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Oil Painting Workshop
Instructor: Robert E. Wood
Dates: 10 Friday classes starting January 13 2012
(more details to come)
TIME: 6-9pm
PRICE: $350
This 10 session workshop series begins with Robert doing a demonstration painting as a visual warm-up and guide for students. Robert then spends the remainder of the workshop evenings assisting students in the creation of their own works of art.
Robert's method of oil painting involves the use of non-toxic materials, and his approach of guiding students to utilize the simplest method to create the finest result possible has been both highly successful and greatly enjoyed by hundreds of students over the years.
Robert's workshop evenings are fun occasions where students amaze themselves at the quality of painting they can produce, and every week Robert brings in a couple of paintings for Show & Tell.
Students are encouraged to bring in pictures of their own to potentially work from, but Robert will also bring a selection of photos for those who don't have any (or need better ones!).
This is a wonderful opportunity to learn from one of Canada's premiere oil painters - if you would like to learn more about the artist please visit www.robertewood.ca
What is expected of students:
A willingness to learn new ideas and methods of oil painting.
A desire to be the best artist each of you can be.
This course is open to all levels, but beginners should expect a steep learning curve.
Supply List:
PAINTS - Acrylic
- Burnt Umber
- Ultramarine Blue
- Burnt Sienna
- Yellow Ochre
- Cadmium Yellow (Light or Medium)
- Turquoise
- Quinacridone Violet
PAINTS - Oil
- Titanium White
- Ultramarine Blue
- Pthalo Turquoise Blue *
- Cad. Yellow Deep**
- Cad. Yellow Light (or Med.)
- Yellow Ochre
- Cad. Red Light (or Med.)
- Alizarin Crimson
- Transparent Red Oxide
- Cadmium Orange
- Caput Mortuum Violet
- Dioxazine Purple
- Viridian Green
- Transparent Yellow Oxide
Notes: *Rembrandt brand is suggested, **M. Graham or Rembrandt brands are suggested
BRUSHES:
- Series 10-B #6
- Series 1400 - F #6 or 1400-B #6
- Utrecht 239-B
- Synthetic #8 or #6 or Princeton Flat #6 (6600F)
ALSO:
- Gesso boards or Canvasses in comfortable/small sizes such as 12x16, 14x18 or 16x20.
The most recommended size for use throughout the course will be 12x16.
- Walnut Alkyd Medium
- Household oil (such as Canola, Corn, Vegetable, etc...)
- Palette for oil painting (glass, wood, heavy plastic, etc.)
- Palette for Acrylics (any plastic watercolour palette will work.)
- Palette knife
- Choice of Kleenex, paper towels or toilet paper (which is what Robert uses).
- 2 Plastic containers, 500 or 750 ml sizes are perfect. One should have a lid.
Robert E. Wood Information
Robert E. Wood recently joined the Swinton's instruction team. Robert is an amazing painter and an even better instuctor. We urge you to go to Gainborough Galleries and marvel in the splendor of his artwork. His first workshop sold out in days. We are currently scheduling another session and anticipate it to fill just as quickly. Give us a call if you would like to be on the waiting list.
© 2009, Robert E. Wood
Biography
 Robert was born in North Vancouver, B.C. in 1971, and currently resides in Calgary, Alberta. He has been painting full time since 1989, and his career follows over 70 years of professional art in his family. His grandfather was Robert E. Wood and his father was Karl E. Wood - with whom he spent eight months training. This was followed by study with several other top artists, including Harold L. Lyon, and years of personal artistic exploration and development. Robert has been surrounded by art his entire life and took to it from his earliest years, when his grandfather called him "the little painter".
Adept at portraying a wide variety of subject matter, Robert enjoys painting them all... the mountains, canyons, lakes, rivers and forests of the Rocky Mountains, sunsets, old cabins and barns of the West, the Okanagan, and a variety of still-life and floral scenes. Whether capturing the heat of the desert sun near Osoyoos in July, or the cold of a -30 January morning in Alberta's Ghost River Valley, his paintings sing with color and always depict scenes he is dramatically inspired by.
The experience of painting is something which Robert believes should be shared, so he regularly conducts art workshops and demonstrations for other artists. Robert is pleased to note that two artists he has assisted in the fine art of oil painting are now showing their work professionally - David Ross, and Robert's brother, James Wood. Their paintings can be seen at the Gainsborough Galleries.
Robert also enjoys working on location, plein air painting, which helps his images achieve a sense of true light and life. Plein air painting is an exciting and challenging experience and Robert is always looking forward to the next opportunity to work outside. He extensively travels and explores his favourite regions of Alberta and British Columbia - these include the Kananaskis and Banff National Park regions of the Rockies, as well as the south Okanagan. As well as painting on site, Robert takes large numbers of photographs to use as reference material for his studio paintings. His visual library consists of some 50,000 slides and photographs which are always on hand to inspire future paintings.
Robert Wood's love of the Western Canadian landscape is a never-ending source of inspiration. His mission is to present the beauty, power and grandeur of this varied land as he sees it - in all its colour, contrast and glory - for the enjoyment of others.
Robert E. Wood has been exhibiting with Gainsborough Galleries since 1990.
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