This incredibly valuable course helps participants to understand the foundational skills of painting with oils.
With a range of still-life setups as the subject, participants are expertly guided in the fundamentals of representational painting, focusing on tonal values, composition, form, mark making, colour identification and the important skills of colour mixing.
Suitable for beginners and improvers, participants are taught through demonstrations from experienced artist Jon Doran and are given exercises throughout the course so that they can engage with every element of the teaching, helping each individual improve their technique and overcome any obstacles that arise.
Looped shots of all of the still life subjects shown in the film are provided for participants to work from with the exercises given throughout the course.
The course includes practical advice on how to set up a studio at home so you can continue your painting practice.
The course is pre-recorded so that you can take your time to really absorb the wealth of advice, practical exercises and demonstrations throughout the course. We would advise spending at least around 3-4 days working your way through the course. The artist suggests that it would be good to create several studies from each exercise to fully explore the learning and new techniques and approaches. You have unlimited access to the course for 12 months.
Chapters within the course include:
Session 1
Introduction to the structure of the course
The 4 Key Fundamentals: Drawing -Tone - Hue - Application
The 3 Stages of making an oil painting:
How to create an interesting Still Life set up at home
Charcoal drawings as a warm up
The box method of drawing
The sight-size method of drawing
Information and materials for oil paintings
Tonal underpainting in oil paint
Session 2
Focussing on Tone & Tools for seeing tone
Seven tone monochrome study
Demonstration & advice on colour mixing
Session 3
Looking at Colour in terms of Value, Hue & Chroma
Mixing Oil Paint
Application of Oil Paint
Full colour painting
Tutor:
Jon Doran
Materials used on this course:
Jon will be using Cartridge paper and MDF primed boards, charcoal, a palette knife and a slection of brushes, including size 1 round, size 3 or 4 filberts and square ended flats.
The selection of oil paints will be; Ivory Black, Soft Mixing White, Titanium White, Raw Umber, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, French Ultramarine. A full list of materials is available once you purchase this course.
NB. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE MATERIALS YOU CAN STILL GET A LOT OUT OF THE COURSE.
Intended for:
Suitable for beginners and improvers, participants are taught through demonstrations from experienced artist Jon Doran and are given exercises throughout the course so that they can engage with every element of the teaching, helping each individual improve their technique and overcome any obstacles that arise.
Duration:
The course is broken up into a series of exercises and demonstrations which can be worked with at your own pace but we would suggest that it might be experienced in stages over 3-4 days ideally.
You get 12 months of unlimited use of the course.
How to participate:
Simply click on the link we send you in your purchase confirmation email from which you can play the main course film and also find accompanying looped still life setups which you can paint from. Some people may choose to create their own still life set ups to do the exercises but if not then the eight set ups given with the course will be a fantastic resource to work with from the comfort of your own studio/home.
The exercises are demonstrated clearly by artist Jon Doran with lots of hints and tips and then the directions for what you can then do are written on the screen for you in the text which you can pause to really take in the advice.
Level:
Accessible to all levels but a little previous experience of drawing and painting may be useful.
Age:
16+ might be a sensible guide age.
Additional info:
If you choose to buy this product, at the checkout you will be asked to create your own Newlyn School of Art online account (if you do not already have one) to access any purchase of digital content. Purchasing of digital content grants the purchaser unlimited and immediate access for 1 year. At the point of purchase, you have no right to cancel or gain a refund as you have received full access to the digital product. Please read the Terms and Conditions, section 11.
