Class details
Join us for a new 6-week oil painting course and discover your inner painter. Artist and tutor John Murphy-Woolford leads a course that is designed to make oil paints accessible to everyone.
Tuesdays
24 February – 31 March
10am – 1pm
Course Fee : £210 (Concession £180)
Limited to 10 people
Painter John Murphy-Woolford (https://www.johnmurphywoolford.com/) helps you demystify oil painting through practical, hands-on lessons in portrait and still life. We’ll use history’s greatest masterpieces as our roadmap. The beauty of this course is its flexibility: you can follow our weekly foundation, repeat a tricky technique until you’ve mastered it, or bring your own passion project to life with John’s support. All you need is a willingness to experiment. Come gain the skills and confidence to turn a blank canvas into a compelling work of art.
Course Outline
24 February : week 1
Monochrome underpainting 1: we run through how to use paint to control tone and produce a monochrome painting.
We’ll use burnt umber oil paint
3 March : week 2
Monochrome underpainting 2: in this class we will use black, white and burnt umber to extend our tone range and create grisaille painting.
10 & 17 March : weeks 3 & 4
Warm & Cool Painting : during these two weeks we introduce colour and explore warm or cool tones.
We’ll use cadmium red, yellow ochre, black and white oil paint.
24 & 31 March : weeks 5 & 6
Master copy : it’s time for your own personal project / master copy.
Please bring materials suitable for your project including reference material.
Materials
We shall provide the following equipment for each session:
- Studio easel, chair and small table
- Non-toxic painting medium
- Low odour solvent
- Oil/acrylic paper required for the course
- Large single use paper palettes
- Jam jar for holding wet brushes
- Space on a drying rack to hold one wet painting per artist between sessions
- Charcoal and pencils
- Source material images
You need to bring the following materials:
- Sketches/photos of something memorable that you want to paint – a couple of options would be good
- The following oil paints : burnt umber, cadmium red, yellow ochre, black, white
- Brushes, palette knife/s, old sponge, old credit card
- Clean up rags or kitchen roll
- Small pot or jar with lid for painting medium (non-toxic medium provided)
- Baby wipes for messy fingers
- Plastic bag to take used brushes home for cleaning
