Have you always wanted to learn to oil paint but felt intimidated by the medium, or wondered where to start?

This 6-week, 2.5 hour class is a combination of instructor lecture, demonstration, and hands-on painting. You will have weekly at-home projects and may progress at your own pace. If you have some painting experience, you can work on your own project and I will be available to help.

In this class you will learn:

• About safe and and non-toxic materials

• All about brushes and canvases

• Set-up, clean-up, brush care

• Creating dimension with value transitions

• Planning your painting with value sketches

• Elements of composition

•  All about color
  

• Mixing colors & avoiding mud

• “Limited palette” painting

• The layer approach to painting