Online Class: Getting Started with Oils!

In this 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 introduce you to the fundamentals of oil painting. This class will cover:

• 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 this session with small studies of various paintings that apply and practice the above skills. 

Supplies needed for this class: 

• Oil paint (Recommended starter set: Winsor & Newton Winton Oil Color Paint, Basic Set, 10 x 21ml Tubes. 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 with lid or glass jar with lid
• Palette (parchment paper or piece of glass from a frame)
• Strathmore 400 Series Oil Painting Pad 9″X12″ (or other oil painting papers or canvas)
• Recommended: refined linseed oil, 75ml

Note About Oil Paints:

It is always recommended to work in a ventilated area when using oil paint and solvents. Oil paint is permanent/staining to clothes and other fabrics. Avoid direct contact with skin. At the beginning of class, the instructor will also go over best practices for using oil paint safely.

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 class is being offered on a sliding scale.

$10 minimal fee.

$20 covers the cost of the class.

$30 covers the cost of the class, plus a contribution to support educational programs.

Photo Courtesy of Morgan Jones