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START-UP: INTRO TO OIL PAINTING - L1 / SUO322

Thursday, 28 July '22   9 weeks
Browne School of Art, 194 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland, 1021
5 spaces available

Details

Course Code: SUO322
Tutor: Matt Carter
When: Thur 9.30am - 12.30pm
Dates: 28 July - 22 Sept 2022
Duration: 9 weeks
Maximum Enrolment: 10 

Cost: $420

An introductory course for those who have never painted in oils before and for those who want to shift to using oil paints having used acrylics or water-based media. Students learn to see colour, shape and tone, and to relate these elements together in compositions. This course aims to nurture self-confidence and enjoyment of painting in a stimulating, fun and relaxing environment.
We will begin with the basics of organising your palette using a limited colour range, we learn to colour mix and preparation/clean up without using harmful solvents.
We will focus on observational painting touching on still life, landscape/urbanscape and portraiture.
We will look at tone, composition, space, perspective, and colour with progressive developments in these skills.
It is an ideal course for beginners with plenty of guidance from the tutor.

NB: Please remember to bring materials from the course "materials list" online.

Instructions

Materials list
• Camera (or phone camera)
• Palette: wood or plastic (flat to enable mixing)
• Palette knife (with elbow rather than flat)
• Brushes: preferably synthetic, flat or filbert, various sizes including one 2cm wide
• 4-5 boards, canvases, canvas boards, MDF, hardboard or heavy card: primed/sized – ready
to go. Various sizes 200 – 400mms, any aspect. And a larger one about A2 size
• White gesso
• An old shirt or apron
Oil paints: Essential
Note: cheaper products may not provide the strongest colour. For all colours buy the smallest quantity and pre-packged sets of colours are not advisable.
• White (Titanium, Zinc or any other)
• Burnt Umber
• Alizarin Crimson (Winton, Schminke, Windsor & Newton)
• Ultramarine Blue

• Cadmium Yellow (or hue)
• Burnt Sienna
Oil paints: Optional
• Cobalt Blue (hue)
• Cadmium Red (hue)
• Prussian Blue or Pthalo Blue
• Raw Umber

At Browne School of Art, we also have a selection of basic materials available for purchase:
Paper in A1 - A2 sheets, newsprint, cartridge, sugar grey, wet strength, bulldog clips, pencils
charcoal, erasers, white chalk, black ink.

This list is a general guide only. The majority (though not necessarily all) of these materials
may be used as students progress. Canvases, panels and boards can be prepared fairly easily and
these need to be to your own preferred formats and sizes. If you are using oil paints please come
prepared for this with odourless turpentine and plenty of rags for cleaning up.

Tickets

Cost

Standard Booking

Available until Thu 28 Jul '22 9:30am
Online payment includes payment fee of 2.9% + NZ$0.30. Offline payment details on confirmation page.
NZ$420.00

Standard Booking + $10.00 BSA Student Fund - Donation

Available until Thu 28 Jul '22 9:30am
A $10 donation will go to our BSA Student Fund - helping those who are unwaged or under financial hardship (with a Community Services Card) to attend our courses.
NZ$430.00

Location

Browne School of Art
194 Great North Road
Grey Lynn
Auckland
1021