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Oil Painting: Old Masters Technique

Art School of SF Bay @ #15 700 Winchester Boulevard , San Jose, CA

Master the art of creating glowing skin, soft shadows, silky hair, and unforgettable eyes using a traditional oil painting technique from the XVII century. Unleash your creativity and learn to transform your work from a grisaille underpainting to mesmerizing glazes. Join us at the Art School of SF Bay and discover the secrets of the Old Masters.

(5) Advanced 18 and older

Oct 23rd

6:20–8:20pm PT

Meets 9 Times

$480

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Plein Air Painting

Art School of SF Bay

4.8 5 reviews

Experience the joy of painting outdoors while learning techniques for capturing sky, water, trees, and natural textures with oil paint. This class covers key skills like landscape composition, quick color mixing, and perspective—all in inspiring real-world settings. Suitable for both beginners and experienced artists looking to refine their approach.

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1954 Old Middlefield Way , Mountain View, CA
16 hours over 4 sessions

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Description

This course is taught outdoors at selected locations, all materials, easels, and chairs are provided. It will teach you techniques and tricks that will help you create successful landscape paintings in the field. All skill levels are welcome! Whether you are a beginner trying oil paints for the first time or an experienced painter looking to improve upon your landscape techniques, plein air (outdoor) painting is an immensely rewarding experience that can help you learn & grow as an artist.

This course will teach you:

Effective landscape composition
Quick color mixing
Various methods of painting sky, water, trees, grass
Arial and linear perspctive
Representing textures
Working with oil paint outdoors

To enjoy this course, you need to be familiar with:

Sketching
Shading

Refund Policy

We do not provide refunds for ongoing classes tuition, courses or camps payments.

However, full credit towards future booking or transfer to another camp/course will be offered for any cancellations made up to 2 business days before the camp or course starts.
Ongoing classes can be canceled with a 31 business days prior notice.

You can make up a missed class on another day when we offer the same age/skill group class. The make-up class should be arranged in advance, no drop-ins. Limit 2 make-up classes per month. Make-up classes are subject to the availability of space in a similar class. We reserve the right not to provide make-up classes or terminate the class enrollment for repeating truancy.

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Art School of SF Bay

The Art School of SF Bay offers creative and approachable classes in representational drawing from nature for kids and adults. Their skilled artists teach traditional disciplines and techniques to help students fully express themselves through art.

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