Oil Painting

Adult Tuition-Free Class | This program is completed

All levels welcome.

1/6/2020-3/9/2020

7:00 PM-9:30 PM EDT on Mon

Download iCalendar

$15.00

A structured course for the beginning student that introduces painting materials and basic techniques. The focus is on oil painting, but acrylics are permitted. Previous drawing experience strongly recommended.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE
1. Painting materials and tools
2. Alla prima painting technique
3. Basic color theory
4. Chiaroscuro
5. Glazing and scumbling


• Participants must have a valid Fleisher membership.

  • This Monday class is eight sessions in order to accommodate the two holidays that occur during the winter term: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 20, and Presidents’ Day, February 17. The class will not be held on these days and there are no makeup sessions.
  • • Four canvases (16” X 20” suggested); do not use canvas board or canvas paper
  • • Palette, or pad of disposable palette sheets
  • • Palette cup
  • • Odorless paint thinner (quart or larger recommended)
  • • Large jar with lid
  • • Small jar with lid
  • • Refined linseed oil or prepared oil painting medium
  • • Metal painting or palette knife
  • • Natural bristle brushes in a variety of sizes and shapes
  • • soft vine charcoal (thin stick - optional).
  • • Spray fixative (optional)
  • • Paper towels or soft, lint-free rags
  • • Paints:Titanium white (large tube), Burnt sienna, Yellow ochre, Lemon yellow, Cadmium yellow (medium) or permanent yellow (medium), Cadmium red (medium), Alizarin crimson, (French) ultramarine blue, Cerulean blue, Ivory black