Oil Painting for Beginners: Portraiture

If you’ve always wanted to try oils or you’d just like to practice portraiture, this class is for you! Oil Painting for Beginners is a crash course in oil painting and portraiture, 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.

Course Dates (5 weeks on Saturday mornings)

Week 1: 6 April 2024, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Week 2: 13 April 2024: 10:30am - 12:30pm

Week 3: 27 April 2024: 10:30am - 12:30pm

Week 4: 4 May2024: 10:30am - 12:30pm

Week 5: 11 May2024: 10:30am - 12:30pm

What you will learn

• Introduction to oils and mediums, including developing a safe studio practice at home
• Handling your brush and brushwork techniques
• Painting wet on wet
• Mixing skin tones
• Painting the planes of the head
• Colour matching and mixing
• Basic colour theory
• Composition

Inclusions

• Kit hire (all the materials you will need throughout the course + a canvas to take home)
• Guide book and instructional video
• 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

Want to purchase your own kit to take home? 

If you'd like to pruchase your own kit to keep, please select the "Workshop Ticket + Kit" ticket option. Kits are $75 and include:

• A basic oil paint set
• Canvas
• Medium (refined linseed oil)
• Three brushes 
• Turpentine

Please note, this course is focussed on getting you painting quickly, so will not include a focus on drawing anatomical heads. It will however, teach you how to observe anatomical structures and construct a lifelike head :)

FAQ's

Is the venue accessible?

Yes! The Studio is wheelchair accessible. So that we can make you more comfortable, please let us know when registering if you have any particular accessibility requirements. You will have loads of space to sit at the table.

Is there parking/public transport access?

On street parking is available right outside the Studio along Camberwell Road. We are also just across the road from the Camberwell Civil Centre #75 Tram stop.

What should I bring?

Comfortable clothes that you don't mind potentially getting messy. 

Do I need any painting or drawing experience?

Absolutely not! This is a beginner course :)

What if I can't attend on the day?

We understand that things happen and life can get in the way! If you are unable to attend the workshop please let us know as soon as possible. If you let us know more than 7 days before the event we can refund your ticket.