Lecturer: Inès Cook
Mon 28 Sep – Mon 9 Nov (excluding 5 Oct public holiday)
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Level – Beginners to Intermediate
Age – 16+
This is an adult class and is not suitable for students under 16 years of age. Students under 18, must obtain parental or guardian consent and submit a completed consent form before the class commences.
This course was formally known as Introduction to Oil Painting – Part 2
Whether you’re just starting out on your oil painting journey, or you’ve already got a few paintings under your belt, this course is for you. Ideally, you’ll already possess good foundational skills in colour mixing and the colour wheel. The course will introduce a range of traditional and contemporary oil painting techniques and processes, including glazing, underpainting, photographs as reference, and working with a restricted palette. You will also learn how to mix skin tones and complete a self-portrait from life.
This course provides a taste of the many varied ways to create an oil painting and is a stepping-stone to the more advanced courses offered by the school such as Painting Drapery, and Portraiture.
Materials required:
Oil paints:
- *Titanium White
- * Ivory Black
- Cadmium Red Light
- Alizarin Crimson
- Cadmium Yellow Med
- Lemon Yellow
- *Ultramarine Blue
- Phthalo Blue
- *Burnt Umber
- Yellow Ochre
Acrylic paint:
- *Burnt Sienna (Matisse brand recommended)
Brushes:
- * A range of soft and stiff brushes: Flat or Bright sizes 2, 4, 6, 8
- *At least one Filbert stiff synthetic bristle brush in a size 4 or 6.
- Soft fan brush
- 1 Mont Marte Taklon Flat Wide 50 or 75mm
(An approximation of these brush sizes will be acceptable.)
Oil Painting Medium(s):
- *Odourless solvent 500mls (Gamsol or Langridge Solvent 75 recommended. Artist grade odourless solvents only please; no turpentine or common hardware solvents are permitted in the classroom).
- Langridge Low Toxic Painting Medium (No Liquin)
Supports:
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- 2 sheets A3 oil sketch/canvas paper
- * 25 x 30cm canvas
Other:
- *A3 disposable palette.
- *A small-medium palette knife.
- *2 small-medium glass jars with lids.
- *1 stick willow charcoal
- *Paper towel and/or soft t-shirt or cotton rags
- Small hand or compact mirror (not required until week 3)
*Asterisk indicates the materials that will be required for the first class.
Australian artist, Inès Cook, is a multi-scale oil painter who explores the fantastical worlds which spill from her dreams and imagination. Many of Cook’s artworks begin from a dream or flick of the imagination, and it is the awe inspiring, sublime feeling of these experiences which inspires her most. Through photo-edited setups, usually involving toys, she configures a reimagining of a particular spark of the imagination which can then be brought to life through painting. Cook is known for her bold use of colour and stark contrast between light and dark. Through deliberate brush strokes, Cook reinvents these narratives as a means to bring the fleeting worlds of the imagined space as close to the material world as she can. Now living and working in South Australia, Cook has obtained a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) and is the recent recipient of the Praxis ARTSPACE studio and Hill-Smith Advisory Awards.
Please read the Terms and Conditions before completing your enrolment.
