Oil Painting for Beginners with Liz Fusco | May | Spring 2021

Oil Painting for Beginners with Liz Fusco | May | Spring 2021

Painting | This class is completed

107 East Deer Park Road Dix Hills, NY 11746 United States

Studio 3

Beginner

5/7/2021-6/11/2021

10:00 AM-1:30 PM EDT on Fri

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305.00 USD

Member Discount Available

Students will learn the very basics of oil painting and composition. We will paint still life subjects (preferably from life). Students will learn the fundamentals of toning the canvas, mixing colors, creating value studies and underpainting. We will start off with painting a simple subject using a value study, then progress to a full painting.

  • In-person classes at ALLI follow safety protocols for social distancing.
  • All students are required to wear a mask in the building and under the tent at all times.
  • • Canvas or panels- primed. Not bigger than 11 x 14
  • • Brushes- for oil paints- a few sizes, brights and filberts (large, medium and smaller)
  • • Palette- wooden or plastic
  • • Palette knife
  • • Paints: good oil paint (Winsor & Newton, Grumbacher, Gamblin) in the following colors:
  • ***Cadmium yellow, Lemon Yellow, Ultramarine Blue, Burnt umber, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Sap Green ***
  • • Odorless mineral spirits or Turpenoid- (I use Gamsol)
  • • Rags, paper towels
  • All materials can be purchased online at www.blickart.com or www.jerrysartarama.com
  • Wear clothes that can get messy or an apron. Some folks like to wear latex or vinyl gloves.
Fusco, Liz

Painting and drawing is something I’ve been doing my entire life. I started my art career in high school and took a hiatus after getting married and raising a family. Going back to get my degree was always a goal of mine and as an adult I studied oil painting- both landscape and still life, .and I received my B.F.A. and MA with a NY certification in Art Education. As a teacher and lifelong learner, I am always looking to expand my knowledge. In 2014, I enrolled in the Botanical Certificate program at the New York Botanical Gardens and earned my certificate in
2017. Because of my passion for nature, wildlife and gardening, I began painting flowers and plant life. I really enjoy painting in both oils and watercolor and my subjects almost always include natural objects.
I have been exhibiting my work in local and national shows since 2010 and received awards for honorable mention and The Roth Award for Botanical Distinction at Filoli Gardens annual Botanical Exhibit in San Francisco, California. A recent group exhibit at the Carter Burden
Gallery in New York, had been featured in Fine Arts Connoisseur magazine in July of 2021. I have also had my work featured in other publications as Botanical Artist Journal, The Smithtown News and the TBR Artist Coloring Book published by the Times Beacon Record.
I am currently teaching Watercolor, Drawing and Oil Painting at the Art Leagues of Long Island and also at The Atelier at Flowerfield in St. James and also at the Art Guild in Port Washington.