Flowers Alla Prima with Limited Palette with Ann Musto

This class runs two consecutive evenings for 3 weeks to paint from live flower still lifes. Students will use limited palettes to paint floral arrangements from life. Each week, Ann will guide students in painting a new arrangement using simple compositions to focus on the flower, it’s properties and complexities and painting technique. 

About the Instructor: Ann Musto

Ann has been a plein air and studio oil painter for over twenty years. Her interest lies in working to capture the beauty of what we see in light and color.  Ann’s work includes portraits, landscapes and still life. Ann completed her studies at the Academy of Realist Art in Boston, a traditional atelier. She has been a long time member of North River Arts Society and has served on the NRAS Board of Directors and on the NRAS Arts Committee.

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Ann will provide floral arrangements and NRAS supplies tables and easels.

Materials needed:

• Drawing board
• pencils/ eraser
• paper
• masking tape
• Palette
• oil colors (not student grade..)
• • titanium white
  • Burnt Sienna
  • ivory black
  • ultramarine blue
  • cobalt blue
  • cad yellow pale
  • yellow ochre pale
  • cadmium red
  • Alizarin Crimson
  • indian yellow- optional
  • Magenta - optional
• Odorless mineral spirits! in closed container
• rags or paper towels
• Palette knife of choice, I use T 15, 16, or 17( 1- 2 inches)
• Variety of brushes of your choice. I use both flats and filberts and a mop brush and lean toward sable or synthetic. If you don’t know what you like get a small starter set at Blicks or Michaels for oils.
• Three panels or primed wrapped canvas - you decide the size, but in interest of time (two sessions) I would suggest 10 x 10, 9 x 12 or similar sizes.