Acrylic and Oil Painting with Kelly Oakes (Spring 2025 Session 1)

Ages 18+
Wednesdays, March 12th - April 30th
1 - 4 PM
$300 (for 8 weeks)

Beginners welcome!

About the Class:

This class is perfect for beginning painters interested in learning the basics or acrylic and/or oil mediums, or more seasoned painters who want to learn new skills, like mixing skin tones for portraits. This class is open to all. Kelly will teach the class through demonstrations, short lectures, and individual counsel. Beginners will paint a simple still life using the color wheel to mix paints. More advanced painters can bring their own reference photos (an iPad is highly recommended) and be guided with tips of the trade help your create your best painting.

A list of suggested supplies follows:

Paints:

Cadmium Red
Alizarin Crimson
Cadmium Yellow
Yellow ochre
Ultramarine Blue
Burnt Umber
Titanium white

Brushes:

2 quantity each:
small #2
Medium #4
Larger #6
Perhaps a very small one for detail

Paper towels

Palette

For Oils only:
gamesol and linseed oil
Small jar
Murphy's oil soap to clean brushes

For Acrylics only:
small jar of Matte medium

About the Artist: Kelly Oakes

Kelly Oakes is a portrait painter, painting in oils both commissions and people that inspire her to paint them. She mostly paints from life, where she can experience the interplay between the model and the artist in the quiet of the studio. It is there that she can bring the essence of the model’s soul to the canvas.

Oakes has taught art for 20 years to all ages and abilities. She has a BFA from The Maryland Institute of Art, as well as studied at The Arts Students League in NYC. She enjoys sharing her passion for creating and appreciating art. She recently relocated with her husband to Hillsborough, NC. Kelly now has a studio at Eno Mill Artist Studios in Hillsborough, where she continues to paint commissions and teach.

You can learn more about Kelly by visiting her website.