Black mixed with lemon yellow to make green, Titanium White (I get large tubes because this is used the most of all the colors.)
I highlighted in bold the colors I think are absolutely necessary. Others can be bought later if needed.
Canvas (stretched) or Masonite or canvas board -- I coat canvas or Masonite(without waffle-like backing) with Gesso and then undercoat painting with cadmium red light acrylic paint before painting subject.  If canvas is already white, then it has already been primed with Gesso.
Brushes of all sizes and unlike watercolor, the cheaper the better- round, flat and filbert made for oil or acrylic paints
Lucite right-angle triangle (the larger the better for horizon lines)
Two jars or plastic 16 oz containers (filled with water if painting outdoors)
Paper towels
Palette made from Masonite, Lucite, plastic plates or disposable paper sheets that are made to use as a palette

Watercolor Painting - Karen North Wells
Palette:
I have used Jones palette but like John Pike Big Well Palette because it is sturdier and has room for 1½" flat brush
Watercolors: I like Winsor Newton, but NOT their Cotman series
Cadmium Red, Cadmium Lemon (make sure it does not have titanium nickel), French Ultramarine Blue (for shading), Cerulean Blue (for skies), Winsor Blue (red or green shade; this is a Phthalo Blue I use for water), Prussian Blue (to mix with Lemon Yellow for green), Yellow Ochre (for sand, skin, sky and warm whites)
Optional colors, but needed eventually: Cadmium Yellow Pale, Cadmium Orange, Permanent Rose (for flowers), Alizarin Crimson
Brushes: I like Pro Arte, Langnickel, and Richeson
   Flat: ¼", ½", 1", 1½" (None of these you need right away except the 1½")
   Round: as small as #000 or #00 for signing name; also #10, #12, #16 and a larger one which is VERY important-Either a #20 or #24
   And a #1 or #2 rigger, but not necessary to start out
Paper: D'Arches Block 140 lb. cold or hot pressed (I buy blocks)
Other supplies: Masking fluid (I like "Incredible White Mask" from ASW), masking tape (if you don't use watercolor blocks), sponge or spray bottle (optional), paper towels, 2 water jars, #2 pencil, eraser (Eraser Staedtler Mars Plastic is terrific, sold at Staples)

Watercolor - Kely Knowles
Colors: Permanent Alizarin or Quinacridone Rose, Cadmium Yellow or Cadmium Lemon, Phthalocyanine Blue or French Ultramarine Blue and Cobalt Blue OPTIONAL: Cadmium Orange and Cerulean Blue
Brushes: Synthetic watercolor brushes: #2, #5, #8 round; 1" and 2" flat (or 1.5" flat)
D'Arches Watercolor 140 lb. paper (rough or hot press or cold press); block or single sheets
Masking tape (any width)
Any waterproof board (slightly larger that 1/4 sheet watercolor paper)
Paper towels or cotton rags
Paint palette or mixing tray (white ice cube tray)
2H pencil and dark soft pencil
Medium sketch pad
Kneaded eraser

Calligraphy - Rick Paulus
Calligraphy pens, any type
Ink
Sharp pencil, eraser
Ruler
Paper for practice
Quality paper for experiementation and finished pieces
Optional: 
Paint brushes
Quality watercolor paints and/or gouache
Colored inks 
Compass
Large pens

Plein Air painting with Julie Siler Olander
Oils or acrylics
cups for medium
brushes
Canvas or paper
Water or medium to mix paints
Palette
Apron or smock
Standing easel
 TV tray
Stool or chair
Umbrella for easel (optional, but recommended)
Backing board
Drinking water, snacks, lunch
hat, sunscreen and/or bug spray
Hand cleaner
Rags or towels
Pencils. erasers, pad of paper for thumbnail sketches

Painting Birds in Oils with Aleta Steward
Oil Colors:
Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Deep or Rose Madder, Cadmium Yellow Pale or Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Sage Green
Small primed panel, 9 x 12 or 11 x 14, or primed canvas on high grade portrait weave (cotton or linen)
Drawing pad, at least 11 x 14, white paper only
Drawing pencils, gum or kneaded eraser
Selection of Kolinsky sable or red sable brushes: sizes 4 round, 4 flat or filbert, 6 & 8 flat or bright. Synthetic brushes are fine in good condition.
Small jars of painting medium
Several good quality photos of the bird selected to paint, and background elements such as tree branches, flowers with stems, roses, etc.

