Oil Painting
FRIDAYS 5:00PM-7:00PM - July 26th & Aug 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th

Week 1: Understanding Materials
1. How to read an oil tube label:

2. Understanding Basic Oil Painting Materials:

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3. Oil Painting Checklist:

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Week 2: Sketching
1. Direct Sketch with oil Paint
   ○ Traditional method
2. Watercolor Pencils
   ○ Recommended for beginners, easy to modify
3.  Graphite Transfer Paper
   ○ Shorten sketch time

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Week 3: Basic Oil Painting Techniques
1. Blending:
   ○ Softening the transition between colors
  ○ Use of fan brush recommended
2. Impasto:
   ○ Thick textured painting technique
   ○ Use of brush or palette knife

   ○ Blending blue background, adding highlights, applying acrylic binder medium, adding pearlescent powder

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Weeks 4: Advanced Oil Painting Techniques 1

3. Glazing:
   ○ Layering thin, transparent layers of paint
  ○ Use of medium such as Galkyd or Liquin recommended
4. Scumbling:
   ○ Dabbing paint onto the canvas with a brush or rag
   ○ Creates a dreamy and dynamic effect

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Weeks 5: Advanced Oil Painting Techniques 2
1. Painting Knife:
  ○ Thicker texture than impasto
  ○ Use of Liquin recommended

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Weeks 6-7: Oil Painting Practice

1. Sunflower Painting
2. Sea and sky

   Essential Materials
      1. An oil paint set
      2. Small canvas panels (or value-priced stretched canvas)
         or Canson Figueras Oil & Acrylic 290gsm Paper pad
      3. An oil paint brush set (including filbert brush)
      4. An oil paint medium(artist-grade linseed, walnut, or safflower oil or oil medium set)
      5. Glass Palette
      6. Gesso
      7. Linquin(optional)