Beginning/Intermediate Oil Painting

Introduction to Oil Painting

Description:
Oil painting is one of the most versatile and popular painting mediums, celebrated for its archival qualities and long history of use by master painters. While oil painting can seem intimidating to beginners, this course demonstrates how accessible and enjoyable it is to work with this medium.

What You’ll Learn:

Materials and Tools:
- Understanding oil painting tools and materials.
- How to lay out a palette.
- Mixing colors and using value and temperature to create depth, space, and volume.
Canvas Preparation:
- Stretching and preparing your own canvas.
Painting Techniques:
- Exploring various applications and techniques of oil painting through studio setups.
- Observational painting to develop perceptual skills.
- Translating three-dimensional forms onto two-dimensional surfaces.
Color Theory:
- Basic principles to bring harmony and confidence to your paintings.

The course emphasizes the effects of light on color and the skills needed to create realistic paintings while laying the groundwork for future artistic development.

Who Should Join:

Beginners new to oil painting.
Those with some experience looking to build confidence and improve their skills.

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Supplies:

This course is suitable for those new to oil painting and those with some experience wanting to build painting skills and confidence in the medium of oil paint.

• Basic Palette (cool)

• *This limited palette is sufficient for most paintings– it is a good starting palette if you don’t already have oil paints

o CERULEAN BLUE

o CADMIUM LEMON

o ULTRAMARINE BLUE

o ALIZARIN CRIMSON

o TITANIUM WHITE (large tube)

o WINSOR RED (or Cadmium Red Medium)

o YELLOW OCHRE

o RAW UMBER

o RAW SIENNA

o ULTRAMARINE VIOLET

o VIRIDIAN

o Optional: Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber

• A painting medium such as Galkyd, Liquin, or Neo Megilp.

• Solvent (optional) Gamsol, or other odor-less turpentine substitute for thinning paint and clean up.

• baby oil or safflower oil (for brush clean up)

o NOTE: solvents (gamsol,turpentine, turpenoid etc...) are not absolutely necessary! However, you are welcome to bring some. Oil brushes can cleaned with baby/veg oil, and soap and water. Well cleaned brushes will last until you wear them out!

• Rags or good quality paper towels (I like the blue automotive towels),

• Enamel, glass, or disposable palette. (Dollar store baking sheets, glass plates also work well)

• Palette knife.

• Brushes- various sizes (ie. 2,4,6,8,10,12,14) ...Brights or filberts. A couple of rounds (small or medium) maybe be useful. Sable (synthetic), natural white bristle or other Synthetic mixed brushes are recommended. There are some quality value packs of a variety of sizes and types available at most art stores are a good to start.

• Painting support: You will need a canvase or other rigid support to paint on. Canvas (stretched) or wood (luan ¼” plywood or other wood panel), various sizes. We will start with smaller compositions (8’x 10” or 9”x12”). Oil painting paper or canvas panels would be perfect to start on. You may choose either a rectangular canvas or a square format. You will receive more information before that start of class concerning materials and painting supports.

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Spring 2025

1/15/2025

4/30/2025

6:00 PM

9:00 PM

WED

Main Building

708

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Instructor:

Rebecca Madura

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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