Wednesdays, 1:30 – 4:00pm, September 10– November 12, 2025
9-Week Art Clinic with J. Jordan Bruns
About Just Getting Started: Oil and Acrylic Painting
Just Getting Started: Foundation Painting will guide you through the basics of translating your visual world to the canvas while learning the fundamentals of painting. Our class sizes are small to ensure you have all the assistance you need while learning composition, paint application, and color theory. Students will gain knowledge from working from the figure, still life and landscape. Minimum age 14. 9 sessions.
Schedule of Classes
Class 1) September 10- Demonstration Day: Bring note taking materials only
How to begin, palette setup, composition, and more
Class 2) September 17– Still Life
importance of drawing and the indirect “grisaille” painting
Class 3) September 24 – Lecture: Color
Still Life continued limited pallet moving toward full palette
-NO CLASS OCTOBER 1-
Class 4) October 8 – Painting Day
wrap up still life painting using color full palette
Class 5) October 15– Lecture: Working from Photographs, pros and cons
Landscape Painting from photo- make sure that your photograph is your own. Ideally, you have a connection with the location.
Class 6) October 22– Landscape Painting
from photo cont.
Class 7) October 29 – Landscape Painting
Finish up Landscape painting from photograph
Class 8) November 5– Lecture: Simple Proportions
Begin figure painting, lay out the foundations in grisaille
Class 9) November 12– Lecture: Flesh Tones-
Finish up painting in full or limited palette
“Materials Pass” is an optional fee that rents out all the materials you would need for your Art Clinic class. For this session of “Just Getting Started Art Clinic”, the materials pass $60 for painting. 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 ASAP. You can always email with any questions.
For Acrylic Painting Supply List- please email jjordanbruns@gmail.com
Suggested Supply List for Oil Painting
Pallet
Oil painters- I recommend a big wood pallet or “grey matters” disposable palette paper
Surface
*3 canvas boards/panels/canvases 18×24” -ish
Brushes- (suggested)- *Natural Hair Brushes or Synthetic Brushes
Filberts- size 4, size 8, size 12, Rounds- size 6, size 10, Flat- size 12
I like “Robert Simmons Signet Natural Bristle” brushes and “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. Get a variety of sizes but aim on the bigger size rather than smaller if you are just starting out.
Cleaners
“Master’s Brush Cleaner and Preserver” soap disk
“Gamsol” mineral spirits
Brush cleaning tank – to put Gamsol in, OR you can make this with an old salsa jar and chicken wire
Mediums (what you add to increase the paint “flow”) !!! optional for oil!!!
Walnut oil (made by M.Graham) or “solvent free gel” by Gamblin
Other
Liquitex brand palette knife, small knife #14
Medium cup (Or small baby food jar to hold medium)
Stick of Vine/willow Charcoal
Something to carry everything, (art box, French easel, portfolio, back back, etc)
Paper Towel
Suggested Paint (small tubes, 37-40ml)
For Oil Paint, my favorite brand is “M. Graham Paint” with “Gamblin” and “Holbein” to fill in any gaps. “Quinacridone Magenta” isn’t available in M. Graham but is available in both Gamblin and Holbein. You do not have to be brand loyal, and many artists mix and match brands.
Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Orange (optional), Cadmium Red, Quinacridone Magenta, (Permanent) Alizarin Crimson (optional), Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Viridian Green, Sap Green (optional), Naples Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Siena, Burnt Umber, Ivory Black, Titanium White (Big tube)
Suggested Material List for Acrylic Painters
Pallet
Acrylic painters- I recommend Gray “disposable” pallet paper though there are lots of options
Surface
*3 canvas boards/panels/canvases 18×24”
Brushes- (suggested)- *Natural Hair Brushes or Synthetic Brushes
Rounds- Size 4, size 6, Filberts– Size 8, size 10, Flat– Size 12
I use “Robert Simmons Signet Natural Bristle” brushes and “Winsor Newton Monarch Synthetic” brushes, you can use any you like as long as they are oil or acrylic brushes and have a long handle
Cleaners
Any soap that is not too harsh, Murphy’s Oil Soap is great
Mediums (what you add to increase the paint “flow”)
Slow Dry Blending Medium
Other
Metal Pallet knife/painting knife (Liquitex brand, #12, #13 or #14)
Medium cup (Or small baby food jar to hold medium)
Stick of Vine Charcoal
Something to carry everything, (art box, French easel, portfolio, back back, etc)
Paper towel
Suggested Paint (small tubes, 37-40ml) –For Acrylic either “Liquitex” or “Golden” brands
Cadmium Yellow Pale/Light, Naples Yellow, Cadmium Orange (optional), Cadmium Red, Quinacridone Magenta, Permanent Alizarin Crimson (optional), French Ultramarine, Cerulean Blue, Viridian Green, Sap Green (optional), Yellow Ochre, Burnt Siena, Burnt Umber, Titanium White (Big tube)