Exploring Abstraction with Sallie Saunders Term 2

Sallie Saunders is a Canberra based artist who works in many media but almost always in some form of abstraction. Sallie has been a full-time artist for the last 15 years. Her current work responds to events affecting humanity and the environment and her re-examination of personal memories and connections. Sallie has studied with private tutors, in short courses at ANU and at CIT Bruce and in many workshops with established artists. She has exhibited regularly with the Canberra Art Workshop at M16 ArtSpace, The Q gallery and Strathnairn Arts, with ASOC in the Spring Exhibition, and in group exhibitions at M16 ArtSpace and the Front Gallery, Lyneham. Sallie enjoys working with other artists to explore the concept of ‘abstraction’ and experiment with abstract painting styles.

Beginner to Intermediate

Painting, drawing and mixed media materials

Materials to be provided:
Drawing charcoal
Cartridge paper
Rags and Wet Ones
Disposable gloves
Masking tape
Paper towels
Disposable paper palettes
Water jars
Acrylic painting mediums to share 

Participants to bring: 

• Apron or smock
• Sketchbook or 10 loose sheets (A4 or larger) of good-quality drawing paper
• Black ink pens (e.g. Uni-ball, fountain pens)
• Graphite pencils (2B–6B range)
• Kneadable Eraser, ruler and basic drawing tools
• Brushes for painting – bring along your favourite brushes. Include at least one wide brush (15 or 20 mm wide).  A set of soft synthetic brushes – Flats, rounds and filberts – ranging between 5mm & 20mm is a good way to start your collection.
• Artist’s quality acrylic paints (e.g. Atelier, Amsterdam, Liquitex Basics; Matisse Derivan) in a range of colours. 

• The list below is a good basic set from which you can mix many, many colours:

1. Alizarin Crimson  (or a similar cool red)
2. Cadmium Red Light (or a similar warm red)
3. Cadmium Yellow Deep (or a similar warm yellow)
4. Lemon Yellow (or a similar cool yellow)
5. Phthalo Blue (this is the best cool blue pigment to get)
6. Ultramarine Blue (this is the best warm blue pigment to get)
7. Burnt Umber 
8. Yellow Ochre 
9. Burnt Sienna 
10. Titanium White

Optional: Bring any additional materials you’d like to experiment with.
e.g. a Stay wet palette, a flat glass palette, palette knives, a selection of scrapers (old credit cards, bits of stiff cardboard, silicone scrapers).

Everything is available from good art supply shops (e.g. Eckersleys in Braddon. Phillip and Belconnen and The Artists Shed in Wollongong St Fyshwick). Officeworks also has inexpensive student quality supplies. 

The Artists Shed but  has an excellent selection of inexpensive brushes and basic sets of paints in small sizes. See images below:

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