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Post Beginners Oil Painting

with artist & tutor Christine Frew Mondays 2-4pm

Ended

280 British pounds

Great King Street

Service Description

This course is for students who have some experience of painting in oils, who may have completed a beginners course or workshop and would like to take it further! We will be developing brushwork and colour mixing, observing and identifying tonal values to create depth of field, light and shade, working with particular colour schemes and experimenting with rags, rollers, sponges and the palette knife. Subject matter will be varied- still life, the natural world and students will progress toward developing their own personal style, interests and themes. All work will be from direct observation. Materials List (please bring the following materials to class) - Oil paints, 75ml tube size minimum ( starter sets are good value with a range of basic colours that can be supplemented with additional colours) - A range of stiff synthetic long handled brushes suitable for oil paint in a range of shapes and sizes (round, square/flat and pointed head ) approx. 6 different brushes is ideal - One 1 inch household paint brush - Primed canvas, canvas paper paper or primed card - Zest It (Oil Paint Dilutant and Brush Cleaner) non toxic NO TURPENTINE - Small bottle linseed oil (optional) - Masking tape - Glass jars with lids - Palette (this could be a large plate or plastic tray, tear off paper palettes are good ) - Soft cloth rag such as old pillow case or sheet - Apron or other protective clothing - Palette knife - Household sponge ‘bits’ and small paint rollers (optional).

Cancellation Policy

We will provide a 50% refund if you give written advance notice up to 30 days before the course start date. 0% refund 30 days before a course starts. Please note there is an administration fee of £5 payable in respect of such refunds to cover payment processing fees. You will need to inform a member of administration staff in writing by emailing EDS at info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk. Additionally, if you withdraw for any reason after the course has started you will not be entitled to a refund. We are a small business and we depend on every booking to ensure that classes can go ahead. If a tutor has to withdraw from teaching the scheduled course for any reason (medical/personal/professional) before the start of a scheduled course, during a scheduled course, if the course is 8 weeks long or scheduled as x3 terms of 8 weeks long each, The Edinburgh Drawing School will find a replacement tutor for the course designed by that tutor for The Edinburgh Drawing School. The course content will be the same as the originally booked course. A student will not be entitled to a refund should the school have no option but to find a replacement tutor. If a tutor leaves and starts work elsewhere, and a student prefers to take classes with them personally at the tutor's new workplace, that is at the discretion of the student and no refund is entitled to them or will be given. If a student is unable to attend a class due to medical/personal/professional reasons, then EDS must be informed immediately so that the tutor can be notified. If you are missing a class because you suspect that you have developed Covid-19, please let us know immediately so that we can alert fellow student and tutors. Non-attendance of classes/workshops does not automatically mean a refund, however EDS will assess the circumstance