This class is perfect for beginners with no prior experience in oil painting, as well as experienced artists looking to dig deeper into color theory.

Event Types: Classes & Workshops , Artist Opportunities

Apr 3, 2025 6:00 PM — Apr 24, 2025 8:30 PM

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Caroline Gates

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[email protected]https://carolinegates.com/classeshttps://www.instagram.com/caroline.gates.art

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Sometimes color just doesn’t seem to work–it can be confusing and frustrating to mix what seems to be the perfect color on your palette just for it to look muddy and dull on your canvas. Why does color seem to transform, sometimes in the most inconvenient ways? Join us on Thursday nights in April for a class on color theory to demystify color and create 2 paintings of cupcakes along the way.

What You'll Learn:

Materials and Tools: What colors and brands are best for oil painting. What mediums do we use and why?

Basic Techniques: Learn fundamental techniques of how to mix paint, and how to choose a palette that matches your composition. How do we set up for a painting?

Color theory: How do we make one color look like another color? How do we think about light and temperature? What psychological impact does color have? How do we make color work for us?

Personal Expression: Discover ways to express your unique artistic voice through oil paint–what brush strokes and colors resonate with you?

Class Format:

This hands-on course combines demonstrations, practical exercises, and individualized instruction to help you build confidence and proficiency in oil painting. In week one, we will do a series of exercises and charts to understand the relationships between colors and the personalities of each one. In weeks two and three, we will use limited palettes to create 2 paintings of cupcakes.

Who Should Attend:

This class is perfect for beginners with no prior experience in oil painting, as well as experienced artists looking to dig deeper into color theory.

Materials:

You will need oil paint bushes, palette knife, palette (I recommend palette paper) 3 cheap canvas boards (for exercises), 2 small square canvases (for cupcake paintings), oil paint (cadmium red light, lamp black, yellow ochre, cadmium yellow light, ultramarine blue, titanium white), oil medium (linseed oil and gamsol (gamsol is optional but recommended), paper towels.

*If you would like me to provide the materials, you can pay a fee of $30, and I will provide everything except brushes.

Dates: April 3, April 10, April 24

Cost: $150, $55 drop in rate