Oil Painting (Utah County)

This class is open to teens and adults of all abilities. We will focus on Color Theory, complimentary colors, and various palettes to create high key, low key, high contrast, and low chroma saturation. 

If you've been enrolled for 3 consecutive semesters and feel you know the foundational concepts of drawing and painting, you may work on personal projects and Shelley will assist with feedback and constructive critique. 

We will also experiment with Acrylic under-painting to set a colored ground to block on on. 

Class is held at the HIGHLAND COMMUNITY CENTER.

Instructor: Shelley Young

Supply List:

Supply List is a general suggestion for starting the class. 

Good sources to buy supplies include Cheap Joe's online and Blick's in Sugar House 1025 East 2100 South SLC, or online. 

1. 8 - 10 Gessoed Boards - 12 x16 (recommended size) You can buy Masonite (Hard Board) or Canvas Board. Stretched canvas will work, but it is often loose and bouncy. I prefer a more firm surface to paint on. 

2. Pint of gesso 3. Oil painting brushes: Each type of brush is numbered differently, so get a variety of large, medium, and small brushes in both hog bristle and sable style (soft) brushes: 

Hog bristle brushes: 

• Flats: #6, #4 

• Filberts: #6, #4 

Sables/Sabelette brushes: 

• Flats: #8, #4, #1 

• Rounds: #8 #2 

• Filberts: #8, #4 

4. A double palette cup to hold solvent and painting medium gel 

5. Odorless Turpenoid or Gamsol painting solvent (a quart)

6. Liquin Bottle (2, 4, or 8 oz) OR one tube of *Solventless GEL by Gamblin (preferred) 

7. Roll of blue shop towels (available at Costco or Home Depot) 

8. Masterson Art Palette 12 x 16” ($20 at Blick in Sugarhouse or online Blick site) AND Palette paper (recommended: Richeson Gray Matters, 12x16 for $14) 

9. Palette knife 

10. Roll of Masking Tape 1” 

11. Sketchbook and pencil 

12. Apron or old shirt 

13. Master’s brush cleaner soap in a small container 

14. Small bottle of clove oil to drop on paint piles to keep them wet 

15. Paint colors (the fun stuff!) 

• Large tube of Titanium White 

• Cadmium Yellow 

• Yellow Ochre 

• Raw Sienna 

• Cadmium Red Light 

• Alizarin Crimson 

• Burnt Sienna 

• Ultramarine Blue 

• Cerulean Blue 

• Viridian or Phthalo Green 

• Sap Green 

• Burnt Umber 

• Ivory Black 

• Any other color you like

Minimum Enrollments and Refunds:

We need a minimum of 5 participants to be able to provide the class. If we don't reach our minimum enrollment, we may need to cancel the class. The best way to ensure your class goes on is to get your friends to join in on the fun!

This class is drop-in and Flex Pass eligible.

If you are unable to attend the class, we are able to process refunds up to 2 weeks before the first day of class. After that date, we can either transfer you into a different class or offer you a credit towards your account up to the first day of class.

Please contact our office if you have any questions.