Description
Painting with 3 Colors and White (Oil) with George Scribner
Dates: Saturday/Sunday, October 18-19, 2025
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: Member/$350 and Non-member/$380
In this workshop we will be working with three primary colors – Red, Yellow, Blue – plus white.
MATERIALS
The Supply list has a WARM (Leaning Yellow/Orange) and a COOL version (leaning Blue) of each color. We’ll swap the primaries for some exercises.
If you have paints you like, feel free to bring them. I recommend using Water mixable Oil paints – fewer fumes and easier clean up. I strongly recommend Cobra brand Water Mixable oil paints by Royal Talents. They are the closest to traditional oils in consistency.
I get them at either blick.com or jerrysartarama.com.
The Cobra names are in parenthesis.
https://www.dickblick.com/products/royal-talens-cobra-water-mixable-oil-colors/
a. Titanium white
b. Yellow Cadmium Medium
c. Yellow Ochre (cool)
d. Red Cadmium Light (Pyrole Red)
e. Alizarin Crimson (Madder Lake – cool)
f. Ultramarine Blue
g. Cerulean Blue (cool)
BRUSHES
If you’re comfortable with your own brushes, that’s fine. I use Hog Bristles for roughing out my work (keeps me from painting details/) and synthetics for finishing. You want to work with as large a brush as possible for as long as you can. Much more painterly?
a. One Synthetic Round #2 (for details)
b. Hog bristle and Synthetic filberts #4, #10 (Princeton and silver Brushes are both good reasonably priced brushes)
CANVASES
Three 11”x14” canvas panels (no larger). We’ll be doing a series of small exercises and after each one, take shot of it and scrape the canvas down.
Please coat/tone your panels in a mid-value color, like light gray or yellow ochre. It’s easier to judge values if you’ve already set down a mid-value on the canvas.
Flat house paint on birch plywood. I use flat house paint in place of gesso. Birch plywood is another great painting surface.
VIEW FINDER
This is a big help composing and cropping your image (and judging Value). You can also use a simple mat from any art store.
https://www.dickblick.com/products/viewcatcher/
ODDS AND ENDS
– Paper towels
– Bottle of water (for drinking)
– Portable brush cleaner
– Small palette knife for scraping and mixing paint
– Apron
– Small sketch pad and pen for notes and rough sketches.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
George Scribner is an artist and filmmaker. He was born and raised in Panama City, Panama and has been with The Walt Disney Company for more than thirty-five years as a Character Animator, Director and Fine Artist. In 1988 he directed Oliver and Company, a full length Animated Feature.
Commissioned by the Autoridad del Canal to record the expansion of the Panama Canal, George spent more than nine years creating large scale oil paintings documenting the construction of this multifaceted engineering marvel. “It was an honor to be a part of this project and my way of giving back to the country where I grew up;” commented George about the creation of these paintings. He completed thirty-five paintings now part of the Panama Canal Authority’s permanent collection.
George recently completed a series of original oil paintings documenting the construction of Shanghai Disneyland, a three year commission. He not only painted scenes documenting the construction of this massive entertainment complex but also directed animation projects for a number of new attractions. His new paintings will become part of the historical documentation for this newest addition to the Walt Disney Parks & Resorts. https://www.scribnerart.com/
Email George with any questions. Scribner.george@gmail.com
