About the Course
Triton Online: Adventures in Acrylic Painting
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Tuesdays
April 9, April 16, April 23, April 30, May 7, May 14, 2024
Price: $120 members, $140 general
All levels welcome.
For ages 13 and up.
Overview:
Adventures in Acrylic Painting begins with classes on the basics of color as well as information on materials and techniques. From that point on students will paint abstract and wildlife paintings using both the palette knife and brush. Whether you are a novice or an experienced painter, this theme based course is perfect for all artistic levels!
Themes and Materials:
Week One (4/9/24): Clematis Blooms
Week Two (4/16/24): Strawberries - Still Life
Week Three (4/23/24): Nebulae and Cosmic Dust
Week Four (4/30/24): Porgs and Wookies
Week Five (5/7/24): Summer Surf (Knife)
Week Six (5/14/24): Elephants (Knife)
Suggested Materials:
● 6 -11”x14” stretched canvas or canvas panel or 16”x20” stretched canvas or canvas panel
● 5mm mechanical pencil with HB Lead or HB pencil with sharpener
● White vinyl eraser
● Two flexible painting /palette knives
● 1 each #8 or #10 synthetic filbert brush
● 1 each - #4 & #6 flat synthetic brush or brights
● 1 each #2 & #4 round synthetic brush
Colors: titanium white, ivory black, raw sienna, burnt sienna, raw umber, titan buff (unbleached titanium), sap green, pthalo green, pthalo blue, Diox violet, alizarin crimson, cerulean blue, ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, cad red light, cad yellow light, burnt umber.
Optional colors: manganese blue hue, turquoise, naples yellow, prussian blue, perm yellow green.
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 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 Areas’ 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 President of the Board of Trustees for the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, 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, The Pacific Art League and The Villages Arts and Crafts Association.