Whether you’re new to painting or returning to the fundamentals, this class is your chance to build a strong foundation. We’ll cover essential techniques like color mixing, brush handling, layering, and composition using accessible materials. Through step-by-step exercises and guided projects, you’ll gain confidence and develop your own creative style. Perfect for beginners or anyone looking to refresh their skills in a supportive, hands-on environment.
Materials:
– Sketchbook
– Pencils
– Eraser
– A pad of Canvas paper (Oleo, thick watercolor paper, or canva paper is fine)
– Oil Paints OR Acrylic Paints
Kits are fine, but if you choose to purchase individual tubes of color, please include these:
- Titanium white
- Burnt Siena
- Cadmium Red
- Permanent Alizarin Crimson
- Ultramarine Blue
- Phthalo Blue
- Cadmium Yellow
- Lemon Yellow
– Optional additional colors Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber
– Firm Bristle Paint Brushes Please select one or two small, medium, and large round brushes, as well as flathead brushes
-Palette: A palette is any surface on which you can mix your paint. I prefer to use a covered palette which preserves paint for longer use. You want a palette big enough to mix all your colors on
– Odorless Gamsol, Turpenoid, or other odorless mineral spirits
-Linseed Oil: Linseed oil increases the transparency of paint as well as the fluidity, while maintaining the paint’s oil base.
-Glass Jar: to hold our solvent. You may want to purchase one with a metal coil inside to help clean brushes. Bring an extra empty, sealable jam jar as well.
-Palette Knife; if you prefer to mix your colors with brushes, that is fine.
-Rags: Used for cleaning/drying brushes
-Painting Clothes: These are clothes you don’t mind getting paint on
-Canvas: Canvas boards are very economical but you may want to choose a stretched canvas. The stretched canvases one can purchase at art stores are already primed and ready to paint on. If you are stretching your own canvas, you will need to prime your surface with an acrylic gesso. Bring at least one of a smaller dimension, for example an 8” x 10” canvas board, and one larger surface, for example a 16” x 20” stretched canvas.
