2026-06-12 – American Rogaland Style Rosemaling

Class Details

• Schedule: June 12-14 (9:00 am-5:00 pm CT)
• Location: This is an in-person class held at Vesterheim Folk Art School.
• Instructor: Ruth Green
  
• Level of Instruction: Intermediate, OR Advanced

Description

This is a project painting class. The project is a 16” plate. The center is approximately 10” in diameter with two borders. surrounding the center. The background color on the plate is black green (DecoArt Americana).

And as always, you may use any background color you wish, you don’t have to have the same background color I use. Palette colors can be determined in class if necessary.

The project will be available from the Vesterheim shop. Please contact the shop to let them know if you want the project. If you wish, please bring prepared practice boards if you do not want to paint on the woodenware during the class. The instruction will be for oils, but proficient acrylic painters are most welcome. Both oil and acrylic palettes are provided with the design.

Supplies

Students are expected to provide their own supplies for this class, most of which can be purchased throught the Museum Store. 

Following are the oil colors that the instructor uses. Please bring the paints that you have. Ruth will bring her colors and will be happy to share if there is a color that you don’t have.

• Oil Pallete for those painting in oil
  • Rembrandt Colors: 
    • Raw Umber
    • Titanium White (linseed)
    • Raw Sienna
    • Burnt Sienna
    • Yellow Ochre
    • Burnt Umber
    • Prussian Blue
    • Phthalo Green Blue
      • or Grumbacher Thalo Green (blue color)
  • Winsor Newton Colors:
    • Naples Yellow Deep
• Acrylic Pallete for those painting in acrylic
  • JoSonja acrylic
    • Raw Umber
    • Provincial Beige
    • Warm White
    • Burnt Umber
    • Raw Sienna
    • Burnt Sienna
    • Yellow Oxide
    • Pine Green
    • Carbon Black
    • Naples Yellow Hue
    • Prussian Blue Hue
• Brushes reccomended by the instrucor:
  
  • Scharff 130 Syn-Sable shader – sizes 2 and 4
  • Scharff 480 Scroller – 10/0 or 6/0 (liner)
  • Scharff 426 Teardrop – size S
• Please bring all other supplies that you need appropriate to the medium you use – such as, tracing paper, transfer paper, painting medium, brush cleaner, pencils, scissors, tape, sandpaper, tack cloth, paper towels, tissues, etc

Enrollment Deadline

May 22, 2026

Rosemaling classes are supported in part by a generous gift to the Vesterheim Annual Fund from the Wilma A. Anderson Endowment

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