Student Furnished Course Supplies/Prerequisites: Full Pallet or Limited Palette oil paints, 1 qty. stretched canvas or canvas panel 9x12" to 16x20", Brushes=Brights, Flats, & Filberts preferred. MISC: Rags or "Viva" paper towels, brush cleaner or liquid dish soap, odorless mineral spirits, Protective Clothing or apron*, Surgical gloves*, portable container to carry supplies, 1 metal or glass container for mineral spirits, Comfortable camp chair (to sit in)* Portable/field easel* *OPTIONAL

Course Description: BEGINNING PAINTING The objective of this workshop is to develop basic oil painting skills. This course will focus primarily on the technical aspect of oil painting and thus focus primarily on painting from observation. Students will learn and explore basic aspects of painting such as brush techniques, mixing paint, color, value, composition, use of soft and hard edges and many other fundamental principles in painting. Limited enrollment.

Course Instructor: Shane Larson received his BA and MFA degrees in illustration from USU. Shane has taught courses in Basic and Advanced Illustration, Drawing for Illustration, Graduate Illustration Studio, and Children’s Storybook Illustration. He is currently teaching Drawing I and II and 2-D Design at USU. He has worked as a free-lance illustrator, doing digital concept illustrations for Frito-Lay, Walmart, Hershey’s, and Deans Foods. He’s had award-winning paintings in the ‘Arts for the Parks’ in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and the United States Olympic Committee National Art Contest.
shanelarsonart@msn.com