Oil Painting Open Paint 

February 4, 11, 18th and 25th

Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm

This class is oil painting and drawing lessons for students 14 and over, mixed adults and teens. 

If you are a new student, plan on spending your first class getting to know your oil color palette and completing a color wheel.  

After the first session, students work on their own pieces at their own pace. Most paintings require a minimum of three classes to complete. 

You can work from your photo reference or one of mine. See the BLOG page on the website for helpful tips and reference images. 

Please email me a copy of the image you would like to work from, your skill level, and anything in particular you are interested in learning.  

An iPad or laptop works best for viewing your images. Printed photos work as well.

Wear old clothes as oil paint stains. You will be added to the student newsletter, so check your junk email if you don't receive it. 

All supplies are provided, but please feel free to bring your favorite paintbrushes. We paint on canvas, but Ampersand Boards are available for an additional charge. 

Oil Painting Open Paint 

February 4, 11, 18th and 25th

Tuesdays, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

This class is oil painting and drawing lessons for students 14 and over, mixed adults and teens. 

If you are a new student, plan on spending your first class getting to know your oil color palette and completing a color wheel.  

After the first session, students work on their own pieces at their own pace. Most paintings require a minimum of three classes to complete. 

You can work from your photo reference or one of mine. See the BLOG page on the website for helpful tips and reference images. 

Please email me a copy of the image you would like to work from, your skill level, and anything in particular you are interested in learning.  

An iPad or laptop works best for viewing your images. Printed photos work as well.

Wear old clothes as oil paint stains. You will be added to the student newsletter, so check your junk email if you don't receive it. 

All supplies are provided, but please feel free to bring your favorite paintbrushes. We paint on canvas, but Ampersand Boards are available for an additional charge. 

Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm

February 5, 12, 19  and 26th

Let's paint a Rooster!

This month, we will take a closer look at how to paint roosters. Topics covered will include painting and mixing the color black, painting feathers, and those fun backgrounds that I love to create.

All supplies provided.

This class is oil painting and drawing lessons for students 14 and over, mixed adults and teens. 

Saturday Single Drop In Oil Painting - This class is oil painting lessons for students 14 and over, mixed adults and teens.  Open to new and existing students.  All levels of skill welcome.

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Oil Painting is not something you can learn in an afternoon.  For new students, please plan on attending at least three Single Drop In classes or register for one of the monthly sessions.

Students work on their own projects, at their own pace.  Please email me your reference images before class starts. Ipad's work great for viewing your reference images. I can also print them for you.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Oil Painting Open Paint 

March 4, 11, 18 and 25

Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30

This class is oil painting and drawing lessons for students 14 and over, mixed adults and teens. 

If you are a new student, plan on spending your first class getting to know your oil color palette and completing a color wheel.  

After the first session, students work on their own pieces at their own pace. Most paintings require a minimum of three classes to complete. 

You can work from your photo reference or one of mine. See the BLOG page on the website for helpful tips and reference images. 

Please email me a copy of the image you would like to work from, your skill level, and anything in particular you are interested in learning.  

An iPad or laptop works best for viewing your images. Printed photos work as well.

Wear old clothes as oil paint stains. You will be added to the student newsletter, so check your junk email if you don't receive it. 

All supplies are provided, but please feel free to bring your favorite paintbrushes. We paint on canvas, but Ampersand Boards are available for an additional charge. 

Oil Painting Open Paint 

March 4, 11, 18 and 25

Tuesdays, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

This class is oil painting and drawing lessons for students 14 and over, mixed adults and teens. 

If you are a new student, plan on spending your first class getting to know your oil color palette and completing a color wheel.  

After the first session, students work on their own pieces at their own pace. Most paintings require a minimum of three classes to complete. 

You can work from your photo reference or one of mine. See the BLOG page on the website for helpful tips and reference images. 

Please email me a copy of the image you would like to work from, your skill level, and anything in particular you are interested in learning.  

An iPad or laptop works best for viewing your images. Printed photos work as well.

Wear old clothes as oil paint stains. You will be added to the student newsletter, so check your junk email if you don't receive it. 

All supplies are provided, but please feel free to bring your favorite paintbrushes. We paint on canvas, but Ampersand Boards are available for an additional charge. 

Oil Painting Open Paint 

March 5, 12, 19 and 26

Wednesday, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

This class is oil painting and drawing lessons for students 14 and over, mixed adults and teens. 

If you are a new student, plan on spending your first class getting to know your oil color palette and completing a color wheel.  

After the first session, students work on their own pieces at their own pace. Most paintings require a minimum of three classes to complete. 

You can work from your photo reference or one of mine. See the BLOG page on the website for helpful tips and reference images. 

Please email me a copy of the image you would like to work from, your skill level, and anything in particular you are interested in learning.  

An iPad or laptop works best for viewing your images. Printed photos work as well.

Wear old clothes as oil paint stains. You will be added to the student newsletter, so check your junk email if you don't receive it. 

All supplies are provided, but please feel free to bring your favorite paintbrushes. We paint on canvas, but Ampersand Boards are available for an additional charge. 

March 29th and 30th from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm with a 1.5 hour lunch break

We have lots of concerns about how to finish a painting, but a successful finish depends in large part on the decisions we make at the start. This workshop will help you build a practice of “smart starts.”

We will not only cover the technical side of underpainting, but also the theory — how it can lay a solid foundation of composition, value, and even color direction.

By properly working out these issues at the start, you can avoid costly mistakes and the need to rework the painting later on. A well thought out underpainting can take you 50% of the way to the finish line.  

The workshop begins with the first act of composition: applying a limited focus. By considering shape size and the arrangement of light and dark masses, you’ll be able to find the strongest possible composition.

On Day 1, you’ll start two paintings, each with a different underpainting approach. 

Monochromatic, 1-color underpainting - Serves as a primer on value relationships and simplification. Learn how the single color chosen for the underpainting supports the painting’s color direction.

Color underpainting - This more advanced form of underpainting applies different colors to the major shapes. How those color masses relate is the foundation of the color strategy.

On Day 2, you’ll work toward a finish on your two underpaintings, and see how additional layers of color are applied to the underpainting. 

Level: Intermediate. This is not a workshop for first-time painters (those who have never painted or mixed color at all); however, it is ideally suited for those who want to learn more about building stronger foundations in their landscape paintings.

Medium: Oil and Oil Pastels

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ABOUT  MITCH ALBALA

Mitchell Albala is an award-winning landscape painter, workshop instructor, and author. His semi-abstract and atmospheric landscapes have been exhibited nationally and are represented in corporate and private collections.

He is the author of two best-selling books on landscape painting: Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice (Watson-Guptill, 2009), with over 60,000 copies in print; and The Landscape Painter's Workbook: Essential Studies in Shape, Composition, and Color (Rockport Publishers, 2022), which is currently the #1 selling book on landscape in the nation. Mitchell leads plein air workshops in Italy and teaches workshops throughout the Pacific Northwest.