Introduction to Oil Painting

This beginner-friendly oil painting workshop introduces the key skills that help you paint with confidence. You’ll learn how to understand light and shadow through tonal value, mix colours using a simple limited palette, and see how light shapes form and atmosphere in your work.

You’ll practise these skills through approachable subjects including still life, portrait studies, and simple landscapes. Each project helps you build observation skills while learning how to translate what you see onto the canvas.

Along the way, you’ll be guided through essential oil painting techniques such as brushwork, paint handling, and layering. The focus is on building confidence, learning to observe more closely, and enjoying the slow, satisfying process of working with oils.

Leave inspired and ready to keep painting.