Oil Painting, Morning (tuition-free)
Adult Tuition-Free Class | Registration opens Monday, July 13, 2026 8:00 AM EDT
A structured course for the beginning student that introduces painting materials and basic techniques. Previous drawing experience strongly recommended.
What You Will Learn:
1. Painting materials and tools
2. Alla prima painting technique
3. Basic color theory
4. Chiaroscuro
5. Glazing and scumbling
Please note: Tuition-free classes require an active Fleisher membership.
Please note: There is no class scheduled for 9/21 (Yom Kippur) or 10/12 (Indigenous Peoples' Day).
- 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
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