Randall Sexton
Saturday, June 17 & Sunday, June 18, 2023
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
$295 non-member/ $270 member
Location: On location locally
Level: All Levels
Age minimum: 18
Minimum 8 | Maximum 16
Class description: A Plein Air exploration of the Carquinez Strait with Randall Sexton! Explore the Carquinez Strait area around Benicia, with a fresh eye toward design, color, and a sense of place at the moment. While reviewing the basics of solid picture-making, push yourself to see the world more abstractly, pushing paint with a sense of freedom. Two days of plein air start with demonstrations to set you up with plenty of painting time and individual attention.
Special Note: Students must have at least some plein air experience and have a proper painting set-up of outdoor easel etc.
Painting Supplies and Palette: It must be compact as possible
- French easel…or comparable.
- Solvent container
- Solvent Gamsol…..(or Turpinoid)
- Palette Knife
- Rags or Paper towels
- Medium: Graham’s Walnut Alkyd Medium
- Umbrella -optional
Suggested Colors: Colors are listed below that Randall uses, however, it’s not mandatory that you use these. (do feel free to use what is familiar).
- Ivory Black
- Ultramarine Blue
- Viridian Hue (Holbein)
- Transparent Red Oxide. (Rembrandt)…or Burnt Sienna)
- Quinacridone Red or Alizarin Crimson
- Permanent Red light (Rembrandt.. or Cad Red Light (or Cadmium Scarlet)
- Golden Ochre or yellow ochre light
- Cadmium Yellow Light (or Cadmium Lemon)
- Titanium White
Brushes: A well-maintained assortment that contains some of the following:
Hog Bristle: Filberts, Flats, and Rounds- #4,#6,#8…..with one larger flat
Soft Synthetic or Natural Hair Brights, 1/8”, 1/4”, Flat; #1
Panels or Canvas: Birch Plywood primed with gesso, or oil-primed linen panels with a medium tooth – (New Traditions Art Panels, C-15 or C-12- portrait linens mounted on board)…However – for the purpose of the workshop feel free to use cheaper panels.
You will be painting one piece the first day, and 1- 2 paintings otherwise….So, bring a variety of panels (or canvasses) ranging from 8 x 10 to 14 x 18, depending on comfort level.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Randall Sexton is a California-based artist that is nationally known for the color and expressive brushwork in his oil paintings of “everyday” scenes. He is described as a “painters’ painter” by Jean Stern (Director of The Irvine Museum of Art). In his words, “As one of the premier contemporary painters of the California landscape, Randall paints still-lifes, figures, and portraits with equal mastery…His work evokes deep feelings, whether it’s the solitude of a deserted street at night or the exultation of a beautiful landscape, each speaks softly to the viewer.”
Instructor website: www.Rcsexton.com
Photo credit: Tanja Kopper