OUTLINE

I. Essential Materials

• Paints and colors
• Brushes: types and sizes
• Accessories and other supplies

II. Setting Up Your Workspace

• choosing and easel
• setting up your easel
• setting up your palette

III. How to Use Your Materials and Color

• how to hold a brush
• how to load paint
• how to make proper marks and brush strokes
• The Laws of Color and how to use them

IV. Painting Demonstrations

• Painting Exercise #1: Dry brush, tonal composition study
• Painting Exercise #1: Burnt Umber rubout, still-life
• Color Painting #1, one color (monochrome), still-life
• Color Painting #2, two color (warm/cool), cast study