Course description
Oil Painting (Intermediate Level)
The course has two aims: to broaden and develop your painting techniques, including traditional and contemporary processes and materials; and to help you to begin to develop a personal voice both in your painting style and in the ideas you aim to explore in your work. The course will be project-based. Projects will usually start with some sessions that focus on a particular technique or painting process, followed by sessions in which you are creating your own response to a theme with personal guidance from the tutor. Group discussion and the sharing of your experiences and ideas will form an important part of the course. When techniques are introduced they will be supported with tutor demonstrations. We will look at the work of other painters, both historical and contemporary, and relate their work to our own discoveries.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
By the end of the course you should have:
- A technical understanding of different painting processes, with reference both to historical and contemporary practices.
- An understanding of different processes of research and of developing ideas from your research towards painting.
- An overview of some of the key trends in current painting practice and an ability to understand and place your own work within contemporary painting practice.
- An ability to assess and discuss your work, both in the progression of your ideas and in working on final paintings.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
The course is suitable for students with some experience in oil painting. If you have very little, the tutor can help you, but ideally you should already have basic oil painting, colour mixing and drawing knowledge. If you do not have these, you should consider an introductory oil painting class first.
Course delivery details
Materials Required: RAGS e.g. old T-shirts, or kitchen paper. SURFACES to paint on - You have a choice and will need to experiment to find the support that suits you best. For the first session you can use oil painting paper from the school shop. Other choices in the future include: canvas (linen or cotton duck), paper, hardboard, gesso panel, MDF, wood, aluminium etc. See Methods and Materials handout for further details. BRUSHES should be bristle-type. You could start with a large (8, 9 or 10) and a small (1, 2 or 3) filbert, as a bare minimum. Sometimes house-painting brushes can be useful. Please make sure your set includes large brushes as well as small ones, and a range of shapes (filbert, round, flat).For cleaning brushes and thinning paint, Zest-it, the citrus-based turpentine must be used at PSAD because of health and safety. Other low odour turps must also NOT be used. Zest-it is available in the school shop. PALETTE KNIFE & PALETTE: The palette can be any suitable white or clear surface e.g. thick glass, Formica, tin tray, tear-off pad, tracing/greaseproof paper (tracing paper can be bought in the school shop). PAINTS: The basic set listed in Oil Paints and Props will enable you to mix just about all the colours you will need.LINSEED OIL