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Sefla Joseph’s “Abstract Figurative Painting”


  • Studio 55 55 Howe Road Martinez, CA, 94553 (map)
Sefla Joseph - April 1, 8, 15, 22, 2023

Materials list for acrylic painters for Sefla Joseph’s Approach to Abstract Figurative Painting

Acrylic Paints:

  • Titanium White, Titanium Buff, Ivory or Mars Black, Cadmium

  • Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red, Ultramarine Blue,

  • Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Neutral Gray

Brushes:

  • hog bristle brushes are inexpensive

  • Whatever brushes you may have will be fine;

  • be sure also to have 1-inch flat synthetic brush

  • One or two inexpensive wide house-painting brushes,

    • 1½ to 2 inches wide, from a hardware store

Newsprint pad for warmups, 14” X 17” or bigger

Canvases: three 16” X 20” and one 24” X 30” or any other larger size

Other Supplies:

  • palette knives, at least two sizes

  • a palette: anything you'd like to use as a large palette

  • drawing tools: charcoal sticks, different sizes

  • box of white chalk

  • Caran D’Ache water soluble wax pastels,

  • 10 Neocolor II set

  • Black ink (optional: Walnut ink or other color inks)

  • a twig to use as an inking tool / any other inking tool

  • a spray bottle for water and a plastic container for water

  • paper towels & a few clean rags

  • latex gloves

  • a note pad & pen & pencil

  • Collect figurative images

Looking forward to painting with you and exploring new approaches to intuitive figure painting

  • sefla@seflajoseph.com

  • https://www.seflajoseph.com

  • 831-295-3922 cell