Oil or Acrylic Painting for Beginners Art Class
Stacy Stevenson
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(157)
In this four-week, flexible-schedule class, students will learn the fundamentals of composition and color, become familiar with some of the basic techniques and mechanics of oil or Acrylic painting, and create a unique landscape painting! #creative
Class experience
Through a combination of video clips, exercises, and project assignments, students will learn to use fundamentals of composition and color to create unique, original landscape paintings. Each week of this four-week course, students will submit their projects and art for feedback from me and their classmates. The first week, we'll cover some of the mechanics of oil and acrylic painting -- how to mix and blend paint and how to accomplish the surprisingly difficult task of getting it to go on a...
4 lessons//4 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Getting startedThis week, we begin learning the mechanics of mixing paint and putting it on a canvas. Students will create their first mini painting this week, guided step-by-step via video lecture.Week 2Lesson 2CompositionThis week, we'll spend some time with some basic rules of composition, and we'll work a bit on creating distance in a mini painting project.Week 3Lesson 3Form, light, and shadowThis week, we'll work on some simple paintings of ordinary household objects to learn about the related concepts of form, depth, light and shadow.Week 4Lesson 4Final project!This week, students will create a final project landscape painting!
Homework Offered
Students will work individually. The length of time each student takes for each assignment will vary widely, depending on the student. During the final week, students will likely spend several hours working on a painting.Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
Below, I will provide a list of necessary and recommended materials, but it is not exhaustive. I strongly recommend spending some time in the oil-painting section of the neighborhood hobby store to see what options are available. What's available in any store at any time will vary, and that's especially true these days. Necessary items: A few packs of canvas panels for experimentation One medium-sized canvas (perhaps 16x12 inches) for the final project Recommended brushes (always go with natural fibers): Bristle brushes, flat, sizes 1, 6, 10, 12 Script brush Check out other brushes -- you don't know what you like until you've experimented. You may find some useful oil painting brush sets. Paints: Titanium white Black (ivory or lamp black) Prussian blue and/or French ultramarine Red (I like to have permanent red and both cadmium red medium and deep, but you may choose to go with just one) Green such as oxide of Chromium and/or sap green Yellow Ochre (also check out the other yellows, like the various cadmium yellow varieties, particularly for oil paints) Burnt Umber and/or VanDyke brown Any other colors you see and like. Paint thinner for oil painting(I recommend Mona Lisa brand) Small palette knife -- blade of about an inch. Shape should be spade, diamond, or similar.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
I will provide links to video tutorials each week.
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(157)
Hello there! Thanks for coming to my profile. Things I love to teach: science, particularly life-sciences, natural history, and evolution; and art, ranging from simple drawings for beginning artists to advanced oil-painting techniques for...
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$15
weekly or $60 for all content4 pre-recorded lessons
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Completed by 29 learners
Ages: 13-18
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