Oil Painting: For Beginners

Week 1
Overview of all materials and safety procedures, preparatory sketching and composition, begin basic tonal painting exercise

Week 2
Colour properties and mixing, palette and surface preparation, begin new still life painting on canvas

Week 3
Begin new still life object painting focusing on light and shadow and complex colour mixing

Week 4
Portrait painting with detailed step-by-step breakdown, skin tone colour mixing, composition and using your own creative flair to make a resolved artwork

*Please note that all wet paintings may be left in the studio each week but everything must be collected within two weeks of the course finish date as per arranged with CAE staff.

PAINTS
Essential
40ml tubes ok
Titanium White
Burnt Sienna
Ultramarine Blue
Napthol Red (alternatives are spectrum red or cadmium red light)
Arylide yellow (alternatives are spectrum yellow or cadmium yellow light)

Optional (but great to have in your tool box)
Alizarin Crimson
Lemon Yellow
Burnt Sienna
Yellow Ochre
Prussion Blue

BRUSHES
A selection of small, medium and large brushes specifically for oil painting. 

MEDIUMS/SOLVENTS
Odourless solvent (small bottle). 
Oil Medium #1 or #2 (small bottle)

SURFACES
A pad of oil sketch paper (A4 sized pad or lat least 4 single sheets)

OTHER
Palette
– A pad of tear-off disposable palette paper (definitely the lesser messy option)
– An old ceramic dinner plate or
– A plastic art shop one (do not purchase wood or porous surface palette)
Palette knife for mixing paint
2 x SMALL metal or plastic screw top jars/containers (lids are a must)
Old rags or paper towel (you can dispose of them in the classroom each week)
Disposable gloves (optional)
Apron or shirt for protection from good clothes (optional)

Notification of a class cancellation will be advised 48 hours prior to the course commencement date. We advise to purchase your materials once you have received email confirmation that your class is proceeding as scheduled. All efforts are made to ensure that our classes proceed to avoid disappointment.

This course is aimed at beginners with some limited experience of painting. Students may already have completed the ‘Painting: Beginners’ course but this is not essential.