Intermediate Oil Painting

Tutor: Ian Rowlands | Thursdays 10am-4pm | 12 weeks

This intermediate-level course is ideal for students who are confident in drawing and looking to develop their oil painting skills further. You’ll have the opportunity to engage in a sustained period of enquiry, experimentation and refinement as you build your personal painting style. Sessions will focus on key areas including composition, colour theory, mark making, and painting techniques. The course includes four dedicated days working from a model, encouraging observational accuracy alongside expressive exploration.

Not suitable for beginners. Students are required to bring their own materials and should refer to the materials list below before their course starts. (#TH22)

Course Information

Intermediate Oil Painting

Please bring these materials with you on day one of the course:

Brushes

  • No.3 round hog
  • No.5 filbert or flat hog
  • No.2 round sable or synthetic

General for Painting

  • Wooden palette approx 25 x 35cm (or disposable palette available from the Heatherleys shop)
  • Straight bladed palette knife
  • Dipper
  • Odourless thinners. Available from the Heatherleys shop. (turpentine and white spirits not permitted in school)
  • Jam jar or tin can
  • A few small canvas boards 10” x 8” or 10” x 12” inches. Available from the Heatherleys shop.

Oil Paints
Preferably artist’s quality

  • Titanium White
  • Cadmium Yellow lemon
  • Yellow Ochre
  • Venetian red
  • Cadmium Red
  • Alizarin Crimson
  • French Ultramarine
  • Cerulean blue
  • Ivory black

Optional drawing Materials

  • Artists Sketchbook (A4)
  • Drawing pencils (selection)
  • Putty / hard erasers Masking Tape
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