Foundation Skills in Oil Painting - Summer Term 2021
The highlight of my week!
- a Friday morning class student
New courses will be starting in late April, with the current plan
to hold them in person. The studio will allow for social distancing and masks will be required.
The highlight of my week!
- a Friday morning class student
New courses will be starting in late April, with the current plan
to hold them in person. The studio will allow for social distancing and masks will be required.
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Ongoing painting courses
10 weeks: Tues 7-9:30pm (April 27 - July 6, no class on June 1) / Thurs 9:30pm (April 29 - July 8, no class on June 3) / Fri 10am -12:30pm (April 23 - July 2, no class on June 4) All currently full, but spaces occasionally open up so join the waitlist if interested... These courses build on foundation oil painting skills, delving deeper into the main principles. Students who have attended an introduction course or have a foundation in oil painting are able to join when spots open up. Please get in touch if you are interested in joining a wait list for these courses. |
Saturday Morning Introduction to Oil Painting Course
Six weeks: April 24 - May 29 10am-12:30pm fees: £125 + £25 materials fee FULLY BOOKED Next dates: September 4 - October 9 (get in touch to secure a spot) This course for beginners (or those who are feeling rusty). Each week we'll cover a fundamental of building up an oil painting, from establishing value and creating atmosphere, to composition and brushwork, and of course colour mixing and colour relationships. After six weeks you'll have a foundation in oils and be ready to explore more! Another six-week intro course will take place in the autumn - please get in touch if interested. |
Further description of the oil painting courses: These courses explore the basics of oil painting: in other words, it covers skills that painters revisit and experiment with their entire careers. You'll learn about topics such as setting up your palette and materials, how to use mediums and grounds, the importance of tone, brushwork, colour mixing and colour relationships, composition and more. You will learn a few different ways of starting a painting, and see the difference between working quickly in 'wet-on-wet' and building up layers over time. We work from a variety of subject matter and sources of inspiration, looking at a great deal of paintings from art history (up to the present) and painting from still-life, landscape, portraiture and self-portraiture, as well as sometimes working from combined images/mixed media and more abstract compositions in the more experienced groups. Occasionally we meet up at an exhibition in a gallery that might be especially relevant to what we are doing in class, although these visits are totally optional. The courses are carefully planned so that each week builds on the previous, so that by the end of each course you will have gained confidence in working with oil paints. Students who continue for multiple terms deepen their knowledge of painting and experiment with diverse approaches and topics.
Small groups (8 students max normally, and 5 during COVID rules) mean a great deal of one-to-one attention. The classes are appropriate for beginners and more experienced painters. Classes take place in supportive and convivial atmosphere. Classes take place at our private studio in Stoke Newington, on Clissold Crescent, just south of Clissold Park. (Note: The studio requires climbing two flights of stairs.)
Small groups (8 students max normally, and 5 during COVID rules) mean a great deal of one-to-one attention. The classes are appropriate for beginners and more experienced painters. Classes take place in supportive and convivial atmosphere. Classes take place at our private studio in Stoke Newington, on Clissold Crescent, just south of Clissold Park. (Note: The studio requires climbing two flights of stairs.)