Oil Basics

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Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

This six-week course provides a great introduction for beginner painters to work with oils and for those planning to switch from acrylics to oil. You will learn about brush handling, colour mixing, glazing and scumbling, as well as how to prepare supports. Projects include practice exercises, still life set-ups and portrait painting, as well as working from photographs and from life. You will learn how oil paint technology has progressed to the point where it is considered more environmentally safe than acrylics. You will leave the course with a solid knowledge of oil painting materials including usage, clean-up and storage. In addition you will be introduced to an array of subject matter choices that you could pursue long after the course finishes. Suitable for all levels.