Finger Painting with Oils - Window Box

If you've ever wanted to get into oil painting, but didn't like the idea of laborious cleaning of brushes and palettes or working with toxic solvents, then this is a class that you'll really enjoy. The painting is done in one sitting, no no need to wait for layers to dry. I show you how to enjoy the wonderful medium of oils, by using your fingertips only (and a palette knife but only for about a minute;-) ) Painting with your fingertips is a wonderful experience, especially when using rich buttery oil paints. You get to feel the difference in consistency of paint between the different brands that you're using, and even between colours in the same brand. And if you slow down and enjoy the painting process, it becomes a beautiful, relaxing and enriching time. No brushes to clean No palette to clean (unless you use a glass one. A disposable palette is ideal for beginners.) Basic colour mixing, suitable for beginners Only 2 colours are compulsory, the rest are up to you and your imagination. (Unless you don't want to mix any paint, then you'll need to buy two greens as well as black for shadow.) So get your gloves on and join me in this class, and let's paint a gorgeous window box filled with happy flowers together;-)  And if you have any questions about the class, please feel free to ask. See you inside!

Requirements You don't need any special knowledge or prior experience with oil painting to enjoy this course. The materials needed are: Latex gloves (tight fitting) Oil paint ( quality definitely makes a difference, but a good student range should be fine if this is your first time playing with oil paints.) Colours needed are: Titanium white, Burnt Umber, Primary Cyan, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Cadmium Yellow Hue Deep, Cadmium Red, Cobalt Blue. (If you don't want to mix your own greens or shadow colour, like I did, then buy 2 greens, and black for shadow.) Your window box and shutter can also be a different colour, and if you choose to change it, then you can leave out the Primary Cyan. Kitchen towel Palette knife Disposable palette (recommended for beginners as no clean up is required) or a glass palette. Primed surface for painting on. I used Hahnemule oil painting paper in the class, but you can use a canvas or canvas board if you want to.