Jonathan Frazier Plein Air Painting Workshop
Sketchbook for planning sketches and notes
Oil colors: Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Sienna, Titanium White< Cadmium Lemon (aka "yellow light"), Cadmium Medium or Deep Yellow (and orange yellow), Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Cerulean Blue or Phthalo Blue
Turpentine or Turpenoid, linseed oil, 2 small jars and paper towels
Brushes in a variety of shapes and sizes (common hog bristle works best)
Cotton cloth rag (preferably white, not prone to leave lint)
Palette: wood or disposable paper- make sure it's large
Palette knife for mixing paint (ideally a large blade offset from the handle)
Outdoor easel

Pastel Painting with Barbara Stone
Wallis paper - minimum of 9 x 12 size (professional or museum grade)
Preferred brand of pastels: Rembrandt, Unison, Terry Ludwig
A few Nupastels for underpainting (in burnt sienna, reds, oranges, yellows)
1" - 2" paint brush
Mixing jar, rubbing alcohol

Painting Skies and Water - Bill Davis
Colors - Ultramarine blue, Ultramarine violet, White blend mix of titanium 50% & zinc 50%, Cerulean blue, Ivory black, Cadmium Yellow medium, Cadmium Yellow deep, Cadmium orange, Cadmium red deep, Venetian or Indian red, Yellow ochre, Green earth (Rembrandt), Sepia, Greenish Umber (Rembrandt)
Optional colors - Transparent red oxide (Rembrandt), Transparent yellow oxide (Rembrandt), Dioxazine purple
Brushes - 
Bristle rounds 0, 2, 4
Bristle flats 2, 4, 6
Nylon flats 12, 20
Fan 2, 4
Sable round 0, 1, 2
Medium - 50% turpentine & 50% linseed

Plein Air Painting with Don Demers
Oil Paints:
Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Prussian or Thalo (optional), Viridian, Cad. Yellow light or Lemon Yellow, Cad. Yellow Medium, Cad. Red Light, Cad. Red Medium, Alizarin Crimson
Earth Tones: Yellow Ochre, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Terre Verte (optional), Burnt Umber, Raw Umber (optional), Greenish Umber (optional)
Painting Medium of your choice.  I prefer a fast drying alkyd medium in gel or liquid
Brushes:
A combination of bristle brushes.  I suggest small medium and large in three styles.
Filberts, Rounds and Flats.
One or two Sable flats and rounds in medium and large sizes for blending and softening edges
Canvas or linen mounted on board or gessoed board.  Sizes can range from 6x8s to 16x20s but nothing much larger.
Portable Easel or pochade box for working outdoors.
Sketch Pad with soft pencils
View finder (home made or manufactured)


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PREVIOUS CLASSES

Oil Painting in Primary Colors - Lance Walker
Colors: Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Titanium White (large tube)
Brushes: Bristle, Flats: #2, 4, 6, 8 or a set; Filberts: #2, 4, 6, 8 or a set; Synthetic round #4
Canvas, stretched: 8 x 10, 9 x 12, 11 x 14
Linseed oil
Odorless mineral spirits
Small jars with lids (like baby food jars)
Palette
Palette knife (metal or plastic)
Rags, paper towels

Life Modeling Sculpture - Robert Marcus
--Large board, at least 12" x 12" and 3/4" thick or larger. This should be coated with polyurethane, paint or varnish. It will be the platform for your modeled figure. Since one of the poses will be a reclining figure, make sure your board is larger than the figure you want to make.
--Large plastic bag such as a garbage bag. This is used to keep the sculpture clean between sessions.
--Modeling tools: Two wire loops (small loop and large loop) and a wood-blade modeling tool
Optional: Wire armature. This is useful for larger figures that need structural support.
Note: The oil-based clay (about 15 lbs) is purchased from the instructor.

