Oil Portrait Painting

Service Description

This class is for students of all levels who want to dig into the process of painting a portrait from life. Those who have attended before are more than welcome to attend another term and are sure to gain just as much! Over the 8 weeks, with a variety of models, we will start with the basics - the structure of the head and proportions of the features- and progress onto working with colour and tone, making an interesting composition and expressing mood. Materials List (Don’t worry if you don’t have absolutely everything!) • Oil paints: I use water soluble oils and recommend using them. There are a few brands – Duo, Cobra, and Artisan. - Large tube titanium white - Medium tubes: Cadmium yellow medium, Cadmium yellow light, Yellow ochre, Cadmium red medium, Cadmium red light, Alizarin crimson, Sap green, Ultramarine blue, Prussian blue, Burnt umber, Black (NB – cadmium are always more expensive so it’s fine to go with other reds and yellows!) • Brushes: a selection of brushes - bring what you have. Recommendation: filberts/flats in sizes 2,4,6,8,10; rounds in Sizes 1 and 2; 1 inch house painting brush • Canvases: At least 4 canvases for the course. They could be stretched canvas or canvas boards. Suggested size is around 9 x 12 inches, or 11 x 14 inches. They should already be gessoed and ready to go (many canvases come primed and ready to go). • Rags and paper towels • A lidded jar to take away any solvents (if using oil-based oil paints rather than water soluable) • Pencil • Rubber • Sharpener • Charcoal •Disposable palette pad (recommended, or regular palette if preferred) • Masking tape

Cancellation Policy

We will provide a 50% refund if you give written advance notice up to 30 days before the course start date. 0% refund 30 days before a course starts. Please note there is an administration fee of £5 payable in respect of such refunds to cover payment processing fees. You will need to inform a member of administration staff in writing by emailing EDS at info@edinburghdrawingschool.co.uk. Additionally, if you withdraw for any reason after the course has started you will not be entitled to a refund. We are a small business and we depend on every booking to ensure that classes can go ahead. If a tutor has to withdraw from teaching the scheduled course for any reason (medical/personal/professional) before the start of a scheduled course, during a scheduled course, if the course is 8 weeks long or scheduled as x3 terms of 8 weeks long each, The Edinburgh Drawing School will find a replacement tutor for the course designed by that tutor for The Edinburgh Drawing School. The course content will be the same as the originally booked course. A student will not be entitled to a refund should the school have no option but to find a replacement tutor. If a tutor leaves and starts work elsewhere, and a student prefers to take classes with them personally at the tutor's new workplace, that is at the discretion of the student and no refund is entitled to them or will be given. If a student is unable to attend a class due to medical/personal/professional reasons, then EDS must be informed immediately so that the tutor can be notified. If you are missing a class because you suspect that you have developed Covid-19, please let us know immediately so that we can alert fellow student and tutors. Non-attendance of classes/workshops does not automatically mean a refund, however EDS will assess the circumstance

Contact Details

• 13A Great King Street, Edinburgh, UK