Painting Fundamentals
X410 (2 semester units in Art)
This course introduces you to the essential materials and techniques of painting, including building and stretching a canvas, mixing color, underpainting, glazing and washing, dry brushing, and using a palette knife. Fundamental elements in the use of composition, line, contrast, texture, and color are also discussed. Demonstrations, slide-illustrated lectures, and individual and group critiques provide a basis for developing visual awareness and artistic self-expression.
Click below for sections, start dates, locations, instructors,
and to enroll.
Wed. June 4, San Francisco
LARRY ROBINSON, M.F.A., has taught painting, drawing, and color theory in the Bay Area since 1979. He is owner and director of Oakdale Painting Studio in San Francisco. His work has been exhibited at the Phoenix Museum of Art and throughout the Bay Area, including Dana Reich Gallery in San Francisco and Claudia Chapline Gallery in Stinson Beach.
- 10 meetings
- June 4 to Aug. 13: Wed., 6-9:40 pm (no meeting July 2)
- San Francisco: Room 213, South of Market Center, 95 Third St.
- $435 (EDP 014928)
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Textbook(s) for this course:
A Giacometti Portrait
Author: James Lord
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Year: 1980
ISBN: 0374515735
Sections closed for enrollment
Wed. Feb. 6, San Francisco
LARRY ROBINSON, M.F.A., has taught painting, drawing, and color theory in the Bay Area since 1979. He is owner and director of Oakdale Painting Studio in San Francisco. His work has been exhibited at the Phoenix Museum of Art and throughout the Bay Area, including Dana Reich Gallery in San Francisco and Claudia Chapline Gallery in Stinson Beach.
- 12 meetings
- Feb. 6 to April 30: Wed., 6:30-9:30 pm
- San Francisco: Room 213, South of Market Center, 95 Third St.
- $435 (EDP 013391)
Thurs. Feb. 7, San Francisco
LARRY ROBINSON, M.F.A., has taught painting, drawing, and color theory in the Bay Area since 1979. He is owner and director of Oakdale Painting Studio in San Francisco. His work has been exhibited at the Phoenix Museum of Art and throughout the Bay Area, including Dana Reich Gallery in San Francisco and Claudia Chapline Gallery in Stinson Beach.
- 12 meetings
- Feb. 7 to May 1: Thurs., 1:30-4:30 pm
- San Francisco: Room 213, South of Market Center, 95 Third St.
- $435 (EDP 013383)
Courses begin every month. A new edition of our catalog is published
three times a year in early April, July and December.