Coming in Winter 2024
Wednesdays, January 10 – February 7, 2024
5-week Art Clinic with J. Jordan Bruns–
This Art Clinic is designed to help you fully understand the versatility of this amazing painting medium. Whether you want to create abstract or representational imagery, we’ll cover all the practical methods of using water-based acrylics. Discover what makes acrylics so awesome, including the use of “mediums” as additives. We’ll help you find the best type of acrylics to meet your artistic goals, whether you prefer heavy body or fluid acrylics. Please note there is a $20 model fee paid in class. Class Level: intermediate to advanced.
Schedule of Classes:
Class 1) January 10 –
Class 2) January 17 –
Class 3) January 24 –
Class 4) January 31 –
Class 5) February 7 –
POSSIBLE Supply List
Mediums
There is a TON of additives that we can add to acrylic color. Some add gloss, some thin the paint, some thicken the paint, some make it stringy, some make it matte, some add sandy texture, really the sky is the limit. We’ll go over a handful of these in class and experiment with what they can do, but if you are starting from scratch, maybe skip out on mediums or do the “Materials Pass.”
Brushes- (suggested)- *Natural Hair Brushes or Synthetic Brushes
I like “Robert Simmons Signet Natural Bristle” brushes and “Winsor Newton Monarch Synthetic” or Jack Richardson “Grey Matters” brushes, you can use any brand you like as long as they are “oil or acrylic” brushes and have a long handle
Heavy Body, Fluid Brushes (select some, not all)
Rounds- Size 4, size 6
Filberts- Size 8, size 10
Flat- Size 12
Watercolor or High Flow Brushes (select some, not all)
Brush, large rounds (#8 and #16)
Watercolor Brush, large flat or chisel (#14 or #16)
Surfaces
two – three canvas, panel or paper (depending on your type of acrylic) size is up to you, but I’d suggest bigger than you think
Acrylic Paint Note:
Any acrylic paint will work for this Art Clinic. Any of these varieties will work just fine: “Heavy Body”, “Soft Body”, “Liquid”, “Open”, “High Flow” or “Fluid”. I think GOLDEN “High Flow” and “Fluid” work awesome in mixed media, so I have those colors listed below. If you have a color palette that is comfortable to your painting approach, please bring what works. If you would like additional suggestions on a palette that are for Heavy Body Acrylics, let me know and I can send you that list as well but it’s basically the same.
Suggested Paint High Flow or Fluid Colors 4 0z tubes
Benzimidazolone Yellow Light Naples Yellow
Pyrrole Orange
Naphthol Red Light OR Quinacridone Red
Permanent Alizarin Crimson (Hue) OR Quinacridone Magenta
French Ultramarine OR Pthalo Blue
Phthalo Green BS
Sap Green Hue OR Green Gold
Yellow Ochre OR Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide
Burnt Siena OR Transparent Red Iron Oxide
Burnt Umber
Titanium White (8oz or 160z)
Carbon Black
Not Important but FUN Paint Colors:
Teal
Neutral Gray N5
Permanent Violet Dark
Quinacridone / Nickel Azo Gold
Materials Pass
is encouraged for “Just Add Water” but is an optional fee that rents out all the materials you would need for your Art Clinic class and provides the specific paper needed. For this session of “Just add Water” the materials pass is $40. Please note that with Material Pass, you keep your artwork but are leasing the drawing/painting tools (like brushes and palette). If you select to pay the Materials Pass, please email Jordan Bruns, to let him know. You can always email with any questions.
