Chery Baird - Abstract Painting

Abstract Painting – Structure and Form Instructor: Chery Baird
czbaird@aol.com (only check about once a week) 770-448-5000 - please call if you have any questions

** ACRYLIC PAINT ONLY

Supplies

• 1 small spiral bound sketchbook - 6x6 or larger

• 1 4B or 6B woodless pencil

• 1 or 2 sticks of Alphacolor Char-Kole, black

• 4 to 8 - 22 x 30 in. paper - may be gessoed (Lenox 100 or equivalent recommended)

• 1 inch masking or drafting tape

• 1 quart matte or gloss medium

• every brush you own that you want to use with acrylic paint - you will want a variety of sizes, pig

bristle brushes

• old cloth to wipe brushes on

• 1 roll of paper towels

• high sheen disposable palette or equivalent

• viewer - empty slide cardboard, don't purchase this

• 4 to 6 sheets white tissue paper, can be crumpled or other collage

Paint

• cadmium yellow light

• yellow oxide or yellow ochre

• raw sienna

• mars black

• ultramarine blue (red shade)

• thalo blue or pthalo blue - green shade

• quinacra red or quinichrone red

• cadmium red light

• napthol crimson

• thalo green or pthalo green - blue shade

• dioxzine purple

• titanium white - a large tube

• hookers green

  Optional Colors

• napthol crimson light

• thio violet (Grumbacher student grade) or Utrecht quinacra violet

I recommend Utrecht, Liquitex, or Golden. They all make clear colors. You may bring any other colors that you have also.