Beginner/Intermediate Oil Painting

Beginner/Intermediate Oil Painting

Adult Class | This class is completed

Adult all levels
9/19/2023-11/21/2023
2:00 PM-4:30 PM EDT on Tue
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$325.00
$292.50

Beginner/Intermediate Oil Painting

Adult Class | This class is completed

Paint in oils a subject of your choice. Instructor will cover all materials and techniques, including values, color mixing, texture, edges and how to select a good composition. Bring a sharp 8” x 10” or larger photo reference. Instructor will demonstrate a variety of painting techniques and provide individual and class instruction and informative handouts, as well as class critiques.

  • Beginner/Intermediate Oil Painting Materials List



    Supplies can be ordered online, or purchased in store at Jerry’s Artarama, Dick Blick, Artist Warehouse Supply, or Hull’s. Michaels Crafts has some of the items.

    Drawing Materials (Mandatory)

    Sketch pad 8”x10” or larger with pencil, eraser, ruler and vine charcoal for drawing thumbnails, doing studies, and transferring the design to canvas.

    Paint Colors

    I recommend Professional or Artist Grade Oil Colors, if you can afford them. They have less filler and cover better.

    Examples of student grade are Winton, Grumbacher Academy, Bob Ross, Daler Rowney Georgian, Gamblin 1980, Van Gogh, Blick Studio. 

    Windsor Newton Artist’s Oil Color (Pro/Student) are nearly as good as professional.

    Examples of Professional/Artist grade are: Rembrandt, Schmincke, Holbein, Blockx, Old Holland Sennelier, Williamsburg, Daniel Smith, Michael Harding, Utrecht.

    Colors:

    • Titanium White (required)

    • Ultramarine Blue (required)

    • Burnt Umber or Transparent Oxide Brown (required)

    • Cadmium Yellow Medium (required)

    • Viridian (green) (required)

    • Alizarin Crimson (required)

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    • Prussian or Thalo Blue (optional)

    • Cobalt Blue (optional)

    • Cad. Yellow light or Lemon Yellow (optional)

    • Cadmium Red Medium or Deep (optional)

    • Yellow Ochre(optional)

    • Raw Sienna (optional)

    • Burnt Sienna or Transparent Oxide Red (optional)


    Brushes and Knives (required)

    • A combination of bristle brushes. I suggest small medium and large in sizes 4, 8, 10. Buy a combination of Filberts, Rounds and Flats.

    • One or two synthetic flats and filberts in medium and large sizes for blending and softening edges.

    • Synthetic rounds in small sizes for detail. I suggest Winsor and Newton Septre Gold or Silver Ruby Satin.

    • Medium-sized palette knife for mixing colors

    Solvent (Mandatory)

    Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits for mixing and for cleanup (do not substitute). Please bring a leak proof container to work from. You can use a jar with a tight lid, but it’s best to purchase an air-tight brush washer that you can purchase from an art supply store. 

    Linseed Oil (optional)

    Easels and Palettes (Mandatory)

    • Portable table top easel or Julian or French Easel. 

    • A wooden palette and/or palette paper for mixing paint.

    Surface

    A canvas or panel. Unless you have painted before, keep the size fairly small.

    Other

    • Paper towels for clean up or soft cotton rag.

    • Nitrile gloves (optional)

    • A color wheel (optional)


Patricia Meglio

Patty began taking drawing and painting lessons in the late 90s, and starting in 2003, she began studying painting with local artists, including Marc Antony Massaro in Branford, CT, Terry Oakes-Bourret in Durham, CT, and Hagop Keledjian in Putney, Vermont. She paints mostly in oil on canvas or linen or on panels. Patty’s work is modern impressionist style, mostly depicting country landscapes, seascapes, and still life. Her inspiration stems from twentieth century impressionist art, including works by Sargent, Sorolla, de Lazlo, and Boldini, and modern artists including Schmid, Hanson, Guzik, Demers, and Liberace. She draws her inspirations, as they did, from early twentieth-century architecture, the art deco and Greek classical styles of urban buildings, weather worn barns and open pastures of the country farms, and rocky and sandy beaches lined with classic New England cottages. Patty is a past participant in juried competitions for the Clinton Art Society, Madison Art Society, Artwalk for the West Hartford Art League, and the Mavis Fenner Memorial for the Rowayton Arts Center, and is a winner of the Merchant’s Prize at the Madison Art Show in 2007. She has exhibited in numerous venues throughout the state of Connecticut and New Hampshire. Her work is held in private collections throughout the country. She is a member of the Hamden Art League and the Madison Art Society.