Description
Mondays starting from 16th September (running for 12 weeks)
Maximum 8 Students
For beginners and experienced students looking to explore the medium further. The class provides demonstration-led tuition in a relaxed and informal environment.
Students will develop both a practical and a theoretical understanding of oil painting practises – painting from life and 2D imagery – whilst exploring a variety of techniques and approaches.
Class dates
16.09 / 23.09 / 30.09 / 07.10 / 14.10 / 21.10 / HALF TERM / 04.11 / 11.11 / 18.11/ 25.11 / 02.12 / 09.12
Experience
All levels
Requirements
Students are asked to bring their own materials. below is a list of options that all would be suitable for the class:
Art supplies ( available at specialist art shops and stores such as Hobbycraft, The Range and online via links provided ) :
1) Paints (bracketed colours are not essential but would be good to own):
● Titanium White
● Lemon yellow/ Cadmium yellow/ Cadmium Yellow hue
● Yellow Ochre
● Cadmium red/ Cadmium red hue
● Alizarin Crimson
● Ultramarine Blue
● Burnt Sienna
● (Sap Green)
● (Burnt Umber)
● (Ivory / Lamp Black)
OR
( Recommended starter set : Contains all the colours we would be working with to start with at an affordable price) Daler-Rowney Graduate 38ml Oil Paint Set, 10 Assorted Colours, High Lightfastness, Ideal for Student Artists : Amazon.co.uk: Business, Industry & Science (£14)
( Alternative starter set , containing all essential colours and most of the optional colours) Daler-Rowney Georgian 22ml Oil Paint Introduction Set, 10 Assorted Colours, Ideal for Professional Artists : Amazon.co.uk: Business, Industry & Science (£16)
( Alternative starter set , Slighter higher student quality, containing all essential colours apart from Alizarin Crimson and most of the optional colours) Winsor & Newton Winton Oil Colour Paint Starter Set 10 x 37ml : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen (£22)
( Alternative Higher quality set , containing all essential colours and most of the optional colours) Cass Art: Cass Art Artists’ Oil Colour 37ml Set of 10 | Cass Art (£24)
Guide to brands for buying individual paint tubes:
● Windsor and Newton’s Winton Oil colours/ Daler-Rowney Graduate (student/ starter range)
● Windsor and Newton’s Artist’s Oil colours/ Daler-Rowney Georgian/ Van Gogh Oil paints (Mid range, higher pigment content)
● Michael Harding/ Old Holland (Higher cost, high pigment content and quality)
Note:
When a paint name has the word “Hue” after it, it just means that the paint imitates the colour of the original pigment. This makes paint cheaper and in some cases less toxic, such as with “Lead White”. Hues are perfectly fine to use if the original is too costly or you want to avoid using a toxic pigment.
2) Brushes (suggested options are below but you can pick your own, aim to have at least one large, flat brush, 1 small round brush and a couple of small – medium flat/filbert brushes. Ideally get both the hog hair brushes and at least option 1 from the synthetic options) :
● Hog hair Set Georgian Oil Painting Brushes Set 400 4 Pack | Hobbycraft
● Large flat brush Daler-Rowney Georgian Brushes Short Filbert 10 Daler-Rowney Georgian Brushes Short Filbert 10 | Hobbycraft Synthetic brushes
● Option 1: Synthetic starter set (budget option) Daler-Rowney Gold Taklon Synthetic Brushes 7 Pack | Hobbycraft
● Option 2: Synthetic brush set Daler-Rowney System3 Brush Wallet 401 | Hobbycraft
● Synthetic brush set (optional addition to expand brush range of option 2, or add on synthetic starter set) Daler-Rowney System3 Acrylic 300 Long Handle Brush Set 3 Pack | Hobbycraft
3) Paint thinner/ brush cleaner ( one of these ):
● Sansodor Winsor & Newton Sansodor Low Odour Solvent 250ml | Hobbycraft
● Artist’s white spirit Winsor and Newton Oil Colour Artists White Spirit 1ltr (Bttl) : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen
● Odourless white spirit PEBEO 650309 1 Litre Odourless Mineral Spirit, Transparent: Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen
Note: Please do not get general white spirit which is not labelled as “artist’s” white spirit.
4) Rags (for cleaning and wiping down brushes)
5) Jar/ yogurt pot for white spirit.
6) Palette ( one of these )
● Wooden palette treated with linseed oil (guide available here How to Care For a Wooden Oil Painting Palette – Jackson’s Art Blog (jacksonsart.com) )
● Disposable palette sheets Tear Off Palette 25 Sheets | Hobbycraft
● Old plastic/ metal or treated wood tray (neutral colour only)
7) Canvas/ Canvas Board (no bigger than A3 for now)
8) Oil painting paper e.g Daler-Rowney Georgian Oil Block Pad 40.6cm x 30.5cm 12 Sheets | Hobbycraft / Daler-Rowney Georgian Oil Artboard Pad A4 10 Sheets | Hobbycraft
9) A5/ A4 Sketch pad (optional)
Tutor
Anastasia Olarou
