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Part one of Emily's beginning oil painting series. This class is designed for folks who've never oil painted. Learn to get comfortable with the materials, mix colors, clean brushes, and handle the thick and expressive qualities of yummy juicy oil paints. By the end of the course you will have completed color exercises, a fruit study, examined the works of great artists like Vincent Van Gogh and finished your very own floral still life. This course is 4 prerecorded videos, each 30 min.
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Part two of Emily's beginning oil painting series. Find beauty in the everyday with still life painting! This course is for those looking for a fresh and loose approach to oil painting. Learn basic drawing concepts to avoid rookie mistakes, mix colors with confidence and practice expressive brushwork. By the end of the course you will have completed color studies, a master copy and your own still life. This course is taught LIVE over Zoom. Starts 1/8/25 6:30pm MST, 4 classes with extra Q+A mtgs.
Get BOTH of Emily's beginner oil painting courses: Oil Painting for the Baby Beginner created for folks brand new to oil painting and part two of that course, Chaos to Beauty. Turn messy marks and expressive strokes into beautiful and meaningful works of art. Examine the works of great artists like Matisse, Cassatt and Van Gogh. Learn color mixing, composition, how to use a palette knife, and to complete a painting in one sitting, all while cultivating your own artistic style.
What will I learn in Oil Painting for the Baby Beginner?
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What will I learn in Oil Painting for the Baby Beginner?
Week One: Materials and color mixing
Color wheel, “Colors I Don’t Hate” assignment, gallery of works by great artists, baby color study, 4 ways to clean brushes, how to clean a palette
Week Two: Value
Create a 5 step value scale, Claude Monet value study, the power of squinting, make your own black, paint a sphere, gallery of values with Sargent, Van Gogh, and Matisse, extra credit paint a fruit, tints and shades worksheet
Week Three: Small Still Life
3 step process for making a painting, thumbnail sketches explained, block in values, refine and finish, overview of composition rules, demo of painting block in, warm and cool colors, gallery of lemon paintings, small still life assignment, how to sign your work
Week Four: Simple Flower Study
Explanation and gallery of alla prima painting, floral study demo, thumbnail sketch demo, blocking in demo, how to use a palette knife, tips for painting glass, how to take a good photograph reference, how to arrange a still life, Emily’s favorite Instagram floral painting follows
What will I learn in Chaos to Beauty?
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Chaos to Beauty
This course is taught LIVE over zoom in January 2025, Each Wednesday 6:30-7:30pm MST
Week 1: Drawing for Painters
Sensory drawing, blind contour drawing, gallery of contour drawing, rules for ellipses, gallery of ellipses, draw a teacup, gallery of teacups, linear perspective and why it matters, draw a sphere, gallery of spheres, extra credit: paint a little still life, include a sphere, ellipse, and show perspective
Week 2: Explorations in Color
How to set up your palette, play with colors, how to mute colors, how to darken colors without black, lighten colors without white, monochromatic still life exercise, how to set up a still life, monochromatic still life demo, three steps to making a painting, Emily’s painting medium, gallery of still life painting, limited palette ideas
Week 3: Painting Mechanics
Tradition of master copies explained, looking at Van Gogh’s master copies, your master copy assignment, thumbnail sketch with 3 values, initial oil sketch, finishing your painting, tips for creating a focal point and depth, Waterhouse Lady of Shalott painting, looking at Van Gogh’s “Roses”
Week 4: Your Alla Prima Painting
Steps for creating your own still life painting, 3 value thumbnail sketch, still life demo, tips on framing, what to do when you don’t like your painting, how to see where you went wrong, creating an oil painting practice
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Emily has years of experience teaching in museum settings as well as at many notable Utah universities: Weber State, BYU, and Utah State. She is a knowledgeable instructor and professional artist with an active exhibition schedule.
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Lifetime access. Live courses are recorded and uploaded weekly.
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These courses are designed with beginners in mind. Any prior painting experience helps, but is not required.
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The LIVE course, Chaos to Beauty, is taught live over zoom Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30pm MST, Jan 8, 15, 22, and 29. These classes are recorded and then uploaded to the course portal. You have lifetime access to them and can complete the course at your own pace.
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You will need some oil paints, a palette knife, brushes, and a palette. A list of supplies is emailed to you upon signing up, and supplies are listed in the introductory lesson of each course (along with amazon links to purchase easily).
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Get BOTH of Emily's beginner oil painting courses: Oil Painting for the Baby Beginner created for folks brand new to oil painting and part two of that course, Chaos to Beauty. Turn messy marks and expressive strokes into beautiful and meaningful works of art. Examine the works of great artists like Matisse, Cassatt and Van Gogh. Learn color mixing, composition, how to use a palette knife, and to complete a painting in one sitting, all while cultivating your own artistic style.
