This class will be held on March 10 and 11, 2023 at Exiles Club, 9 Mitchell street, Marrickville NSW 2204.
2 Day Course - Learn How to Paint Display (Beginner - Intermediate)
The cost of the course is: $300/student (bank transfer only now)
The course fee covers 2 days of tuition, 75mm 3D printed resin figure for each student and travel costs for the instructor.
What to Expect:
The goal of the class is to get a tabletop painter comfortable with the basics of display painting by the end of the weekend. You don't need to have any advanced knowledge of painting to enter this class. Some knowledge would be helpful but if you are a complete novice painter, don't worry! We will start at the beginning!
We’ll start out with answering some questions around how to properly prepare your miniature including reviewing tools, how to use them and how to prime properly. Color Theory comes up next! I’ll introduce the foundations of color theory include color mixing, value, color schemes, color psychology and a bunch of other stuff! I’ll recommend books for reading at home to further your knowledge. This will include both presentation of ideas and practical exercises. Technique will follow the color theory section. I’ll explain how to apply paint using glazing and 2 brush blending. We’ll also cover visual versus physical texture and how this relates to contrast.
From here I’ll include a discussion around how to paint faces and what the differences are between male and female faces. This is usually accompanied by hair and simulating light reflection for a glossy looking mane! And lastly, we’ll spend time focusing on how to paint true metal metallics. Throughout, I will provide visual demonstration of technique execution along with explanation.
There will be plenty of time for one on one support through the class. I keep my class presentation casual as I want my students to feel comfortable asking questions and initiating conversation.
Supply List:
Paints - whatever you are comfortable with or a selection of artist acrylics.
Brushes - size 1, 2 and 3 high quality pointed round sable watercolor brushes. (see recommendations below)
Palettes - wet palette that is at least the size of A4 paper.
Light - LED is great!
Journal and Pen
Hair Dryer
Paper Towels
Water Cup
Super Glue
Scalpel
Emory Board
Aerosol Primer - The GW Black and Tamiya Fine Surface in White are my strong recommendations. If a few people could bring primer that don’t mind sharing in class, that would be excellent!
Supply Recommendations:
You can create your own Wet Palette by following the instructions here.
Brushes need to be Kolinsky Sable or Red Sable Hair Pointed Round Watercolor brushes. Brands I recommend from most expensive to least expensive are:
Winsor & Newton Series 7 (not the Miniature Series 7s) in sizes 1, 2 and 3
Raphael 8404 Series in Sizes 1, 2 and 3
Rosemary & Co Series 22 or series 33 in sizes 1, 2 and 3
310K Rehab Kolinsky Sable Pointed Rounds in sizes 1, 2 and 3 (found at Art Scene)
Lights need to be daylight or white light fluorescent or LED. Incandescent bulbs are too yellow and end up distorting color.
I will bring a selection of my heavy body artist acrylics to use in demonstration. Students are welcome to use them if they would like to try them out. Otherwise, if you would like to purchase your own, Irresistible Force does carry the Scale 75 Heavy Body Artist Acrylics (the toothpaste tubes, not the dropper bottles). I would suggest the following colors:
SART01 Art White
SART19 Intense Yellow
SART04 Primary Yellow
SART23 Magenta
SART25 Dark Violet
SART20 Yellow Ochre
SART06 Burnt Sienna
SART03 Primary Blue
SART26 Turquoise Blue
SART30 Prussian Blue
SART02 Art Black
Please let me know if you have any questions prior to the course. I can’t wait to see everyone there!