Painting & Drawing
Code: D0510-25
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II
Level II
Students have basic knowledge of 2-D art making including form, negative space, value and line.
Light, Shade, and Glazing in Oil
Jun 30 - Jul 4, 2025
9AM-5PM
Concept
Explore oil paint’s unique ability to harness light and create dramatic, believable forms through the techniques of the old masters. Through experimentation with various styles and schools of painting, students discover how to mix oil color with light, creating deep sumptuous darkness and bright, robust color and form. Using the latest in technology and chemistry in oil paint and medium, students practice a division of labor, learning to develop light, form, and color through layering techniques, including toned oil grounds, underpainting, grisaille, dead coloring, and glazing.
Media & Techniques
Oil paint on canvas, glazing, underpainting, grisaille, dead coloring
Faculty
Christian van Minnen
Christian Rex van Minnen is an internationally exhibiting artist based in California.
Christian van Minnen, Still Life with My Head in Vase
Join Waitlist for Light, Shade, and Glazing in Oil
Thank you for your interest in the waitlist. When space in a workshop or program becomes available, registration will open on the website. Everyone on the waitlist will be emailed to alert them of the opening. This ensures that everyone has an equal opportunity to register for the workshop or program.
Painting & Drawing
Make, reflect, consider, engage—these are all critical elements of the Painting and Drawing workshops at Anderson Ranch. Our exceptional workshops combine focused, hands-on art making with critical feedback for artists of all levels. Painting and Drawing guest faculty are phenomenal artists and educators with experience supporting students by offering technical knowledge and encouragement.
The bright, natural light of the Wyly Painting and Drawing Building provides an inspiring environment where students can explore and expand their artistic practice. Our facilities are equipped with individual worktables, wall space, easels, rolling palettes, odorless solvents, a wide range of hand tools, computer access with Adobe software, wifi, printing, scanning, and projection capabilities. Spend a week here— or several—and engage in a variety of activities that will fuel your practice throughout the year.
Workshop Details
Workshop Supplies
For general information about studio access, shipping, and more, please visit our info page.
If you have any questions regarding your supplies for your workshop, please contact Lindsey Yeager, [email protected].
Provided by Anderson Ranch
Equipment
- Butcher paper
- Containers
- Cordless drills
- Cutting mats**
- Drawing boards
- Easels
- Gamsol (OMS)**
- Gloves
- Glues**
- Hand tools: hammers, screwdrivers, pliers, clamps
- Laser printer
- Palette knives**
- Palette-topped utility carts
- Presentation projector
- Push pins
- Rags
- Rulers**
- Scanner
- Scissors
- Silicoil
- Spray bottles**
- Staple guns
- Stools
- Tape**
- Work tables
Supplies
- Assorted surfaces, primarily pre-primed paper
- Cold pressed linseed oil**
- Galkyd**
- Microfiber cloths
What you need to bring
Required Tools and Supplies
- 2-3 pre-primed cradled wood panels or stretched linen, around 16" x 20"**
- Alizarin Crimson oil paint**
- Angle shader brushes
- Dioxyzine Purple oil paint**
- Fan brushes**
- Filbert brushes**
- Flat brushes**
- French Vermillion oil paint
- Gamblin Chromatic Black oil paint
- Gamblin Flake White Replacement oil paint
- Ivory Black oil paint**
- Mop brushes
- Phthalo Blue oil paint**
- Phthalo Green oil paint**
- Portland Grey Dark oil paint
- Portland Grey Light oil paint
- Portland Grey Medium oil paint
- Sap Green oil paint**
- Transparent Brown Oxide oil paint
- Transparent Gold Ochre oil paint
- Transparent Red Oxide oil paint**
- Transparent Yellow Oxide oil paint
- Ultramarine Blue oil paint**
- Prohibited supplies: power tools, torches, spray paint, encaustic, turpentine, resin, plastisol, any solvent that isn’t low VOC
Optional Tools and Supplies
- Any other brushes you already own
- Any other oil paints you already own
- Laptop, phone, or iPad
- Old, beat up brushes for scumbling
- White (or light colored) t-shirt for screen printing**
* Available for purchase in the studio.
** Available to purchase at the Anderson Ranch ArtWorks Store for 10% off. The store aims to stock comparable items, though specific products from the supply list may vary based on inventory.
Learn more about shipping supplies and artwork to and from the Ranch in the Student Handbook.
Lodging & Meals
Housing is limited and includes shared and private lodging options. Reservations will be managed on a first-come, first-served basis. The earlier you reserve housing, the better your chance of receiving your preferred option. Please note: Workshop costs do not include accommodations.
NEW: Tuition includes a welcome dinner and lunches. In our effort to foster a stronger sense of community and accessibility at Anderson Ranch, we include the welcome dinner and all lunches as part of the tuition for summer workshop students. Our hope is that this adjustment will encourage all students to come together to share meals and engage in meaningful conversations. The Ranch Café Meal Plan, which is included with Room and Board fees, strives to provide healthy, creative meals that will nourish your artistic creativity. Learn more.
We have established a Business Safety Plan with added layers of precaution that prioritize the health and safety of our staff, students, faculty and guests while continuing to provide you with the Anderson Ranch experience that you know and enjoy.
Scholarships, College Credit & Discounts
Making Art Accessible
Applications for scholarship support are encouraged. Specific scholarships are funded by Ranch supporters, either through endowed funds or special gifts.
Many colleges and universities offer college credit for workshops taken at Anderson Ranch. Discounts are available for students and teachers.
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