Beginning and Intermediate Oil Painting

Class Description

In the first two sessions, students will learn about color mixing, color theory, and what makes a good composition. The remaining classes will be spent painting and receiving one-on-one and group instruction. OIL PAINTING SUPPLIES Not everything on this list is absolutely required.  If you have some supplies, please just bring what you already have. PAINT Ultramarine Blue Pthalo Blue Cadmium Red Light Alizarin Crimson Cadmium Yellow Light or Hansa Yellow (it needs to be a lemony color) Yellow Ochre Burnt Sienna Titanium White Optional: Dioxizine Purple, Sap Green BRUSHES #2,6, 8, and 12 flat # 2, #4 round They can be bristle or sable. I prefer sable. You can buy synthetic sable, it works well and is less expensive. You can add more brushes as you see fit. OTHER EQUIPMENT Diamond shaped Palette knife Gamsol or another odorless mineral spirits Painting medium such as Liquin or Gamblin’s Solvent Free Gel Palette- I prefer glass. You can buy glass cutting boards with a smooth side in the kitchen supply area of most stores. Container with a lid to hold turpentine and in to clean brushes (it can be a glass mason jar) Paper towel or rags. I like the blue automotive paper towels. Two to three oil canvases. No larger than 11” x 14.” Supplies can be purchased at Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Peterson Art Center, which is a Dick Blick store. You can also shop Dick Blick online, Cheap Joes, and Jerrys Artarama. NOTE: Please don’t get Artist's Loft paint or plastic palettes. Theresa graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Utah in 1996. She spent four years working and traveling throughout Europe as an art dealer in Frankfurt. After moving back to Utah, she worked as the Education Coordinator at the BDAC for five years. In that role, she used her passion to teach people of all ages how to create and appreciate art. She left the art center in order to work full time as a classical artist and teacher. Theresa has exhibited her paintings in galleries around the United States in competitions, group and solo exhibitions and has won various awards for her work. She has been commissioned to do work for various organizations including The American Heart Association in Utah and for the city of Farmington, Utah. Her paintings are in collections in Europe, Japan, and the United States, including, the Farmington City Building in Utah, the Davis County Courthouse, The Eccles Art Center, Bountiful Davis Art Center, and Sears Art Museum.