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Oil & Acrylic Painting

Unlock your artistic potential and master the techniques of oil and acrylic painting at the renowned Art School of SF Bay. Explore the beauty of nature through landscapes, learn to capture emotions in portraits, and develop your unique style. With high-quality art materials provided, embark on a transformative artistic journey.

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  • 18 and older
  • $675
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  • 1601 Irving St, San Francisco, CA
  • 28 hours over 14 sessions

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Description

What you'll learn in this oil painting class:

This course will help art lovers master various methods of oil and acrylic painting, and find a personal unique style! We will work on painting nature; learn to represent texture of various objects; we will practice expressing character and emotions in portraits, set up the mood of the painting, and deliver the right artistic message through it.

High-quality art materials are provided and included in the course price.

To enjoy this course, you need to be familiar with:

  • Sketching
  • Shading
  • Composition
  • Facial Anatomy

This course will teach you:

Various methods of oil and acrylic painting:

  • Impressionist method
  • Modern method
  • Classical method
  • Color theory and practice
  • Composition
  • Color temperature

Detailed Curriculum

Acrylic Painting:

  • Day 1: Introduction: Color theory and color mixing. Expressing mood through color. Painting simple colorful objects, learning to assess the desired color. Demonstrations and practice of various acrylic and oil techniques.
  • Day 2Impressionism versus classical painting. Starting a master copy of your favorite work of an impressionist artist (Monet /Pissarro / Gauguin / Van Gogh)
  • Day 3Tips on painting grass, clouds, water, and mountains. Finishing the landscape.

Oil Painting:

  • Day 4: Starting a still life: introduction to classical oil painting. Compositional thumbnails, preparing a cartoon (drawing on thin paper), priming a canvas.
  • Day 5Continue working on a small still life. Making an underpainting.
  • Day 6: First layer of color. Changes in color temperature. Tips on painting metal, glass, silky fabrics, text.
  • Day 7: Second layer of paint.
  • Day 8: Final touches, varnishes. Finishing the still life.

Portrait or Creative Composition:

  • Day 9: Intro on human anatomy. Compositional thumbnails.
  • Day 10: Working on a drawing, priming a canvas, transferring the drawing to the canvas.
  • Day 11: Working on the underpainting.
  • Day 12: First layer of glazes.
  • Day 13: Second layer of glazes.
  • Day 14: Final layer of glazes.

Refund Policy

We do not provide refunds for ongoing classes tuition, courses or camps payments.

  • However, full credit towards future booking or transfer to another camp/course will be offered for any cancellations made up to 2 business days before the camp or course starts.
  • Ongoing classes can be canceled with a 31 business days prior notice.

You can make up a missed class on another day when we offer the same age/skill group class. The make-up class should be arranged in advance, no drop-ins. Limit 2 make-up classes per month. Make-up classes are subject to the availability of space in a similar class. We reserve the right not to provide make-up classes or terminate the class enrollment for repeating truancy.

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  • Oil & Acrylic Painting

    Reviewed by Ricardo I. on 9/1/2023
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Art School of SF Bay

Art School of SF Bay teachers are skilled artists with Fine Arts degrees, working in realistic tradition. We teach representational drawing from nature to kids and adults in a creative and approachable way.

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