In this workshop, the student will explore various properties of oil paint. You will learn the differences between professional grade and student grade paints, opaque versus transparent paints and how to use them, and how different paint properties impact or clash with other oil paints. Oil paint mediums, their uses, and the various brushes and palette knives, and their uses will be covered. 

The object is for the student to become familiar with oil paints and be at ease with experimenting in the medium in a non-intimidating way, so that the learn how easy it is to use and work with oils.