Intermediate Abstract

Instructor: Zona Wainwright

Description: Each student will utilize their training from basic instruction to continue developing their personal expression and further explore the process of abstract art. This class will include:

Working intuitively
Finding their natural “mark”
Using photos, blind contour drawing, and spontaneous line drawings as inspiration
Working in a series
Working from observations
Investigating composition using the formal elements and principles of design
Practical demonstrations

Prerequisites: You must have completed Zona Wainwright's Beginning Abstract Painting Class.

Supplies:

Acrylic paints (Golden brand tubes required unless otherwise noted):
- Burnt sienna
- Cadmium red medium
- Cadmium yellow medium
- Cobalt blue
- Dioxazine purple
- Mars black or ivory black
- Napthol red medium
- Phthalo blue
- Raw umber
- Ultramarine blue
- Yellow ochre
- White 16.8oz abstract Sennelier brand
Staedtler 8B pencil
Liquitex brand matte or gloss medium - 8oz
Palette paper 16 x 20” or 18 x 24”
Palette knife - RGN brand either 109, 106, or 98
Brushes - minimum: Princeton Select #12 round (one), 1” flat wash (two), 1 1/2” bristle bright (one). You may also bring other brushes of your choice.
Paper towels - 1 roll
Support - choice of watercolor paper, illustration board, or canvas
About 1/2-gallon-sized water bucket
Masking tape
Push pins (handful)
Pencil sharpener