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January 18, 2019 at 8:40 pm #467761
I’m considering taking an oil painting live course it lasts like three weeks, but I really don’t know what to expect from the class. what should they teach? how is the class usually structured?
January 19, 2019 at 12:22 am #765261Wow, how long is a piece of string?
Each class is different, and there are many different ways to paint in oils.
The instructor will choose what method, style, subject matter, etc., the class is designed to teach.
Your job is to figure out what you want to learn, and how you want to learn it, and choose an instructor who can teach you what you want to learn, the way you want to be taught it.
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Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, "Small Works", December 2019January 19, 2019 at 7:30 am #765266In some classes, the instructor will have a still life set up to paint. In other classes, a human model. Some instructors will have photos of paintings to copy. Others will let you work from your own photos or reference materials.
Doesn’t the class have a description, syllabus, list of materials for students to refer to? Sometimes they put that information on line or can email it to you.
January 19, 2019 at 11:55 am #765265I’m considering taking an oil painting live course it lasts like three weeks, but I really don’t know what to expect from the class. what should they teach? how is the class usually structured?
You should ask these questions to the institution offering the course, or the instructors, what you should expect, in three weeks you will not become the next Rembrandt though.
Do you have any experience drawing or painting? it could make a lot of difference.
January 19, 2019 at 1:54 pm #765262I have a rather substantial idea regarding the topics that I believe SHOULD be covered by an oil painting instructor, in a class that includes those students who are beginners to the medium.
I used to teach an oil painting class at a local recreation center, and the complaints resulting from one of the other teachers methods seemed to be that “She didn’t actually TEACH us anything; she told us to begin painting, and she would correct us when we did something wrong. Heck, I barely knew what end of the brush to use, and how to squeeze paint out of the tube. I wanted to learn how to handle the paint–how to pick it off the palette, and how to apply it to the canvas.”
A teacher of oil painting basics should explain the various mediums, the various paints, as well as the method of mixing paint on the palette, and applying it to the canvas–bare basics.
It is nice to teach composition, concept, and other art related topics, but the primary goal of any oil painting teacher should that of teaching the students how to handle, and manipulate the oil paint, since it is those topics that make the course unique to “oil painting”.
Just my opinion, of course.:)
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https://williamfmartin.blogspot.comJanuary 19, 2019 at 2:11 pm #765263I’m in one at Art Students League right now, just got home an hour ago, so this is good timing!
Firstly, definitely do it. Absolutely YES do it. No matter what your level of experience. In my class we have people who have been painting for decades and a couple of people who never painted before. They do great!!
It is likely there will be people of all skill levels in your class, and this is fine.
The instructor will come around and talk to everyone while they work. They will work with each student at the student’s individual level.At some point at the end of each session, a few minutes should be reserved to look at everyone’s work and talk. It is WONDERFUL to see how everyone deals with the same setup. You will get ideas from everyone around you and it is fun to see how all the paintings evolve. It won’t be a full critique because there isn’t enough time but between a minute or two on each painting plus the instructor coming around individually, you’ll learn a lot.
Simply being in the environment with everyone else is irreplaceable and you’ll absorb by osmosis. It’s really true.
Do not expect to paint a masterpiece or learn everything there is to know. It is a class, it is practice. At best if you learn how to more effectively solve a few problems, make some mistakes and get guidance, it is a success.
I also want to add that this type of class is different from a workshop.
A workshop is more structured (in my experience) and the entire class tends to follow the same steps at the same time. There might be a full demo in the workshop. It is more about how the person giving the workshop paints. So you might be there to learn from someone else’s specific way of working. Many times (but not always) in a workshop people are working from a pre-determined image and often everyone has a similar painting at the end.Your life painting class won’t be like that. And it should not be.
DO IT!!
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January 19, 2019 at 11:02 pm #765264Hi Alexa,
My experience is that classes from the live model aren’t always the same. Some instructors offer lectures to get the student acquainted with the basics before starting, although with only three weeks, that approach is less likely. Some provide a series of well-planned exercises to help people progress. Others are more directive and teach a specific system of approaching the live model. You may have a different model each day, week, or perhaps the same model the entire time. But I completely agree with Jess that you should do it! Even if the person is teaching a method/style that’s different than what you eventually plan to use, there’s always something new to learn and such experiences can enhance your overall growth as an artist. Please let us know how it’s going!And Jess…very well said!
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