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Paint our city’s landscape in this 2-hour painting session during the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. The artist will demonstrate and explain the materials used and facilitate as participants engage in the activity as well as the steps necessary to paint outdoors using oils on canvas.

Each participant should plan to bring:

An easel (bring umbrella if you have one)
Wear a hat
8x10 or larger canvas
Bristle brushes, sizes 2-12
Odorless turpentine or water for acrylics
Container for this substance (I use an old coffee can)
Paper towels, plastic bag for garbage
Oil paints:

• Titanium white
• Ultramarine blue
• Ivory black
• Cerulean blue
• Cadmium red light
• Cadmium yellow light
• Alizarin Crimson
• Cadmium lemon yellow
• Yellow ochre
• Burnt sienna
• Burnt umber
• Raw umber
• Liquin (painting medium)

Don’t forget to bring water or beverage…it gets hot out there!