Grandma's Helpers
An oil painting intensive: a story about a happy childhood, apple baskets and endless summer days.
Some scenes need no explanation. Just one look at an old apple tree, a wooden ladder, and a child's basket — and memories carry us back to a summer when the days seemed endless.
An oil painting intensive: a story about a happy childhood, apple baskets and endless summer days.Grandma's Helpers
Some scenes need no explanation. Just one look at an old apple tree, a wooden ladder, and a child's basket — and memories carry us back to a summer when the days seemed endless.
Plans
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Course programme
Intensive
- Grandma’s Helpers
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Part 3
- Part 4
- Part 5
- Part 6
- Part 7
An oil painting intensive
References
- Grandma’s Helpers
Materials
Paints
For paints we will need my classic set of colors.
I work with French PEBEO paint. You can take paint from other makers, but the shades may differ.
Below is the list of paints and their PEBEO numbers
- titanium white25
- lemon01
- cadmium yellow02
- cadmium red 05/06/07 ( any of them or all)
- light ochre20
- raw sienna21
- pink37
- madder50
- turquoise38
- cobalt12
- ultramarine14
- steel blue47
- black24
The only color from the Ladoga/Master Class range - Leningrad raw umber.
As you can see, I have no green.
Thinner
I paint with pure odorless pinene. If you are used to painting with oil or a three-part medium, that is up to you, but I recommend taking a closer look at my way of building a painting.
Brushes
I use flat-oval synthetics. From the smallest to the medium sizes. A wide flat brush you can take if you wish. I will not lean on those. Bristle will not be the main brush either.
While the course is being made, other tools may appear; I will talk about them in the lesson, but they will not be essential.
Palette knife
I always recommend having 2-4 palette knives of different shapes.
Canvas
The size I will paint on: 50x60
In the lessons I paint on linen canvases. The size is yours to choose. It is worth going by the ratio of the sides.
If the reference is elongated, the difference between the sides should be 20 cm or more (for example 40x60 / 50x70).
Classic rectangular formats have a 10 cm difference (40x50 / 50x60)
Squares or circles you also take from the reference.
I do not mind if you move away from the given canvas proportions, for example if the reference is elongated and you decide to take a square canvas.
That is always an interesting creative task.
Mikhail Mishinsky
Artist, teacher
Feedback
Paint your piece following the lesson and send a photo of it. The teacher will look at what worked and what to fix and reply right here; you will also get an email.
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