Oil Painting Classes

Painting the Still Life: Oil Painting Fundementals for Beginners, with Ann Goble

Painting the Still Life: Oil Painting Fundamentals for Beginners with Ann Goble

9 Fridays, 9AM-12PM, September: 10, 17, 24; October: 1, 8, 15, 29; Nov. 5, 19.

FEE: $220, $200 Member, $190 S/T/SR

This class is for the beginner interested in learning the basics of oil painting. Students will learn canvas priming and toning, brush care and selection, color mixing, how to set-up a still life, principles of design, creating purposeful edge variation, movement, and light. Our goal is to learn how to sensitively convey the beauty of objects by teaching the student oil painting fundamentals through lots of painting time, individual instruction, and instructor demonstrations.

Painting and Color for Beginner Artists with Shauna Delong

Friday, September 17, 10:00AM-4:00PM

FEE: $70, $60 Member, $50 S/T/SR

Shauna Delong will teach this basic class exploring the use of color as a tool to problem solving, from the traditional palette to the intuitive. Special emphasis on controlling the paint, using either gouache (opaque watercolor) or oil, while experimenting with various surfaces. This class is perfect for beginners

Finding and Using Your Painter's Voice with Carol Roddenberry

NEW! "Finding and Using Your Painter's Voice" with Carol Roddenberry

September 20-23, 2010

10:00AM-1:00PM

Fee: $150, $140 Member, $130 S/T.SR

Intermediate to Advanced (All levels welcome)- Oil Painting

If you have taken painting classes in the past, have been painting for years, and yet feel that you want to 'kick your painting up a notch', this is the class for you! If you have never taken an oil painting class in your life, and you're wondering where to begin...this is the class for you! We will have a relaxed, fun studio class where you can develop your painting skills-regardless of your previous skill level- by finding your innate, creative "voice"; that part of you which is like no other, and by which you make your work unique.

Many artists know how to paint an image, but do not quite know the "why"; this is one reason many artists get stuck. We have all had plateaus of wondering "what" to paint, how to develop the focus that makes the visual statement we want, or even where to begin. With both individual consultations with the instructor, and group exercises, you will find the ways and means to discover and work with skills with which you have already been 'gifted'... and you will work toward managing those skills as you discover your own "painters' voice" in your finished paintings.

Through lecture and demonstrations, class practices and critiques, Carol guides you to find, focus, and refine your intention and to discover the expression that fits you best. As you discover and create new ways to say what you want, you will also find the honest expression of your own "painter's voice."