Classical Landscape Painting - Arnold Desmarais
Colors
- Cadmium Yellow (light), Cadmium Orange, Alizarin Crimson, Burnt Sienna, Umber, Viridian, Cobalt Blue, French Ultramarine Blue, Alkyd Titanium White or regular Titanium White
Brushes: 3 Brights, 3 Filberts, one soft blending brush and a small round brush for detailing.
--Pencils
--Medium vine charcoal
--Clear plastic 12-inch ruler
--Odorless solvent such as Turpenoid or Gamsol
--Linseed oil
--Paper towels or lint-free napkins
--Small trash bags
--3 foundations: canvases, panels, boards (primed and/or gessoed)

Still Life Oil Painting - Sarah Son-Theroux
Colors: (37 ml tubes, Utrecht brand is good)
Burnt Siena, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Yellow Medium, Ultramarine Blue
Zinc White (150 ml tube)
Brushes: bristle- filberts #2, #4, #5; pure red sable round #1
Palette knife (a diamond-shaped 2 3/4 inch is good)
Palette cups (set of two), medium to large
Painting Medium or Linseed Oil (Utrecht Oil Painting Medium, 8 oz. is good)
Odorless Mineral Spirits ( 1 qt.)
4 canvases, or panels, 9" x 12"
Rags or paper towels
Palette at least 12" x 16" (disposable paper palette is good)
Dish soap to clean brushes


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Landscape Oil Painting - Joseph McGurl
Suggested palette*
(oil or alkaloid): Hansa Yellow Light, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Medium, Alizarin Crimson, Permanent Green, Greenish Umber (Rembrandt Paints), Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Thalo Blue, Burnt Umber (alkyd) Raw Sienna, Ivory Black, Dioxanine Purple, Underpainting White (Winsor & Newton), Titanium White 
*NOTE: I strongly advise against using "student grade" colors. There is not enough pigment in certain colors, and it makes mixing difficult.
Other supplies: 
Sketching easel or pochade box
Sketch pad, Charcoal, Eraser, Pencil
Liquin painting medium
Mineral spirits or turpentine
Paper towels
Suitable assortment of brushes
Oil and turps cups
Palette
Portable stool
Palette knife
Two small masonite panels (approx. 6 x 10)
One larger masonite panel (approx. 8 x 12)
Knapsack or method of carrying supplies
Viewfinder
Hat, sunblock, bug spray, jacket, lunch and drinks

High School Portfolio Development - Daniel Springer
Charcoal sticks/pencils - black & white
Charcoal paper, decent quality
Kneaded erasers
Paper blenders (tortillons)
Ebony pencils
Drawing paper, decent quality


Traditional Oil Painting Class - Elizabeth Mumford
Colors - Titanium White, Burnt Umber, Raw Umber, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Scarlet, Alizarin Crimson, Prussian Green, Viridian, French Ultramarine, Cobalt Blue, Manganese Blue, Cerulean Blue, Indigo Blue
--Liquin for medium
--Odor-free paint thinner
--Brushes of one's choice (the instructor suggests watercolor brushes, and will bring brushes for students to try.)
--Prepared canvas or panel

 

 

 

Michael Giaquinto is Exhibitions Curator at CCMA. For 10 years, Michael worked at Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the Gallery of Art and Design at North Carolina State University where he was Chief Art Preparator. Michael is an artist who owns the Decorative Painter Art Gallery in Dennis. In 2001 and 2005, Michael was awarded ”Craftsman of the Year” through Early American Life magazine, and is listed in the directory of American Craftsmen. Michael’s work was part of the American Folk Art Museum in New York, NY.

  

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