Classes and Workshop Information

Karl Heerdt studios offers ongoing weekly painting classes from beginner to advanced.
Also offering private or group two day intensive workshops. These workshops consist of two seven hour days. The first day is in the studio. Three hours painting , lunch and an additional three hours painting. Also includes a painting demonstration. Second day , weather permitting is in the field. Usually Niagara Falls. With the time structure similar to the first day.Call for details.
(716)830-9505 


  






     Workshop Materials List


 Paints

Titanium White
Lemon Yellow
Cadmium Yellow Deep
Cadmium Orange
Cadmium Red
Alizarin Crimson
Burnt Sienna
Ultramarine Blue
Cobalt Blue Light
Emerald Green
Thalo Green
Ivory Black


These are the colors that I am currently using , I have been known to change my pallete colors around a bit . This however is a very good working pallete ,capable of a very wide range of mixes and is suitable for beginners to advanced painters needs.

 If it is in your budget , try to obtain artist quality pigments


 Solvent

 Odorless Mineral Spirits
no turpentine , turpenoid or paint thinner

 Medium

1 part stand oil
1 part varnish
5 parts mineral spirits

If sensitivity is an issue , you can substitute Walnut Oil  for solvent and medium. Spectrum Walnut Oil  available at feel Rite Health food or Wegmans. Is also great on salad when lunch time comes.


Disposable shop towels  (blue scott shop towels) or equal
try to avoid paper towels as they are not very absorbent and soon fall apart


Brushes

Whatever brushes you feel comfortable with that  suit your temperament and budget.
I use both flats and rounds of various sizes  . Hogs hair to sable.


Canvas

 I have tried many different supports through the years , and have taken the best qualities of them all and put them into my own panels.In fact,
Due to the demand from other artists and students I have started manufacturing artist grade canvas panels and am making them available .
 They are a smooth texture triple primed canvas mounted archivally to a rigid wood composite panel. And are acid free.
The web site is under construction but I am setting up a temporary blog site where they can be purchased.
 Dailypaintingpanels.blogspot.com    will get you there.

Pallette

I prefer to use a wooden pallette that is well seasoned and has turned to a nice grayish brown which helps in accurate judging of values when mixing paint.
Trying to mix and accurately achieve the correct value against a stark white mixing area is much more difficult, so no tear off pallettes!


See you at the workshop!