Learn Oil Painting Fundamentals
With Priyanka Gawande
Available spots
Class Description
Beginner and Intermediate welcome WEEK 1 Lesson 1 : Color & Material Fundamentals and Value Studies Palette setup, oil vs. medium, color mixing basics. Monochromatic still life, understanding light and shadow. WEEK 2 Lesson 2 : Color Harmony , Brushwork and Texture Warm vs. cool tones, limited palette exercise Mark-making, impasto vs. smooth blending, WEEK 3 Lesson 3: Composition Principles and Still Life Project Rule of thirds, focal point, basic still-life composition. Independent composition from observation: Start Project 1. WEEK 4 Lesson 4: Working from Life — Natural Light & Shadow Observing shifting light, edge quality, reflected light in shadows Complete the Project 1 and critique. WEEK 5 Lesson 5 : Portrait Studies from Reference. Proportions, skin tones, and likeness from photo reference. Start Project 2 from reference. WEEK 6 Lesson 6: Finished Studio Painting with Group Critique Hand drawing and painting. Finish Project 2 and Critique. Priyanka Gawande earned a master's degree in computer science before choosing to build her life around painting instead — an artist by choice, not circumstance. She holds an MFA in Painting from the prestigious Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, and has exhibited in numerous juried shows. Her work spans still life, landscape, and an ongoing series on weathered Americana, distinguished throughout by a rare control of reflective and weathered surfaces — chrome, glass, water, rust — rendered with a precision that rewards close, unhurried looking. Born in India, she now paints from the Bay Area. To view Supply list, copy & paste this url into a browser: https://d4aae0a9-696e-4cef-8cf1-2ebfa44c3f49.usrfiles.com/ugd/d4aae0_9bc19c11ef3e4487ae6c6ed5389177ea.pdf
Class Schedule
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Contact Details
510-523-6957
info@frankbettecenter.org
1601 Paru Street, Alameda, CA, USA