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If your study of art has been a self-directed education consisting of advice from fellow artists, random workshops and Youtube videos, it is likely that your artistic development has a lot of knowledge gaps. Along your journey, you may have missed some critical pieces of information that may mean the difference between a successful painting and painting that doesn't work. And the worst part about it is, you may not understand why it doesn't work. It may be too late for you to spend four years in art school studying under an organized and structured approach, but you can fill in the gaps left by years of self-study and experimentation. 

This class has been developed with the intention of filling in these gaps. This information is the result of decades of college classes, workshops and 57 years of painting experience. The class is open to all mediums and all levels and will cover:

• Materials – grounds, palettes, paint, brushes and palette knives (different various kinds and how each function), mediums and references
• The 4-step hierarchy of the painting process
• Design - conception, layout, composition, focal point, etc.
• Value – high and low key, distribution of mid-tone darks and highlights, linear and aerial perspective, notans, grisaille and value studies
• Color – limited palette, split-primary palette, hue, chroma and color value (tint, tone and shade,) warm and cool colors, transparent vs. opaque colors, additive and subtractive color
• Methods and styles – impressionist, photo-realistic, texture, edges, brush and knife techniques, alla prima vs. classical layering, blending vs. tile application
• Reference material – how to correct inaccuracies in photo references, life and plein air painting vs. studio and painting from photos, the artist's morgue (physical and digital)

Supply List:
Duane Langston - Supply List

Learn more about your Instructor here:
Duane Langston - Bio