Oil Painting for Beginners: 4 Week Course (Term 1)

If you’ve always wanted to try oils or you’d just like to experiment, this class is for you! Oil Painting for Beginners is a crash course in oil painting, open to all skill levels, whether you’ve never painted before or you’re proficient in another medium and just looking to give oils a go.

In this course you will learn through painting and at the end, you will have a piece to take home. You will be guide you through the fundamentals of oil painting including getting to know your medium, basic colour theory, colour mixing, composition and brushwork.

What you will learn

• Introduction to oils and mediums, including developing a safe studio practice at home
• Handling your brush and brushwork techniques
• Colour matching and mixing
• Basic colour theory
• Composition
• Underpainting
• Glazing

Inclusions

• Kit hire (all the materials you will need throughout the course + a canvas to take home)
• 1:1 attention and support to answer your questions and guide you
• Step by step guidance
• Practical demonstration
• Tea, coffee and snacks
• Supportive and cosy environment

Purchase your own kit $125

If you'd like to purchase your own kit to keep, please select the ticket option "Course Ticket + Kit". Each kit contains:

• Basic oil paint set
• Additional canvas
• Medium (refined linseed oil)
• Three brushes
• Turpentine