Introduction to Oil Painting – Thursday Evening (Online Zoom Classes)

Oil Painting Techniques Class Birmingham

I've so often heard art students say how much they'd like to try oils, but don't really know where to start, or feel too intimidated to try them. The Intro to Oil Painting Techniques course, (VIA ZOOM LIVE VIDEO LINK), aims to gently introduce you to the materials used in oil painting and to show you how accessible and beautiful a medium it can be. Once you try oils, you'll never go back! On the course itself I'll get you familiar with using oil paints and mediums. We'll learn to prime your canvas for painting, how to do an underpainting in monochrome, and the technique of fat over lean'.

I'll show you how to layout an organised palette, work with limited colours, lay down a tonal ground, value studies, and of course the basics of colour mixing itself. We'll be setting up still life's that are stimulating and contain drama. We'll be looking at how to tackle a landscape, portraits, the benefits of studying a Master copy painting and painting the figure using this most versatile of mediums.