Exploring Color Media (Triton Online Fall 2026)
Price
Members (6 Weeks): $120
General (6 Weeks): $140
Day Pass (Members): $21
Day Pass (General): $24
Location
Online
Dates
Thursday Evenings, 6:00PM-8:00PM, August 27th through October 1st
Duration
6 Weeks
About the Course
Students in this course will explore painting with various color media, including watercolor, acrylic, oil pastel, soft pastel, and mixed media. Participants will learn essential techniques and methodologies while discovering how different surfaces, grounds, and brushes affect their work to help them choose the best tools for their art.
After enrollment through Eventbrite, zoom information will be sent by the instructor.
Schedule
Week One August 27th Walrus - Soft Pastel
Week Two September 3rd Plumeria - Watercolor
Week Three September 10th Waterfalls - Acrylic Knife Painting
Week Four September 17th Eruption - Oil Pastel
Week Five September 24th Autumn Gourds - Colored Pencil & Felt Pen
Week Six October 1st Jack-o-Lanterns on the Beach - Acrylic
Recommended Materials List:
1. 24 ct. soft pastel set
2. 24 ct. oil pastel set
3. 24 ct. colored pencil set
4. 12 count Tombow Brush felt Pen set
5. 5 mm mechanical pencil HB lead or HB Pencil with sharpener 6. White vinyl eraser
7. Palette or painting knife
8. #1 or 2 round synthetic brush for acrylic
9. #8 or# 10 Filbert synthetic brush for acrylic 10. #6 or #8 Flat or Bright brush for acrylic 11. #2 round watercolor brush
12. 1” Wash watercolor brush
13. #1 script. Liner or rigger brush
14. 11”x14” vellum Bristol pad
15. 11”x14” 140lb. cold press watercolor pad or block 16. Two 11”x14” stretched canvas or canvas panels
Watercolor Tube Colors – cad yellow light or hansa yellow, alizarin crimson, cad red medium, dioxazine purple, ultramarine blue, manganese blue hue, sap green, pthalo breen, titanium white.
Acrylic Tube Color - Titanium white, ivory black, zinc or mixing white, cadmium orange, raw sienna, burnt sienna , raw umber, burnt umber, Cadmium yellow light, cadmium yellow medium, cad red light, sap green, pthalo green, prussian blue, manganese blue hue, neutral gray 5, perm blue light, cerulean blue.
Questions? Please contact education@tritonmuseum.org
Your Instructor
Jeff Bramschreiber
Jeff Bramschreiber has been drawing and painting for over forty years, and while he is primarily a pastelist, he also frequently works in acrylic, watercolor, silverpoint, most dry media and even airbrush. His artworks hang in private collections throughout the United States and Europe and have received many awards. A local art advocate, he has served as an art club president, (East Valley Artists and Santa Clara Art Association), as a board member for the Triton Museum, as a juror with nearly fifty shows to his credit, as treasurer and lecturer for Silicon Valley Open Studios, as a demonstrator and lecturer for many of the Bay Area art clubs, colleges and museums. Jeff also worked at University Art San Jose for 21 years before its closing in 2018 as an assistant Manager, Frame Designer, and Community Art Liaison. Mr. Bramschreiber has also helped coordinate, organize, and participate in numerous local art shows, group shows and events throughout his career. Currently he is an exhibiting and “live paint” artist at Kaleid Gallery in Downtown San Jose; Jeff is also an art instructor for the Triton Museum of Art, The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, and The Villages Arts and Crafts Association.