Classes Non-Refundable

Class open to all subjects. Students will work from their reference material in acrylic or other water-based paints while learning about the fundamental principles of picture-making. Weekly demonstrations and individual attention provided—beginner to intermediate skill levels

Edward Sprafkin has been teaching drawing and painting professionally for the past twelve years. His focus is landscape painting on location called, “Plein Air Painting” which he finds both exhilarating and rejuvenating. When the weather does not permit he can be found hard at work in his art studio. Artist’s website: https://sprafkinart.com/

Acrylic - Supply List

Recommended Artist Quality Heavy Body Acrylic Paints:

Utrecht Artist Acrylic Colors, Liquitex Professional Heavy Body Acrylic Paints, or Golden Artist Colors. Please don’t use student grade paints.

Colors:

❏ Titanium White

❏ CadYellowLight-or-CadYellowMedium ❏ Yellow Ocher/Oxide

❏ Burnt Sienna

❏ Cad Red Light -or- Naphthol Red Light ❏ Alizarin Crimson Hue Perm.

❏ Ultramarine Blue

❏ Phthalo Blue

Optional add-ons. (Buy the smallest sizes to test before investing in larger quantities.)

❏ Liquitex Glazing Medium

❏ Liquitex White Gesso

❏ Liquitex Clear Gesso

❏ Liquitex Gloss Medium & Varnish

Palette: Masterson Stay-Wet Palette System: w/sponge and palette paper insert. (One of the following options - Handy Palette with white lid, Painters Pal with a yellow lid, or the 12x16 with a blue lid.)

Spray Bottle: For misting the paints to prevent them drying too quickly.

Acrylic primed painting surfaces: (Have a minimum of 5 panels plus extra for homework.) Ampersand Gessobord - 8x10 or larger

Da Vinci Pro Panels - 8x10 or larger

Centurion All-Media Acrylic Primed Linen Panels - 8x10 or larger

Brushes: (Note: Have at least one 1” wide brush. Liquitex “Freestyle,” Silver “Bristlon,” Princeton “Summit,” or Robert Simmons “Titanium” are all great brush brands.)

Long Handle Flat Synthetic.Various sizes # 4, 6, 8, 10 & 12.

Synthetic Liner - #0 “Simply Simmons”

Robert Simmons 785 White Sable #4 round Palette knife: diamond-shaped, 1.5” - 2” in length. Brush washer: large empty yogurt container. Paper Towels or Rags.

Acrylic Primed Canvas Panels or Stretched Canvas

Ampersand Gessobord - 8x10 or larger

Da Vinci Pro Panels - 8x10 or larger

Centurion All-Media Acrylic Primed Linen Panels - 8x10 or larger

Brush washer: Metal sealable cup.

Paper Towels

Sprafkin -- Painting Studio in Acrylic and Other Water-Based Media