Beginners oil painting course
A traditional course in oil painting (EN/DE)
Overview
Our Summer oil painting course in our studio on Donaustrasse in the heart of Neukölln consists of four Saturday classes plus a curated exhibition of your artworks at a gallery space or online. The course offers a beginners active introduction to oil painting. The course will break down many of the myths surrounding oil painting and enable students to become familiar with oil paint and painting techniques. The course will provide you with an introduction to paint handling, under painting, composition, mediums, colour theory, glazing and mark making. Working alongside a practicing artist with one on one tutorials and demos with a maximum of three other students you will develop and hone your artistic skills. The class is led by an artist with over fifteen years of experience in teaching and oil painting. You will be learning traditional techniques alongside contemporary ideas around painting. By the end of this course you will understand how to use oil paints with various mediums, be able to undertake a painting alone, have basic proficiency in colour mixing, how to study a master a create a tonal understudy and have a basic understanding of colour theory.
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Summer course in oil painting - July - august 2021
autumn course in oil painting October - November 2021
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