Oil Painting Fluency & Flow Syllabus SUMMER ENROLLMENT 2021 10 Weeks, Comprehensive, 80+ Lectures, Studio visits and Critiques DESCRIPTION Oil Painting Fluency & Flow is a 10 week comprehensive workshop offering a fully developed experiential and intellectual understanding of oil painting through assignments, lectures, studio visits and live sessions by Kimberly Brooks. Many experienced oil painters take the class to backfill knowledge not commonly taught in art schools about the history and science of the materials in addition to deep dives on painting structures and the creative process. Some acrylic painters take this as the same principles behind layering and pigments apply. Unlike many courses that focus on “techniques of the old masters”, the course provides the scaffolding to think and paint more freely (away from copying photographs) and draws both from art history and contemporary art to illuminate oil painting. Full Class Description CURRICULUM The heart of the curriculum is recorded and students work at their own pace over the 10 week period which starts when they enroll during the open enrollment period. The videos are short and highly visual lectures that focus on a discrete facet. Each week a new batch of lectures are released. The thrice monthly live sessions offer space for individualized critiques of student work and Q&A with visiting artists, curators and arts professionals. LIVE SESSION SCHEDULE The class meets live on Zoom 3x per month according to the following schedule: 1st and 2nd Tuesdays 4:00 PM PST 3rd Wednesdays at 4:00 PM PST If a student misses a session, they can request a recording within 7 days. MATERIALS & SAFE PRACTICES Any space can be conducive for oil painting. The class is taught solvent-free therefore little or no ventilation is necessary. Furthermore, methods are encouraged to create the least amount of waste with an emphasis on avoiding contaminating the water supply from pigments, an unfortunate common problem amongst users of water-based media. The first week is devoted to studio set up and what materials to order or get to begin. This includes a comprehensive checklist with a list of products. (continued on page 2.)
Oil Painting Fluency & Flow
Kimberly Brooks
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Oil Painting Fluency & Flow SYLLABUS (Cont.) SURFACES All discussion about surfaces and the options will be covered deeply in the class. In general, Brooks recommends starting with no less than 20 inches on the longest side. While students can create their own surfaces using gesso there are plenty of premade surfaces purchasable for the class and a list of recommended surfaces are provided the first week with a comprehensive checklist for all materials recommended for setting up a safe fume-fume and low waste practice. STARTING COLORS A whole two weeks is devoted to the topic of pigments, palettes and color mixing. It’s not necessary to have these before class necessarily as a comprehensive checklist with links will be provided but these are great colors to have around in general. Burnt umber Cadmium red light Burnt sienna Naples yellow Yellow ochre Raw sienna Cerulean blue Ultramarine blue Alizarin crimson (or Rose Madder) White (no Zinc) STUDIO VISITS AND ARTIST INTERVIEWS Brooks has been entering the studios of and conducting live Zoom interviews with artists for the benefit of the class including Maira Kalman, Umar Rashid, Cole Sternberg, Enrique Martinez Celaya, Noah Becker, Emma Webster, Amir Fallah, Liz Markus, Annie Lapin and many more. Only enrollees get the recordings of the intimate sessions in addition to attending the live visits with opportunities for Q&A.. COMMUNITY By joining this program you will be invited to participate in the IAmAnArtist Network which is a safe space of only artists. Think Facebook without the ads, politics or noise. The platform is offered as an indefinite benefit of students to stay in touch, stay involved and to keep engaged with a thriving, international artist community. COST 3 Monthly Payments of $377
ENROLL Kimberly Brooks is a contemporary artist who exhibits internationally. She is the author of The New Oil Painting (Chronicle Books). Brooks teaches workshops at institutions including The Anderson Ranch Art Center, and the Otis School of Art and Design where she received the Franklyn Liegel Award for Teaching Excellence. Brooks also speaks about her work and the science of creativity to museums, Tedx, and Podcasts including The National Endowment for the Arts. kimberlybrooks.com
Oil Painting Fluency & Flow
Kimberly Brooks
FirstPersonArtist.com