I know how ridiculously short notice this is, as I didn’t think to use my blog venue to get the word out, but Maestro Frank Covino, my long-time teacher and mentor, is flying to Phoenix from Vermont to teach our one-week workshop. The cost is $675 for five days of the most intense, informative hard work you will ever LOVE! I wrote about him in earlier posts (See March 5, 8, and 9).
If you are in the Phoenix Metro area and would like to join our small group (the Arizona Renaissance Art Guild) for this workshop, contact me ASAP to reserve your space. As I have said in earlier posts, you will learn more from Frank in one week than in probably all the other workshops you have ever had, put together. Also, our group of artists are extremely friendly and helpful to newcomers–no shyness here–and we do it all with good heart and encouragement. We are all in varying degrees of progress, so don’t feel intimidated and know that none of us will ever try to make you feel that way. Come to the workshop with an open mind, leave your preconceptions at the door, and you will be amazed at what you will accomplish!
Following is our materials list that presumes you are new to painting.
Materials for board preparation and graphing:
Masonite board
renaissance gesso
Golden acrylic matte medium
metal yardstick and ruler
clear 18” triangle
acetate
extra fine and fine Sharpies
General’s charcoal pencils
photo of Old Master painting to work from, 8”x10” one color, one grayscale, glossy photo paper
Materials for sketching and charcoal:
grayscale 8”x10” photo
General’s charcoal pencils
vine charcoal
blending stumps (tortillions)
Exacto knife
India ink and liner sable brush
Drawing and Painting Materials:
pens/pencils
ultra-fine permanent markers, black, blue, green, red
acetate pad
charcoal pencils
vine charcoal
blending stumps
metal yardstick
metal 18” ruler
transparent triangle, 18”
kneaded eraser
India ink
spray workable fixative
Exacto knife
clear tape
artist’s white tape
Golden acrylic matte medium
Masonite or hardwood board
sandpaper very rough #40-60, very smooth #100-200
natural sponge
Knox Gelatin
paint roller for application of gesso
retouch varnish
Liquin
turpentine for brush cleaning
olive oil for brushes, cleaning hands, oiling palette
leak proof turpentine container
easel
plastic wrap
blue paper towels
mahl stick
notebook
palette knives
**Renaissance Gesso
**Covino Controlled Palette
**Covino Medium
Brushes:
bright sable #2, 4, 10
flat bristle #2, 4, 10
round sable #1, 8
round bristle #0, 8
mongoose flat #6
mongoose round #0
mongoose filbert #4, 8
Paint:
*titanium white
*flake white
ivory black
mars black
chromium oxide green
pthalo blue
cadmium yellow light
yellow ochre
raw sienna
raw umber
cadmium orange
burnt sienna
burnt umber
cadmium red light
alizarin crimson permanent
cobalt violet
ultramarine violet
French ultramarine blue
cobalt blue
cerulean blue
viridian green
Shiva cadmium green
Grumbacher pthalo yellow green
Winsor and Newton Winsor orange
Indian yellow
napthol red light
That’s all–enough, right? We hold the workshop in a museum so, once we get set up, we don’t have to pick up our stuff all week–we just lock it up and leave it all there until the next morning. Also, everyone has their own large 6′ table and the space of a dance hall, so you can dance, or go back 30 feet and walk up on your painting to check your progress.
Needless to say, I will not be posting next week, but I’ll be back ASAP after the workshop.
A Pigment of Your Imagination 