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Art Supplies for All Adult Acrylic Painting Classes
- 1 or 2 canvases each class, any size (Try Opus or De Serres)
- Cotton rags (cotton sheets or t-shirts cut into small 5″ squares)
- Container for water (yogurt container or jar is fine)
- Paint palette: Try the peel off palette or palette paper (ask at Opus, location below)
- HB Pencil & white eraser
- ”Chloe’s Custom Set” (10 quality paints & acrylic fluid, $55, Kroma Acrylic Colours, location below)
- Brushes Options: “Chloe’s Custom Brush Set” (6 quality brushes & 1 palette knife, $63, Opus Framing & Art Supplies, location below) OR Artist’s Loft Long Handle Brushes Set, Michaels, location below OR 12 Set De Serres White Synthtic Brushes, $26.99, De Serres, location below
NOTE:
-If you have your own art supplies you may substitute items for comparable products
-If you have questions call Chloe 604-805-5622
-Call the art stores to put your supplies aside & ensure availability
-You’re welcome to bring other mediums to the classes (oil paint, collage, watercolour, etc.)
Art Store Locations:
Kroma Acrylic Colours: 1649 Duranleau St. Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C
Tel: 604-669-4030 (note: they only sell paint & acrylic mediums & are only available here)
Opus Framing & Art Supplies: 1360 Johnston St. Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C Tel: 604-736-7028
De Serres: 1431 Broadway at Hemlock, Vancouver, B.C Tel: (604) 733-1331
2811 Grandview Highway, Vancouver, B.C Tel: 604-681-7351
Michael’s: 665 W Broadway (between Granville St. & Hemlock) Vancouver, B.C Tel: (604) 638-2523
‘Chloe’s Custom Set’, $55 paint set only available at Kroma Acrylic Colours (Granville Island), includes:
- 60ml tube Ultramarine blue
- 60ml tube Phthalo Blue
- 60ml tube Hansa Light Yellow
- 60ml tube Hansa Medium Yellow
- 60ml tube Napthol Light Red
- 60ml tube Quinacridone Red
- 60ml tube Ultramarine Violet
- 60ml tube Dioxazine Violet
- 60ml tube Raw Umber
- 150ml tube Titanium White
- 250ml tube Acrylic Fluid Medium
‘Chloe’s Custom Brush Set’, available at Opus Framing & Art Supplies (Granville Island), includes:
-Opus Legato Series 550 – Round size 0
-Opus Legato Series 550 – Flat size 6
-Opus Legato Series 550 – Filbert size 4
-Golden Wash Brush 2″
-Opus Legato Series 550 – Flat size 14
-Opus Mezzo – Angle 1/2″
-Italian Palette Knife Series 1001
Optional Art Supplies
- Collage & Reference Pictures (i.e: from magazines, posters, book pages, photos printed on paper, etc.)
- Previous artwork you want feedback on
- Sketchbook to jot down sketches, notes, & ideas
- Wear an apron or old shirt to protect your clothes
- Small found objects & mixed media materials (sandpaper, cardboard, beads, fabric, netting, string, etc.) If you wish to use these objects in your painting, you must also bring wood glue, heavy gel medium &/or clear tar gel to adhere them to your painting.
- Colour shaper: a great mark-making & blending tool!
- Palette Knives: great for applying modeling paste, impasto, & creating texture with paint!
Optional Painting Mediums
- Trial Golden Mediums Set/6 $ 24.00 (good if you’ve never used mediums & want to try)
-Heavy Gel Gloss: this medium gives your paint heavy body, lustre & shine)
-Textured Mediums: options: pumice, glass beads, string texture, etc .
-Modeling Paste: very thick medium; good for sculptural effects. It’s white colour will tint paint.
*Note: mediums will stretch out your paint supply, making it more affordable! They also slow down the drying time, giving you more time to blend!
We offer unique private art classes that focus on your goals using gentle one-on-one coaching to assist you in developing your creativity, personal style & artistic technique. Learn in a positive & accepting place where all levels of experience are welcome. We offer art classes for kids and adults in White Rock & Vancouver. Enjoy the convenience of getting an art class from your home or at one of our beautiful art studio locations. In our private art classes we build on your creative strengths in a supportive & inspiring atmosphere. Listen to relaxing music while experimenting with an art project of your choice! Private & small art classes of up to 6 students can be set up by calling Chloe, the Art Instructor, at 604-805-5622. Discounts for classes are available; see our rates page for more info.
Enjoy the flexibility of choosing your own art project while gaining the maximum amount of painting time and one-on-one attention! Receive valuable advice & feedback on your individual art projects and benefit from a free online learning resource while developing your technical skills and exploring your creativity. Work with oils, acrylics, mixed-media painting or books, collage, abstract or representational… the choice is yours!
White Rock Location: Four Winds Art Studio 33 – 2925 King George Blvd. South Surrey, B.C
You Choose What You Want to Learn!
-Painting techniques: Learn formal techniques of painting, colour theory, colour mixing, and composition.
-Mixed media painting techniques: acrylic mediums, collage, found objects, glazing, and mixed-media books.
-Abstract Compositions: Line, shape, colour, abstraction exercises, composition, abstract landscapes, how to evoke mood and emotion.
-Art Meditations: warm-up exercises and studies using the non-dominant hand, blind painting, and stream of consciousness painting.
-Creative Processes: steps of the creative process, how to start & plan art projects, how to avoid creative blocks, positive thinking & set up your creative studio at home.
Art Instructor
Chloe Ulis is a professional artist and art Instructor based in White Rock, B.C. Chloe has a life-long background in the arts and a Bachelor of Media Arts degree from the Emily Carr Institute, where she studied fine arts, multi-media art installation, creative processes, painting and art history.
Chloe is an expert painter with over 15 years of experience in oil and acrylic painting. Chloe also studied painting at the Langley Fine Arts School. Chloe earned 4 scholarships for her artistic achievements from the Peninsula Arts Foundation and 2 scholarships from The Ministry of Education.
Throughout her life Chloe has studied classical and mixed media painting, mural design, interior design, web design, bookbinding, writing, music, multi-media art installation, and many other forms of artistic expression. Chloe is passionate about bringing out the creativity in others. As an art teacher she has taught throughout Vancouver and White Rock, at venues such as the West End Community Centre, False Creek Community Centre, the Dream Academy after school program, and the Four Winds Hill Art Studio.
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