Introductory Oils with Kate Scott (Mon 6-9pm)

There are many brands, grades, hues, sizes, and different prices in oil paint, from a variety of sale outlets such as online, Eckersleys, Officeworks, Spotlight, 2$ shops. Start simple and cheap OR spend up big, if that suits your budget.

Oil paints
A limited set of basic oil paints tubes may be a good way to start. They are available in Professional, Artists and Student grades and come in a variety of tube sizes.
Yellow – Cadmium Yellow and Yellow Ochre
Red – Cadmium Red
Blue – Ultramarine
Titanium White
Ivory Black
Optional colours – bring them if you have them – Cadmium Orange, Alizarin Crimson, Cobalt Blue, Dioxazine Purple, Viridian Green, Transparent Red Oxide, Terra Rosa, Burnt Sienna

Surfaces
Oil sketch paper – A4 or A3, or one large sheet. May be cut or torn
A few stretched canvases, approximately 30 x 30 cm, or 30 c 40 cm

Brushes, palette knives, palette
A variety of brushes including Hog Bristle and synthetic. Typical sizes 2, 4, 8, 10 and 12
A variety of styles, such as round, flat bright, filbert, liner
A palette knife is used for mixing paint and for applying paint, such as a small triangular shaped metal knife.
A palette may be a pad of throw away paper, wood or glass

Medium, solvent and other items
Small bottle of linseed oil
Odourless solvent eg Gamblin
3 small glass jars with lids
Brush cleaner or soap
A supply of paper towels, cotton cloth rags, cotton tips, protective gloves if required, apron, bags for cleaning materials, bags or plastic wrap to transport wet brushes and a drop cloth for your car.

Source material
Bring printed images that appeal to you from magazines, photographs such as still life, landscape, figures, portrait, buildings or other. Keep these simple and uncomplicated. We will also set up simple still life subjects.

Kathryn Scott is a Canberra-based artist and art educator with more than 30 years experience teaching art in schools and more recently at the Canberra Art Workshop. Working primarily in oils and acrylics, she also explores drawing, printmaking, collage, sculpture and mixed media. Her subjects include the human figure, portraiture and landscape, and her approach spans representation, expressionism, symbolism, metaphysical themes and abstraction. She has presented three successful solo exhibitions, regularly exhibits with CAW, and her work is held in many private collections.

Oil Painting

Beginners to intermediate

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