Intro to Oil Painting: Still Life Focus

This beginning/intermediate level course in drawing designed to develop and expand one's visual awareness and perceptual acuity through the process of drawing from observation of rectilinear or organic forms. The course introduces and reviews drawing fundamentals. The goal is to acquire conceptual and technical skills necessary to translate three dimensional forms to a two-dimensional surface. Students learn methods for sensitively describing objects in terms of line, shape, volume, cross-contour, proportion, light logic, perspective, and compositional space.

Also covered are fundamentals of pictorial space structure, aesthetics, content, and draftsmanship using still life and natural forms, working with pencil and charcoal.

Supply list:

• 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

CERULEAN BLUE

CADMIUM LEMON

ULTRAMARINE BLUE

ALIZARIN CRIMSON

TITANIUM WHITE (large tube)

WINSOR RED (or Cadmium Red Medium)

YELLOW OCHRE

RAW UMBER

ULTRAMARINE VIOLET

VIRIDIAN

Optional: Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber

And 1 acrylic paint: Acrylic raw 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)

NOTE: solvents (gamsol, turpentine, turpenoid etc...) are not absolutely necessary! However,

you are welcome to bring some. Oil brushes can be cleaned with baby/vegetable oil, and soap

and water. Well cleaned brushes will last until you wear them out!

• Rags or good quality paper towels (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 canvas 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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Summer 2025

6/4/2025

7/23/2025

1:00 PM

4:00 PM

WED

Main Building

438

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Instructor:

Arturo Perez

Arturo Perez has has been teaching for over 25 years (K-12 to adults to seniors), has a Bachelor Degree from UNO in both Fine Arts and Science, has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute, and also volunteers at WWOZ, Creative Arts New Orleans (CANO) and Creative Industries. He continues to be involved in art and dance education teaching classes, workshops, private lessons, exhibiting work, and performing.

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