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Join us for a front row seat to learn about Rembrandt Oils with artist Jeff Olson!
Zoom Art Talk: Rembrandt Oils with Jeff Olson
Wednesday, February 12
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
This workshop is free to attend online, register to hold your spot.
Class Limit: 100 Students
The Light from Within – Transparent Oxides
Dug out of the earth and formed into sticks and mixed into paints, these pigments have been favored from prehistory through the Renaissance and into our own time.
Natural Iron Oxides are inorganic pigments which range from reddish brown to dark red violet and dull reddish yellow to orangish brown. These ancient pigments are known by many names. These include Red Ochre, Blood Stone (Sanguine), Terra Rosa (Red Earth), and Yellow Ochre, as well as Jaune de Fer (Iron Yellow).
Rembrandt Oil Transparent Oxides are a series of extremely transparent and durable earth colors. They are ideal for glazing and adding a layer of depth by allowing light to pass through. They also exhibit a high tinting strength without overpowering. Join Jeff Olson, Art Education Director for Royal Talens North America, for an informative look into the history of these colors, their composition, and general working properties. Including a demonstration of the excellent results that can be achieved when mixing the transparent oxides with primary colors.
About the Art Talk Presenter
Jeff Olson holds a BA and MFA in painting and drawing and is a working artist exhibiting for more than thirty years. He has more than a decade of college and university teaching experience in studio art, and more than twenty-five years in the art material industry with product expertise in a variety of mediums including oils. Olson’s lectures deliver meaningful insights into the history, development, and application of artists’ materials.
About Royal Talens
The mission of Royal Talens, founded in 1899, is to facilitate and stimulate creative expression in painting and drawing. We market inspiring and innovative top-quality products including Rembrandt Oils. Talens’ Art Education mission is to provide “resources for artists and instructors that engage, inform and inspire artistic experimentation and expression.”
