• Foundation art course - Beginners Oil Painting

Foundation art course - Beginners Oil Painting

SKU: foundation oil painting
€600.00
€575.00
€575.00
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Class times -


You can do the foundation course over any 10 week period all year round.

You choose your own dates. Please give us your first 4 dates in box below and all other dates can be arranged in the studio when we meet.


  • 8 full days 10-4 Any Wednesday &/or Saturday full day 10-4.


All dates booked must take place over 10 weeks. Available all year round.


Materials Included with your booking are a bonus 2 x canvas 30 x 40cm , studio paper, oil paint and medium.

Bring set of brushes or discuss with studio.

Subject / style - you can explore both drawing and painting and a number of styles in this course. Subject -classical, portraiture, figure, abstraction, landscape ? etc


Get started on your journey to learning beautiful techniques in drawing and painting in both classical and contemporary styles.Complete your foundation course in 1 or 2 months. You will be guided through the process of learning how to use brushes correctly, mix paints, composition, draw and paint landscapes and portraits or create expressive and abstract works. You can then book another course or the weekly classes and progress to the next level of your artistic journey focusing on whatever area interests you or book the weekly classes which are ongoing all year.


Past students have used these classes to:

  • to study art, painting drawing at you own pace in an open college timetable
  • Develop a portfolio for admission to art or design college or for professional purposes
  • Understand the flesh palette from the Venetian, French and Flemish schools of painting
  • Study techniques such as grisaille, layering, glazing, sfumato, imprimatura and alla prima
  • Learn how to transform initial ideas into fully-realised drawings and paintings from sketch book to finished work.
  • Develop themes into a series of work for a gallery show or portfolio
  • Overcome creative blocks from the home studio or fear of simply doing art



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CONDITIONS: Once confirmed, all sessions are non-exchangeable, non-transferable and non-refundable. If classes have to be cancelled by East Coast Art Studios for any reason, students will be offered a refund for the missed class, or an opportunity to retake the session at another date. All paint and drawing materials are provided for both drawing and painting courses except canvas. Students taking the intensive programme or ongoing classes must bring their own set of brushes these can be provided by the studio please ask for info. Students wishing to paint on a larger scale may bring a canvas with them to the studio.  All class times include 5 minutes of clean-up. . Photos/videos taken by East Coast Art Studios during sessions, including of students or students work may be used for promotional purposes unless students specifically request otherwise.