Oil Painting Landscapes, Thur, 3pm

Service Description

Ongoing, weekly Thursdays: 3:00pm - 5:00pm Ages 15+ This beginner-friendly oil painting series is designed to help you feel more confident with the medium, whether you join us for just one session or several. Depending on which week you attend, you’ll learn about different tools, techniques, and subjects that will give you a strong foundation to grow from. You’ll explore how to choose and care for paints, brushes, and canvases, and discover how to take a painting from a simple sketch all the way to a finished piece. You’ll practice working from photo references, learn the basics of composition and design, and experiment with brushwork and color. Along the way, you’ll also get the chance to focus on specific subjects like trees, rocks, clouds, or water, building your skills step by step in a supportive, approachable environment. Please bring the following with you: - Sketch book or paper - Graphite pencil set - Any oil paint-specific brushes you might be partial to - A small canvas, 8" x 10" or 9" x 12" Prerequisites: - Basic-intermediate drawing skills Class sessions' curriculum: 10/2: Materials including canvases and panels, paints, solvents and brushes, including how to care for your brushes. 10/9: The process of oil painting from sketches through finished paintings. 10/16: How to paint from photo reference. 10/23: Basic rules of composition. 10/30: Techniques for developing painterly brushstrokes. 11/6: All about color. 11/13: Painting Trees 11/20: Painting Rocks 12/4: Painting Clouds 12/11: Painting Water About your instructor: Mark Davis is a Boise-based painter known for his oil landscapes of Idaho and Oregon, though he also works in acrylic, watercolor, and gouache. He studied at the Burnley School of Professional Art in Seattle under noted painter William Cumming and has exhibited in shows across the western United States. Mark draws inspiration from his time hiking and fishing in the backcountry, often painting in his studio from his own photographs, and occasionally working en plein air. His work is currently shown at Mountain House Gallery in McCall and the Gallery at Finer Frames in Eagle. A member of PAPI, BOSCO, Oil Painters of America, and the American Impressionist Society, Mark continues to share his passion for painting throughout the region.