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Oil Painting for Total Beginners

Dive into the world of oil painting in a welcoming, beginner-friendly class led by a professional NYC artist. Learn essential techniques like color mixing, glazing, and brushwork while exploring diverse subjects such as still life, landscapes, and impressionism. Experience the joy of self-expression, relax, and connect with a supportive community as you create beautiful paintings to be proud of.

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  • 18 and older
  • $224
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  • 243 W 72nd St , New York, NY
  • 8 hours over 4 sessions

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  • Mon, Jul 07 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
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  • Thu, Jul 10 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Description

Oil paints are sumptuous, exciting, and one of the most popular painting mediums used by artists throughout the world. In this intimidation-free, total beginners oil painting class that is perfect for all levels, receive inspiring instruction from a professional New York City artist educator that our art studio is known for. Learn the most important oil painting techniques to practice while experimenting with painting subject matter including still life, landscapes, floral impressionism and more. Discover how exciting and stress-relieving painting is while feeling connecting to a warm community of lifelong learners.

This class is perfect for both total beginners or those that have completed an introductory oil painting class and want to deepen their artistic journey.

Express your authentic inner-artist while creating many paintings to feel proud of.

In this NYC oil painting class, you will:

  • Learn and master the most important oil painting class techniques, including color mixing, values, composition, glazing, brushwork, paint application, texture, and more
  • Relax, de-stress, and get inspired with encouraging and inspiring art instruction from a professional NYC artist educator
  • Learn to express yourself through oil painting in a personalized style
  • Discover your favorite subject matter while you learn to paint from still life, landscape, impressionistic styles and more!
  • Receive nurturing one-on-one expert painting instruction customized to your needs and goals
  • Create multiple paintings that you will be proud to hang in your home!
  • Benefit from the proven health benefits of oil painting classes, such as stress relief, boosted mood, mental clarity and a sense of accomplishment.
  • Enjoy the added bonus of daily connection and community in our private VIP student community Facebook group.

Art Class Materials:

Materials are not included.

You will need:

  • Oil Paint Set with the following colors: Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Yellow, Ultramarine Blue, White, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Black
  • Paint brushes (at least three brushes of varying widths, including a small, medium and large)
  • Turpenoid Natural Oil 8 FL OZ (please purchase non-toxic, odorless and non-combustible)
  • Linseed Oil 8 FL OZ or smaller
  • Palette Knife (Triangle tip)
  • Paint Palette or Disposable Palette Paper
  • 4 Stretched Canvases (stretched, sizes 9” x 12” to 16” x 20”)
  • Jar with tight fitting lid
  • Reusable cloth or paper towels
  • Optional: Art Smock (to protect clothes as you paint)
  • We recommend Blick Art Materials, but you can use any brand you like.

Refund Policy

Class tuition is neither non-refundable nor transferable. No refunds will be issued after registration and payment. In case of a Medically Certified illness, a credit will be issued after receipt of your physician’s documentation. The value of the credit will be for the balance of the remaining class sessions with an additional deduction of a $95 registration fee. Credit may be used up to 12 months.

If after your first class you are dissatisfied with the quality of your course, a written note must be submitted within 1 business day after your first class. After receiving your note, refund of class tuition will be reviewed by our staff. If a refund is granted, processing of refunds requires 8-10 weeks. A 5% nonrefundable processing fee will be applied.

Course Cancellations

Although course cancellation is quite rare, The school reserves the right to cancel classes or change instructor assignments and makes every effort to notify students in advance. If enrollment goals are not met, a course may be canceled up to 1 business day before the first scheduled class. In the event of cancellation, a refund or credit is granted. On occasion, a course start-date will be pushed back if enrollment goals are not met. In this instance, you will receive a credit for the price of the class that did not take place.

Please note that there will be NO exceptions to this under any circumstances.

Make-up Policy

Unfortunately, The school does not offer any makeups for classes missed. However, if the student wants to get the most from the course and the absence, they can tell the instructor when they will be absent and the instructor can provide some guidance on exercises to practice while away.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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