Virtual Art & Sip: Snowy Trees (Acrylic) - City of Longmont
Acrylic painting of pine trees in a forest with a sunset in the background

Virtual Art & Sip: Snowy Trees (Acrylic)

Acrylic painting of pine trees in a forest with a sunset in the backgroundAbout This Event

In this series of painting classes, instructor Cipriano Ortega will explore brushwork, the interplay of colors, and the use of acrylic paint to create images of springtime and flowers, as well as an homage to Van Gogh’s “Starry Night.”

Supplies Needed

  • A Canvas per class (or canvas board, or even primed cardboard if you don’t have access to a canvas)
  • Plastic Palette or paper plates to mix paints
  • Masking Tape
  • Water container
  • Paper towels or cotton painting towels (I make mine from old cotton t-shirts)
  • Newspaper, or something like it, to cover your work space
  • Scrap paper
  • Paint Brushes: I will be using: 3/4″ flat, 1/2″ flat, 1/4″ flat, 1/2″ filbert, 1 medium round, 2 small rounds for tiny lines. You can easily just use a 1/2” flat and a small round if you don’t want to buy lots of brushes
  • Acrylic Paints (paint names in parenthesis)
    • White (Titanium White)
    • Black (Mars Black)
    • Brown (Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber)
    • Warm Red (Grumbacher Red)
    • Cool Red (Alizarin Crimson)
    • Yellow (Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue)
    • Green (Hooker’s Green and Phthalo Green)
    • Blue (Ultramarine Blue)
    • Purple (Dioxazine Purple)

How to Participate:

Visit the Museum’s livestream webpage, Longmont Museum’s Facebook LIVE, LongmontPublicMedia.org, or Comcast Channel 8/880 starting at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, April 7, with your supplies ready. The instructor will guide you through the project through video.

About the Instructor:

Cipriano Ortega has been in art education for more than 10 years. He has worked with both adults and children. Prior to COVID-19, he worked as a painting instructor and is very happy and exited to be doing it again virtually! Let’s have fun and immerse ourselves in art!

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