Oil Painting
Adult Summer Class | Available
A structured course for the beginning student that introduces painting materials and basic techniques. Previous drawing experience strongly recommended.
What you will learn:
- Painting materials and tools
- Alla prima painting technique
- Basic color theory
- Chiaroscuro
- Glazing and scumbling
- 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 (~12-16oz jar)
- Small jar with lid (~4-6oz jar)
- 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
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David Heshmatpour
Dave (he/him) is a multidisciplinary visual artist working in painting, sculpture, drawing, and digital photography. He earned a degree in Applied Science, specializing in welding technology, before graduating with a BFA specializing in painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2020. He lives and works alongside his very good dog Ruskin in Philadelphia.