Drawing & Painting - Oil Painting - Beginners & Improvers

Course intent

On this course you will learn the skills and techniques of oil painting, building your confidence and giving the opportunity to try a variety of techniques and subject matter. You will be given practical information, group and individual tuition from our very experienced tutor

What will we cover?

You will learn the following:

• Mixing colours, what surfaces and mixing mediums to use
• How to ‘build up’ a painting
• Step by step instructions & the opportunity to experiment
• Good brushwork and how to create an effective composition.
• Develop your creativity & improve through practice, tuition and discussion
• Safeguarding, Prevent & British Values

Learners will be inspired by the contemporary and historical context and will need to keep a sketchbook / notebook to record ideas, processes and progress, and the feedback they receive from the tutor.

There will be demonstrations, instruction, one-to-one tutorial guidance, group discussions and critiques.

To ensure that learners make good progress with their personal learning goals, the tutor will work with the learner to complete the required Individual Learning Plan.

For courses of more than one session, you will find you make the most progress if you attend every taught lesson and complete any self-directed study opportunities provided.

Who is this course for? Is there anything I need to know before joining?

This course is for those who are beginners to oil painting or those who have some experience of painting in oils but would like guidance and tuition. To make the most of this course you should have some drawing skills as a basis.

As our courses are taught in English, please contact us if you have any concerns about your level of English.

What do I need to bring to the first class? Will there be any extra costs?

• Wear clothes that you would not mind getting paint on!

• A3 oil painting pad or a blank canvas
• Basic set of oil paints or tubes of titanium white, alizarin crimson, yellow ochre, cerulean blue, but you may find basic sets more cost effective
• Oil (stiff bristle) painting brushes size 6 and 12 round or bring any that you have
• Jar of white spirit or Zest-it* with a lid
• Empty jar
• Low odour solvent or Zest-it*
• Palette or pad of palette paper
• Drawing pencil
• Rag to clean your brushes and hands
• A photograph of a landscape for the first session
*Zest-it is a solvent that can be used to thin oil paints or clean brushes and it smells nice and citrussy and is not toxic

What can I do when I finish the course?

In discussion with your tutor, you may like to progress onto the next term’s course to further develop your skills or join a course to study a different medium. Your tutor can assist if you wish to build a portfolio of entry to Further Education or guide you to exhibit your work, join art groups or give advice about external providers

Additional information

We welcome learners with additional needs and disabilities. When you enrol, please let us know if you would like to discuss your extra support needs with a member of the Supported Learning Team who will then contact you as soon as possible. If you are enrolling within 10 days of the course start date, we may not be able to contact you before your first class. Surrey Adult Learning values and supports equality and diversity by promoting fairness and respect at all times.

How to enrol

You can't currently enrol online for this course, so please call 0300 200 1044 to express your interest or to make an enquiry for further information.

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