Last Saturday brought another great class led by John Stanford. I almost didn't make it due to the weather. It is a 1.5 hour trip from my house, and the last 30 minutes of the trip are curvy, mountain roads. I am not a big fan of the drive under the best of conditions, even thought it is quite beautiful, and the forecast of rain, and possible thunderstorms, almost kept me at home. But, I am glad I went, not only to watch John paint and gain from him as much knowledge as possible, but to paint with my mom and her friends - very good company, indeed. My dad is also there to keep us happy with coffee and refreshments - thanks Dad!
In these first two classes, I took many notes on working "wet on wet", different approaches for "staining" your canvas, and a variety of techniques for enhancing the depth of your landscape paintings (even though I keep forgetting to bring a notebook & pen:-). Of all John's tips, there are two things he stressed that would make all of us better painters:
- Use more paint.
- Keep all of your materials clean.
Another point that came up in class that I wanted to include here for discussion purposes: I, and several others in class, were under the impression that you could paint oil over acrylics, but John cautioned against this practice. He pointed out that oil over oil is a molecular bond, but oil over acrylics is only a surface bond, and that it may peal off over time. I would love to hear from others about your experiences with this.
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