Oil painting

Next date: Wednesday, 23 July 2025 | 08:45 AM to 11:45 AM

Oil Painting

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.

When

  • Wednesday, 23 July 2025 | 08:45 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Wednesday, 30 July 2025 | 08:45 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Wednesday, 06 August 2025 | 08:45 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Wednesday, 13 August 2025 | 08:45 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Wednesday, 20 August 2025 | 08:45 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Wednesday, 27 August 2025 | 08:45 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Wednesday, 03 September 2025 | 08:45 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Wednesday, 10 September 2025 | 08:45 AM - 11:45 AM
  • Wednesday, 17 September 2025 | 08:45 AM - 11:45 AM

Location

Ku-ring-gai Art Centre, 3 Recreation Ave, Roseville, 2069, View Map

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