Oil Painting from Observation with Susan Gallacher

Taught by the highly accomplished and well-known Utah artist Susan Gallacher, this exciting 3-day oil painting workshop is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your skills in landscape and still-life painting. Participants can expect to sharpen their understanding of various artistic elements, including value (shading and contrast), color theory, texture (adding depth and dimension), and compositional design (arranging elements within the artwork). You will surely walk away from this workshop feeling like a stronger painter, with new work you can be proud of!

*Susan Gallacher’s workshop includes 3 days of oil-painting, from 10am-5pm at Visual Art Institute in South Salt Lake. Easels will be readily available in the classroom for student use. Students are responsible to bring their own paints, brushes, solvents, and painting surfaces.

Please view the supply list below:

Oil Paints: Titanium White, F. Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean Blue, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow Med. or Light, Cadmium Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, And your favorite colors such as: Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Viridian Green, Cadmium Orange, Ult. Violet etc.

Solvent: Odorless Turpenoid or other good solvent and holder.

Brushes: Bring your favorite oil painting brushes. Need suggestions? Some good ones are Hog Bristle Flats, sizes 4 and 6. Synthetic Flats, sizes 2, and 4. And a very small round synthetic brush for signing.

Painting Surface: The best is gessoed mdf hardboard, or gessoed canvas panels. Please bring 6 panels from 8×10 to 12×16 inches.

*For painting, wear comfortable clothing that is not a bright color as the color can reflect onto your canvas and affect your color sense. For questions, email: Susan Gallacher at: sgallaart@yahoo.com