Introduction to oil painting
Your first steps with oils: materials, colour mixing and simple still lifes.
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Your first steps with oils: materials, colour mixing and simple still lifes.
Eight short lessons for complete beginners. We start with the materials list and safe studio habits, then paint three small still lifes together.
You will learn to
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Choose paints, brushes and surfaces on a budget
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Mix any colour from five tubes
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Paint a simple still life from start to finish
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Clean brushes and work safely with solvents
Course outline
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Part 1 · Lessons 1–4
Materials, colour mixing and your first colour chart.
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Part 2 · Lessons 5–8
Three still lifes: fruit, a jug and a vase of flowers.