Online Class: Getting Started with Oils! (Part 1)

In this two-part beginner’s workshop, discover the beauty of oil painting while exploring the iconic floral works of Georgia O’Keeffe.

Whether you’re new to art or transitioning from another medium, this hands-on class will guide you through the fundamentals of oil painting by creating a study of one of O’Keeffe’s stunning floral masterpieces. Registering for this class will automatically enroll you in both sessions.

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This class is suitable for youth ages 12 and up. Children are welcome to participate alongside their adults.

Space is limited, reservations required. Note that all program times are in Mountain Time.

This program will take place via the video conferencing app – ZOOM. Details for accessing the Zoom meeting will be with your receipt upon registering and again sent via email the day prior. Please register in advance in order to access the program.

Part 1 on March 18: 

• Safe Practices: Setting up your workspace and caring for materials.

• Tools and Materials: Choosing and using brushes, paints, mediums, and solvents.

• Color Exploration: Mixing bold, vibrant hues inspired by O’Keeffe’s palette.

• Brushwork Techniques: Creating smooth transitions, soft edges, and dynamic layers.

Participants will leave Class 1 with small studies of various paintings that applied and practiced the above skills. 

Part 2 on March 25:

• Composition and Form: Understanding O’Keeffe’s unique approach to abstraction and close-up perspectives.

• Applying skills to create a study of an O’Keeffe floral

Participants will leave Class 2 having completed their study of an O’Keeffe floral painting and the foundational skills to continue their own oil painting journey. 

No prior experience is needed.

Supplies needed for this class:

• Oil paint (Recommended starter set: Winsor & Newton Winton Oil Color Paint, Basic Set, 10 x 21ml Tubes—available on Amazon) Includes: Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Pale Hue, Yellow Ochre, Viridian Hue, French Ultramarine, Phthalo Blue, Cadmium Red Deep Hue, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Ivory Black  

• Solvent (Gamsol or Eco-alternative Sennelier Oil Thinner)

• Variety of Brushes (Acrylic or oil)

• Palette Knife

• Brush cleaning container w/ lid – or Glass jar w/ lid

• Palette- (parchment paper or piece of glass from a frame)

• Strathmore 400 Series Oil Painting Pad 9″X12″-10 Sheets -62430309 (or other oil painting papers or canvas)

• Recommended- Refined Linseed Oil, 75ml

About the Instructor:

A passionate artist and experienced educator, Morgan Jones has spent the last 9 years developing these crafts. She seeks to explore how art can serve as a medium to move us both individually and communally. Her time teaching in public schools, juvenile detention, and community centers has deepened her belief that art is a fundamental means of knowing, connecting, and transforming. In addition to Fine Arts, Morgan studied Art Education at Texas State University as well as Criminal and Social Justice at the College of the Rockies in BC Canada. Morgan’s professional painting practice focuses on plein-air landscape assemblage and multiple exposure oil paintings that call into question ideas of impermanence, memory and conservation. After spending a year living on the road, developing her art from her mobile travel trailer studio, she has settled in Santa Fe to split her time between teaching and creating. Find more about her work on her website or on Instagram at @painting.nomad

This two-part class is being offered on a sliding scale.

$20 minimal fee.

$40 covers the cost of the class.

$60 covers the cost of the class, plus a contribution to support educational programs

Photo by Morgan Jones