Description
Introduction to Oil Painting Classes:
Season One, Landscapes
A series of four classes, fortnightly between 2 and 4 pm on Wednesdays, starting on April 10 2024 with Edinburgh artist ‘Craigo’ (Craig Seaton Bell SSA) that will introduce you to the essential techniques of oil painting.
Week 1 Wednesday April 10 2024 2 – 4 pm
- Prime and prepare your canvas
- Perspective and vanishing point principles explained
- Tonal principles explained
- Prepare a tonal sketch
- Block in your sky and foreground
Week 2 Wednesday April 24 2 – 4 pm
- Add mid tones and detail
- The principles of Colour Perspective explained & demonstrated
- Colour mixing principles explained
Week 3 Wednesday May 8 2 – 4 pm
- Add foreground detail and highlights
- How to ‘suggest’ detail
- Impasto and stippling principles explained
Week 4 Wednesday May 22 2 – 4 pm
- Add scumble and tonal glazes
- Add final highlights and details
- ‘When to stop’
- Signing & Varnishing
The cost of the series is £180.00 which includes your canvas and all materials. Places are restricted to six at each class. Places awarded on a first come, first served basis. If we are oversubscribed, then a waiting list will be created and a second series of classes organised.
