Can you make it? Today we are starting a new painting. I will talk about what to paint on, where to paint, and demo 3 ways to get your sketch onto your panel. @Fefe G @Anthony McCartney @Rebecca Martin @Rex E Goethe @Firenze Banks @Janice Peterson @Lisa Vanderveen @Christine Ross @Shari Walker Kearney

Several of you showed up for the first class of painting Hometown Dreams @Kate Bullock original image. I appreciate that more than you know. I'm going to be upfront- 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟 🎯 I WILL DO BETTER! 🎯 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 We are moving to Zoom - I tested Skool with optimism but it just didn't deliver the quality I expect for you. 😵‍💫 I was so flustered 👩‍💻👩‍💻 tech didn't cooperate ⏺️⏺️⏺️ I forgot to hit the Record Not happening again. ❓❓❓ But the questions and input were great! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧑‍🤝‍🧑. The interaction was fabulous! 👍🏻 The value was there. I’ve already added a few things to the classroom today: updates for Canadian students on mineral spirits and I’ll be adding lighting (can’t believe I skipped that 😆) 🎯 We’re building this together ⏰⏰ in real time 💬💬💬 I want your feedback. What could I make better for you? What worked and what didn’t? I am asking for full open and honest. No need to be sugary.

Sorry all you painters….. just thought I would post a couple of dull black and white drawings. These are the last two drawings in my military series. I am starting to get some nice personal pictures sent to me from soldiers to draw. I think they will be a game changer. The first one is pretty powerful and could be difficult to look at if I can pull it off.

Artists, by nature, are conservative spenders. I tremendously value this! Each brand of paint has a unique formula that consists of basically 2 or 3 things. 🌟🌟🌟. PIGMENT 🪣🪣. CARRIER 👽. FILLER Those 👽👽👽 (fillers) can sabotage your painting in 30 seconds if you don't gain the knowledge. Dull color Mud Weird Texture And you might think that it's your technique that is the problem. _______________ So here's what we do. 1. Learn how to work with what you have already. 2. Don't panic and buy new. 3. Upgrade to better quality paint BUT ONLY WHEN your existing tube is gone. FOR CANADA STUDENTS - Here is a list from Michaels.ca Winsor Newton WINTON oil paints - these are the EXACT paints I teach with. These are student paints with a good quality. You can buy one tube at a time. Gamblin 1980 - these are a GREAT option - maybe even a little higher quality than WINTON. You can go for these when you want to really start selling your work. Gamsol - for cleaning brushes DO NOT BUY -Anything that says "Water Soluble" - they will not mix or behave the same way at all! -Anything that says "substitute" - this will leave waxy residue. Guessing with paint is expensive… and frustrating 😆 This is a 1:1 session. Make your Paints Predictable HERE.

Attached are the two reference images. 🟡 Hometown Dreams by @Kate Bullock - being taught on Tuesdays. 🟢 Twilight in Flames by @Janice Peterson - being taught on Thursdays. This is for you to print or reference while painting. Download them to your computer. They are also available in the classroom now. These are 8" x 10", sized for the canvas that I will be teaching the class with.