Will Cunha Artist Studio Our front door Will Cunha instructing a group of young artists Will Cunha at work on another masterpiece
 
 
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Will Cunha maintains a year round gallery, studio and art workshop in Kennebunk.

He has been teaching private and public art groups since 1967. He also organized and taught life drawing and plaine air painting at the Whistler House Museum of Art in Lowell, Massachusetts.

The workshop offers the oil painting aspirant the opportunity to study with one of Maine's foremost professional artist instructors.

Classes are geared to teach a natural method of seeing and painting the beauty around us, utilizing the basic rules of art and nature. The sessions teach pupils to use selective, logical reasoning while composing a painting out of doors or using other visual aides.

ART WORKSHOP INCLUDES:
Preliminary demonstrations on location
Individual and group critiques
Color mixing
Perspective design and composition
Methods and techniques with brush and palette knife
Workshops are individually tailored to suit the needs of the student(s). Rates for instruction begin at $40.00 per hour. Please contact Will Cunha Studio for more information.
Oil Colors
White - Titanium or zinc
Blue - Ultramarine and currulean
Red - Cad, red light and alizarin crimson
Yellow - Cad, yellow light, yellow ochre and orange.
Black - Lamp black and Paine's Gray
Brushes
Bristles - # 5 and # 8 long
Erminettes - # 12 and # 16
Sable - # 8 round
(Other Colors and Brushes Optional)
Canvasses
Any size from 12" x 16" to 16" x 20". These may be canvas board, stretched or primed masonite.
Palette Knife - Grumbacher # 1 or # 2 (Offsett)
Turpentine
Stand Oil
Damar Varnish
Oil Cup
Container for turpentine
Easel - Stand up type (sturdy)
Palette - At least 12" x 16"
Paper towels or paint rags
Small sketch pad
Old clothes or apron to paint in
  If you require lodgings for a Workshop, please see our Guest Suite.