Painting More Realistically: Tricks for the Trompe L’oeil Style

Instructor	Nick D'Angelo
Schedule	Thursdays · 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Dates	March 13–27, 2025
Ages	Adults
Type	Onsite
Medium	Drawing & Painting
Level	All Levels
Cost	Members $122.00 · Non-Members $138.50

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Learn “fool the eye” methods of painting. Paint still life set-ups and objects form photographs that will make viewers want to reach out and touch the “real” image.

Student Supply List:

Get some of these to start or all. We can decide more during first class.     

• Small PRIMED canvas (stretched or board) or PRIMED wood panel          
• Oil Colors: (Winsor Newton, Grumbacher, Gamblin, Winton)              
  
  • White: Titanium (large)
  • Transparent White              
  • Black: Ivory, Mars
  • Payne’s Gray
  • Davy’s Gray              
  • Earth tones: Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Raw Umber              
  • Blue: Winsor Blue (Green Shade) or Ultramarine, Prussian              
  • Green: Viridian, Sap Green, Prussian              
  • Yellow: Winsor Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Indian Yellow              
  • Red: Winsor Red, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson (or Hue)              
  • Extra for the more adventurous: 
    
    • Warm or unbleached white
    • Transparent Maroon
    • Naples Yellow
    • Jeune Brilliant, 
    • Permanent Rose          
• Brushes: Assorted sizes (Princeton, Loews Cornell brands) 
  
  • Spotter Rounds, 
  • Filberts (Cat’s Tongue is good)
  • Flats, also, old, used brushes that lost their shape (point).          
• Palette: Wood, plexiglass, or paper pad with disposable sheets (coated is good)  ( I also use white plastic lids of all sizes.)         
• Palette Knife: small metal offset (I collect wooden coffee stirrers, chopsticks, skewers –    anything for mixing/stirring)          
• Pencils: 2H, HB (which is most household pencils) 3 or 4B          
• Odorless Mineral Spirits or Turpenoid for cleaning brushes         
• Jar for solvent          
• Paper towels and paint rags         
• Small Notebook