Styles In Water Soluble Oils

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Level	Intermediate
Instructor	Brenna George

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Mondays, 3:30PM to 6:00PM
January 12 to March 23, 2026
Ten Weeks
No class on Monday February 16.

Come prepared to play with paint and take risks in an encouraging environment with Brenna George 🔗 !

Students study four different artists and acquire skills by making a small painting every two weeks. The student then chooses their favourite of the artist’s styles and works on it during the last two weeks.

Each 10 week session we choose new artists. An intermediate level class is for someone who has taken one beginners class or has painted a little on their own.

Note: This class is open to students who seek independent study. Brenna will help you build your technical skills and guide you through problem solving your paintings.

Suggested Material List:

If you already have supplies that you work with, bring them in. Use the list that follows to fill in any gaps in your tool kit.

Water soluble oil paints: one Red (Pyrrole Red or choice), one Blue (Ultramarine, Primary Cyan, Phthalo Blue or choice), one Yellow (Permanent Yellow Light, Primary Yellow or choice).
- Optional colours: choose any colours you like to expand your palette: black, green, orange, purple, brown, gold, yellow ochre, burnt umber, burnt sienna, etc.
Water Mixable Linseed Oil or Water Mixable medium
a 9″x12″ pad of palette paper
- Optional Add on: Masterson’s Sta-Wet Painters Pal 9″x12″ (this option will allow you to put a lid on your mixed paints and take them home)
Brushes: #00 or # 000 round, #1 or #2 round, and flat large #9 fan (or any size you can find to cover big areas quickly)
- Optional brushes: soft blender makeup brush from a drugstore for soft blending, 00 Robert Simmons liner brush (makes lovely thin lines), and/or a hogs hair cheap brush #2 or any size (scratchy for making fur textures)
a palette knife for mixing paint (smaller long triangular ones work well)
Choose Five (5) surfaces from: Canson Canva-Paper pad 9″ x 12″ has 10 sheets per pad and/or Stretched canvas on wooden stretcher bars 9″ x 12″ or 8” x 10” (or about that size)
container for water
plastic lid from yoghurt or margarine (for applying areas of paint)
Paper towels
pencils: 2H and 2B
Eraser and sharpener
Sketchbook of any kind, for drawing compositional sketches and writing notes (Note: I use a5.5″x8.5″ but you can use any size you like)
Bring photos either on your phone, iPad or printouts 8 x 10 glossy (choosing reference material will be discussed in class)
Optional: colour wheel
Optional: disposable gloves

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Forum Art Centre is in Treaty 1 territory, the traditional and ancestral lands of the Anishinaabe, Ininiwak, Anishininiwak, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and the homeland of the Red River Métis. Our water is sourced from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty 3 territory, and much of our hydro-electricity comes from Treaty 5 territory in northern Manitoba. We are committed to learning and engaging in reconciliation and decolonization.