- Teacher: Sarah Jones
- Course Date: 8 Weeks
- Start Date: Monday, beginning April 13
- Class Time: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Intuitive Drawing & Painting
Start where you are. Trust what happens.
This process-based class is for students who want to begin with a blank canvas and learn to paint by responding—not by copying. You’ll explore how to start, how to see what’s happening in your work, and how to follow where it leads. Along the way, you’ll learn how to mix your own colors—including a simple method for creating vibrant and subtle neutrals—using just a few key pigments. Designed for beginners, returners, and anyone feeling blocked, this class offers a supportive structure for experimentation, risk, and personal meaning. No experience necessary.
Whether you’re new to painting, returning after a break, or feeling stuck in your process, this class offers a supportive structure for experimentation. You’ll practice layering, gesture, and mark-making as ways to discover direction, emotion, and rhythm in the work. Technical tools like color mixing and composition will be introduced along the way—but always in service of your own process.
This class is ideal for:
- Beginners who feel overwhelmed by technique-focused courses
- Artists looking to reconnect with play, risk, and personal meaning
- Creatives from other disciplines who want a way in
- Anyone seeking a looser, more responsive approach to painting
No experience necessary—just curiosity, openness, and a willingness to begin.
This is a flexible, process-based class. You do not need everything on this list to begin. Bring what you have, choose a few paints, a few tools, and some surfaces to work on. Add more as you go.
Acrylic Paint
- Pyrrole Red Medium or Naphthol Red Medium (primary red)
- Quinacridone Red or Alizarin Crimson Hue (deep, transparent red)
- Ultramarine Blue (red blue)
- Optional: Phthalo Turquoise (green blue)
- Azo Yellow Medium or Benzimidazolone Yellow Medium (primary yellow)
- Hansa Yellow Light or Lemon Yellow (cool yellow)
- Titanium White (large tube or jar recommended)
Surfaces to Paint On
- Canson XL Oil & Acrylic Pad – 18” × 24” (no gesso needed)
- Optional: Cardboard, unstretched canvas, canvas sheets, or found surfaces
Mixing and Layering Tools
- Sta-Wet palette or freezer paper taped to a board
- Small spray bottle (to keep paints moist)
- White gesso (only needed for surfaces that are not pre-primed)
- Cups for water, and mixing paint
Brushes and Mark-Making Tools
- Variety of acrylic brushes: flats and brights in small, medium, large, and extra-large
- Old brushes are welcome
- Palette knife(s), old credit cards, or other scraping tools
Studio Basics
- Vine or willow charcoal (not compressed)
- Rags or paper towels (Viva or blue shop towels recommended)
- Notebook or sketchbook and pen (for prompts and reflection)
Optional Tools for Exploration
Bring anything you’re curious about—this class includes space for experimentation.
- Drawing tools: pens, pencils, markers, oil or chalk pastels
- Acrylic mediums: matte or gloss medium, glazing liquid
- Brayer or silicone color shaper
- Small squeegee, scissors, X-Acto knife
- Artist tape or masking tape
- Spray bottle (fine mist)
- Collage materials or texture media
- Additional surfaces: misc paper, wood panels, raw or stretched canvas, + GESSO
This is a low-pressure class—bring what excites you and build from there.
Picture: Joan Miro, The Red Sun (crop)
