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Clouds, Southwest, and Landscapes - All Mediums

The Arts | Available (Membership Required)

12535 W. Smokey Dr. Surprise, AZ 85378 United States
1009
1/14/2025 (one day)
12:30 PM-2:30 PM MST (Arizona) on Tue
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Clouds, Southwest, and Landscapes - All Mediums

The Arts | Available (Membership Required)

Clouds are beautiful and varied in type and shape. This class will concentrate on producing paintings of clouds in a sky with a very low horizon line of mountains. You may use any medium you wish; watercolor, oils, acrylic, pastel, gouache. If you are new with the medium you are using, Allen with help you one-on-one with techniques, if asked. You will learn techniques to form different types of clouds and cloud shapes. Also, you will learn how to add highlights and shadows to your clouds. You will also learn what a graded wash is and how to lay down a graded wash for your sky. The number of paintings/pastels you finish depends on how quick or deliberate you are in painting. You can produce any size of painting you wish.


  • Allen has produced art and taught studio art and art history for most of his life.  He was fortunate to come from generations of artists.  His undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate education was in studio art and art history.  Allen has taught high school to graduate-level classes.  He has been recognized by various organizations for his teaching and artwork.  He has been active  in local and national art organizations, including representing D.C. art educators at the national level for a decade. 


  • If you have a question about supplies, email me at areamerart@mindspring.com.
    Oil or Acrylic
    1. Cover for your table
    2. Canvas, canvas board, or primed Masonite
    3. Painting surface size and shape: your choice
    4. Round pointed brush
    5. Filbert brush [big brush for large paintings, small brush for small paintings]
    a. Paints colors that mix well together: yellow, orange, purple, black, blue,
    white
    b. If you have used this type of paint before, you probably have the paints
    you need. If not email me.
    c. If you have not used this type of paint before, email me for suggested
    pigments.

    6. Two plastic containers to hold liquid
    7. Roll of soft paper towels
    8. Mineral spirits to clean your oil painting brushes
    9. Liquid soap to clean your brushes
    10. Pencil

    Watercolor or Gouache
    1. Cover for your table
    2. 140 pound or heavier watercolor paper
    3. Watercolor paper size and shape: your choice
    4. Round pointed watercolor brush [big brush for large watercolor, small brush
    for small watercolor.
    5. Mop brush [optional]
    6. Filbert watercolor brush [optional]
    7. Paint colors: yellow, orange, purple, black, blue, white
    8. Pan of watercolors OR specific pigments in tubes.
    9. Natural sponge
    10. Synthetic sponge
    11. Two plastic containers for water
    12. Water spritzer [optional]
    13. Pencil
    14. Vinyl eraser
    15. Roll of soft paper towels
    16. Cotton balls
    17. Q-tips
    Soft Pastel
    1. Cover for your table
    2. Pastel paper or 300 to 600 grit sandpaper or fine or very fine sandpaper
    3. A variety of pastels which includes a variety of blue, grays, whites, purple.
    4. Foam brush
    5. Non-porous board a little larger than your paper to work on [Masonite, form
    core, etc.] – optional
    6. Stumps
    7. Vinyl gloves [optional]
    Colored Pencils
    1. Drawing paper or pad
    2. Pencil sharpener
    3. A variety of colored pencil
    4. Colorless blending pencil
Allen Reamer