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17 - 18+ yrs
Sat, Feb 22, 2025 - Apr 5, 2025
10:15am - 12:15pm EST
Class Experience
Our well-loved Oil Painting class is perfect for beginners and intermediate students. Gain confidence in using oil paint to express your ideas through original paintings. We provide a supportive environment, whether you choose a personal photo or observe still-life arrangements. Bring your still-life objects or use ours for inspiration. Students learn layering, color theory, compositional skills, as well as techniques to blend and manipulate paint on canvas. Perfect for beginners or those returning to art.
- Please note your work will take days to dry and can be left in our studio during your course syllabus.
Sample Class Format
- Learn how to prime a canvas, outline your painting, and layer.
- Learn how to blend on the canvas when working wet-in-wet to create values, gradients, or transitions. Oil Painting is a longer process, the paint remains wet for longer, allowing you more time to manipulate your work.
- Demo a range of brushstroke applications, for example how to paint using a dry brush to get more textural effects, which is perfect for highlighting.
- Develop confidence in color mixing and choosing the correct palette for your subject to create mood and tone.
Other Things To Know
To reschedule a single class, purchase a Rescheduling Ticket 24 hours before class.
To reschedule a full semester, email us for a credit (less a $75 admin fee). No refunds will be provided.
What To Bring
- Oil paint + the use of brushes are provided and included in your course fee.
- CANVAS IS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR COURSE FEE. Please purchase a canvas and bring it with you to class, we recommend a medium size canvas (11x14 or 12x17), to begin with. Canvas may be purchased at your local art store (support small businesses when you can!). Please note you may need more than one canvas for a full course pkg.
- A limited selection of canvases can also be purchased in our studio for:
- 8x10 for $15
- 11x14 for $20
- 16x20 for $35
Reviews for Beginner Oil Painting for Adults
4.6 out of 5
Based on 10 activity ratings
Elina D.
Jan 6, 2025
Loved:
Great class!
Beginner Oil Painting for Adults
Location: Creatively Wild Art Studio | Instructor: Joshua Sue-Ho, Tyler Scott
Marcy F.
Dec 12, 2024
Loved:
Have yet to receive instruction on how to oil paint. Receive a demo at the beginning of each session watching instructor "color block", which I still don't understand. Made a big deal about copying Van Goghs, but nothing mentioned in terms of color theory, impasto or stippling. Van Gogh also wrongly categorized as an Impressionist and Impressionism incorrectly defined. Instructor mentioned how quickly Van Gogh painted, but nothing said about alla prima.
Improvements:
Maybe if offered as painting techniques, I'd feel like I left with more than a smear of colors. I know this is not an art history class, but context and definitions help. Instead, watched my paint sink into my canvas no matter how much paint I seemed to use and I still don't know why (did I buy the wrong thing?) bc, w/one exception, no one stopped to speak to me: to tell me I used to wrong color blue for the sky (so much for neo-impressionism).
Beginner Oil Painting for Adults
Location: Creatively Wild Art Studio | Instructor: Joshua Sue-Ho, Tyler Scott
MacKenzie F.
Dec 3, 2024
Loved:
This class is great. They provide all supplies except the canvas. The two teachers are really nice and helpful and encouraging.
Beginner Oil Painting for Adults
Location: Creatively Wild Art Studio | Instructor: Joshua Sue-Ho, Tyler Scott
Alyssa G.
Jun 20, 2023
Loved:
Tyler is an amazing instructor. I am an absolute painting beginner, and his direction leads me to produce things I had no idea I was capable of.
Improvements:
Nothing. The class is fantastic
Beginner Oil Painting for Adults
Location: Creatively Wild Art Studio | Instructor: Joshua Sue-Ho, Tyler Scott
Reviews for Creatively Wild Art Studio
4.7 out of 5
Based on 116 provider ratings
hyla s.
Feb 23, 2025
Loved:
Excellent class and projects. My daughter had a great time and really liked the teachers.
Improvements:
Based on what my daughter said there wasn’t a ton of room for creativity- she felt like she had to stick to the way the teacher said to do the projects.
Creatively Wild Art Camp for Kids
Location: Creatively Wild Art Studio - Camps | Instructor: Annie Wagner, Bradley Clayton, Danielle Warren, Joshua Sue-Ho, Kayla Lahman, Leysan Nigma, Nick Hill, Reed Oka-MacLaren, Sabrina Quint, Sara Monroy Vargas, Tyler Scott, Ty Peterson
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About Creatively Wild Art Studio
Since 2009, Creatively Wild Art Studio has been providing top-quality visual arts instruction in the heart of DUMBO, Brooklyn. Our studio is committed to presenting an innovative and vibrant range of learning opportunities accessible to all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. We balance our classes with professional skill development and a fun approach so students are relaxed and open to learning. Our team of teaching artists (made up of working artists) is committed to delivering first-class instruction through professional-level skills, equipping students with the tools they need for their art journeys. We strive to be an open source of enrichment: let's go Creatively Wild!
We offer full courses and drop-in options for all ages and levels all year long.:
-Adults 18+ | all levels
-Teens 9-17 | all levels
-Kids 4-8 | all levels
-Toddlers 2 months- 4 yrs
-Online classes for teens 9-17 yrs
-In-person and online private classes for all ages and levels in any media
Our award-winning program includes school break camps for kids and teens. We're nominated as the Best Camp in Brooklyn (Best of Brooklyn Awards) for the third year running! Our camps are offered throughout the year: summer, spring break, winter break, and most public holidays and school recesses.
We also offer birthday parties, adult painting parties, and corporate team building. Check out our website for more!
