Oil painting

Next date: Wednesday, 22 October 2025 | 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Learn about paint materials, organising your palette, tone and composition and different ways of applying paint as you build towards a finished project.

Beginners and intermediate students are instructed in the fundamentals of this traditional painting method, learning techniques that lead to larger projects.

You will be introduced to new techniques so you build your skills. Students will learn about paint materials, the fundamental skills of tone and composition, different ways of applying paint, organising your palette and colours and how to move on to larger individual projects. This course is for beginners and intermediate students.

Level: Open

If you would like to book an additional course in the same Term, please contact the Art Centre for a discount code to apply to your second course booking.

Painting Materials - Oils

Oil Colours: Oil colour set (small tubes) plus tube of Titanium White. (Alternatively: tubes of Burnt Umber, Ultramarine Blue and Titanium White)
Brushes: Stiff synthetic, filbert shaped. Sizes: 1, 2, 6, 8 (Art Basics, Neef, Alesandro)
Palette: A3 size paper palette or 30 x 40cm white rectangle or kidney-shaped wood.
Odourless Solvent: essential item as turpentine can't be used at the Art Centre
Rag: soft cloth
Willow Charcoal: Two thin sticks.
Painting Supports: Canvas boards, stretched canvas, oil sketch paper, primed panel
Week 1: 30 x 40 cm canvas board or stretched canvas. ($2 shops, Bunnings, Lincraft, Spotlight - these shops also have good, inexpensive brushes)

The Art Scene at West Ryde is your best priced one stop shop. But there is Eckersleys at various locations. ArtSmart at Seaforth. The Sydney Art Store and Parkers.

If in any doubt wait and speak to me in class. I have some colours you can start with but you will need a surface to paint on.

This class has a starter pack available for purchase! The following items are included:

Please note materials may not be sufficient to cover all projects for the term.

Price: $140