Water & Oil: Solvent-Free Oil Painting

Instructor: Wennie Huang

Course Description:

Whether you are seasoned oil painter looking to eliminate noxious solvents from your supply list, a pastellist who want to try painting, or a watercolor painter curious about oil painting, this two-day intensive covers the basics for painting with Cobra water mixable oil paints, made with the same high quality pigments as traditional oil paints with an added emulsion that allows for thinning pigments with just water and cleaning brushes with just soap and water. If you already have your own solvent-reliant oil paints you can purchase the emulsion gel that can be mixed with your paints to turn them into water-mixable oil paints. For day one of this workshop, we will be working from a simple still-life set-up in the studio, or you can set-up your own. For day two, we will be painting from a portrait model in the studio, as well as working from your own landscape photographs.

Supply List:

A. Cobra Water Mixable Oil Paint (choose one)

• For small post-card size paintings: Cobra Artist Water-Mixable Oil Introductory Set of 5 colors in 20 ml tubes ($21)
• or if you are painting slightly larger: Cobra Starter Set of 5 colors in 40 ml tubes ($35)
• for those that already have traditional oil: Cobra Water Mixable Oil Paint Paste

B. Surface for Painting

• Rembrandt Oil Paper Block (10 sheets, 9.5 x 12.5 inches) ($25)
• For seasoned oil painters, you can bring pre-stretched canvas, or canvas boards if you prefer.

C. Palette, Paintbrushes and Palette Knives

• Richeson gray palette paper
• Palette Knife/knives for mixing (any)
• Paint Brushes - (any of your choice - something stiff, something soft, various sizes)

Additional Supplies:

• Rag for wiping, cleaning brushes
• Thin artist or MASKING tape
• 2 -3 containers for water
• Spray bottle
• Smock or Apron

Suggested Art Supply Stores: Blick Art Materials, 1-5 Bond St. (East of Broadway), 212.533.2444 and additional locations www.dickblick.com/stores/newyork