TRENHOLM ARTISTS GUILD WORKSHOP
Would you like to create stronger and more expressive paintings and use colors that create
excitement and beautiful color harmony? Then this two-day workshop is for you!
COMPOSITION, DESIGN, AND COLOR
with
Tammy Papa
Friday, February 17, 2017 6-8 PM Meet and greet, demo, lecture
Saturday and Sunday, February 18-19, 10 AM-5 PM
$300 (minimum 6; maximum 10)
Village Artists Gallery, 631-8 Promenade Place, Columbia
(Next to Panera in the Village at Sandhill Shopping Center)
This class will focus on creating strong compositions and design along with expressive color to
take your landscape paintings to the next level. Tammy works primarily in pastel but those who
work in other mediums will benefit from the course.
Bring your pastels, oils, or acrylics and we will explore
design and compositional formats that produce strong, dynamic
paintings. We will also look at color and color theory.
Topics covered will be armatures, abstract masses, notans,
value sketches, the golden mean, plus twelve compositional
formats.
We will answer these questions – “What is a colorist?
Could I be one? What is the difference between a colorist and a
tonalist? Can you paint a landscape without blues and greens?
What does underpainting achieve? What is simultaneous
contrast? What does it have to do with color perception and harmony? Bring your own photo
references - landscape, architecture, still life, or figure.
To pre-register, email or call Lee Breuer [email protected] (803) 497-7055.
$100 deposit due by February 13; balance of $200 by start of workshop on February 17.
Pay the workshop fee:
Mail check to TAG, POBox 6793, Columbia, SC 29260,
PayPal to [email protected] or
Access the workshop information and PayPal option on
www.trenholmartistsguild.org
Supply lists are below.
Tammy Papa Workshop Information - February 17-19, 2017
Supply List for Pastel:
Either a good set of pastels or a selection of soft pastels: Try to have a good selection of dark, middle,
and light values in of each of your colors. If you have a smaller 30 stick set, you may want to add to it dark and
light values of some of the colors. Most smaller sets have a good selection of middle values, but not many dark
or light sticks. Some good brands of pastels are Grumbacker, Rembrandt, Schmenke, and Senneilier, Great
American. I also recommend buying a set of Nupastels – I like the 96 count, if you can find it.
Paper - Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper or sanded. Please tape or clip your paper to a piece of foam core or a
board.
Bristle brush: I use a #4 oil painting brush as an erasing tool to brush color off of the paper where you want
to rework it.
Drawing board or foam core board, as mentioned above.
Small sketch book: I recommend one about 4 x 6 inches.
Kneaded eraser
Set of gray markers: I recommend Prismacolor markers #107, 105, 102, and 100, but any three or
four different values will do. For instance: 20%, 40%,60%, and 80%.
Masking tape: to hold the paper in place on the drawing board.
Apron or smock, optional: Pastel is a dusty media. Avoid wearing good clothes that might be ruined if you
get pastel on them.
Tammy Papa Workshop Information - February 17-19, 2017
Supply List for Oil/Acrylic:
Palette: I use a wooden box with paper palette inside, but whatever palette you have will be fine – glass, wood,
or paper, preferably at least approximately 11 x 14.
Canvases, panels, or boards: Think smaller – 5x7, 8x10, and 9x12. I also like to work on squares 8x8 or
10x10. I use panels from SourceTec – www.CanvasPanels.com. Get the ones with foam core in the center. They
are lighter for plein air painting.
Brushes: Find brushes you like to use and buy a lot of them. This way you get very used to your tools. I like
Robert Simmons Signet and Titanium, but any reasonably priced brand will be fine.
Brights 4, 6
Filberts 4,6,8
Bristol brush 8 or 10
Palette knife
(Optional color scraper; I have a #6 cup chisel)
Medium for oils: Gamsol, linseed, or walnut oil
Other:
Paper towels (Viva or Bounty) or rags
Small sketch book
Gray markers
Kneaded eraser
Pencils/pens
Apron or smock
Paint, 37-40 ml tubes; color names may vary from brand to brand: Best quality: Williamsburg,
Vasari, Sennelier, and Old Holland. Good quality: Gamblin, M. Graham, Holbein, Winsor Newton. I use
Williamsburg, Gamblin, Winsor Newton, and Classic Oils (order online; they make house paint, good prices).
Do not use/bring student-grade paints; they will do you no favors. My basic palette is:
Titanium white – Gamblin
Cad yellow light – Classic Oils
Indian yellow – Williamsburg
Cad red light – Gamblin
Fanchon Red – Williamsburg
Magenta – Winsor Newton
Alizarin crimson – Winsor Newton
Ultramarine blue – Winsor Newton
Phthalo blue – Classic Oils
Sap Green – Winsor Newton
Tammy Papa Workshop Information - February 17-19, 2017