Oil Painting 101 with Josie Licavoli

Workshop Description

Join oil painter Josie Licavoli for a beginner-friendly oil painting class designed to build confidence with foundational techniques while encouraging you to develop your own visual language.

Through hands-on exercises, demonstrations, and discussion, you’ll learn the basics of working with oil paint while experimenting with color, texture, composition, and mark-making. We’ll also explore the past, present, and future of oil painting, tracing a medium with a history spanning more than 1,000 years. Together, we’ll consider how artists have used and reimagined oil painting throughout history, and how we can recontextualize elements of art history to create work that feels personal, contemporary, and uniquely yours.

For late teens, young adults, adults