Portrait Painting in oils

Welcome to this online oil painting class. Please bring your oil painting kit, below is my suggested materials list:

-Zest it/turpentine/preferred brush cleaner/dilutant

-linseed oil/ poppy seed oil and other mediums you like to use.

-A flat palette (this could be a sheet of glass or Perspex)

-One canvases/board/piece of oil paper, primed and then prepared with a ground. This ground should be applied at least a couple of days before the course so that it is dry. It consists of a thin coat of brown oil paint (I suggest a mixture of yellow ochre, burnt sienna and french ultramarine, or aim for a warm soily/sandy colour), thinned with Zest-it or turpentine. It doesn’t need to be neat, just to cover the naked white of the primer. Boards should be a size you are comfortable working on, I suugest 9 x 12”, but this depends on how fast you work. You could also bring a pad of oil paper so you have extra.

-Oil paints – Titanium White, French Ultramarine, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, yellow (I suggest a lemon yellow and a warmer yellow such as cadmium yellow deep hue), a magenta, a scarlett, and if possible Pthalo/Prussian Blue/winsor blue green shade (a greener blue than ultramarine), Sap Green/Terra Verte, Viridian – also any extras you have or would like to try.

-Paint brushes, a selection on widths – a ¾" flat/chisel brush, plus one smaller and one bigger to hand

-Palette knife

After payment, I will email you a link for the Zoom meeting. You may join 10 mins before the start of the session in order to get used to the program if you like. When you join, you will need to download the Zoom app/program (free). Then follow the instructions and "join" with video and audio. More help here if you need it: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Meeting You will be able to see and speak to me, the model a few other drawers.

When everyone is happy, we'll start painting from the model. During the session I will give a bit of advice, and you can also ask a question or send me a private message using the "chat" function to ask questions. We will do some short poses, and two longer poses, with a 15 minute break in the middle.