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OIL PAINTING alla prima with Sissi Sneve-Schultze

Dates: June 26-July 31, 2025 (6 weeks)

Time: Thursdays, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm

Price: Members $160 / Non-Members $190

Level: Dabbler or a refresher for returning painters

Alla prima (Italian, meaning at first attempt), is a painting technique that means working wet-on-wet, and finishing the painting in one sitting, only adding the finishing touches if needed in a second sitting.

We will explore the basic rules of composition, value, color, perspective, and learn how to use various apps on a tablet or smartphone to find the subject and make edits.

We will work from life, both inside and outside (weather permitting), and we will work from photographs.

We will discuss and try limited palettes and how to mix and apply paint.

The goal is to create a strong foundation in oil painting medium and as well as establishing an insight into the formal concerns of all art media. All this while having fun in a supportive atmosphere.

Oil Painting Recommended Supplies or bring what you’ve got.

Oil Paint: Recommended Brands: M Graham which is solvent free, Gamblin, Sennelier, Vasari, etc. Avoid “student grade” paint. *Supplies in parentheses are good to have but not necessary.

Or bring what you have.

- - White: titanium / zinc, and/or flake white
  - Naples Yellow Light
  - Cadmium Lemon Yellow or Yellow Light
  - (Cadmium Yellow) Cadmium Yellow Deep
  - Cadmium Red Light
  - Alizarin Crimson
  - (Quinacridone Magenta)
  - Ultramarine Blue (Cerulean Blue and or Manganese Blue)
  - Yellow Ochre
  - Burnt Sienna
  - Raw Umber
  - Ivory Black

Medium:

M. Graham Walnut/Alkyd Oil Medium, Liquid Light, Old Masters Maroger, etc.

Or bring what you have.

Paint Brushes

Silver Grand Prix, Rosemary brushes, etc.

Filberts #2, #4, #6. (Flats #2, #4, #6)

2 Palette Knives, one of which comes to a point

Disposable grey palette paper pad.

Gamsol or Turpenoid.

Canvas: we will work small so we can finish one painting per session: no larger than 12”x12” not smaller than 8”x8”

Ampersand gessopanel,

Centurion linen panels.

(Arches Oil Paper Pad, 9×12”)

Small sketch pad, pencil

Paper towels (Viva or Bounty recommended,) or lint free rags.

BLICK ART MATERIALS

BIO: Sissi Sneve-Schultze is an award winning oil painter who resides in Eastham, MA. A native of Bardu, Norway, Sneve-Schultze emigrated to the United States in the eighties and received her BA in Drawing and Painting from Minnesota State University in 1984. She has studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, MA., where she lived and worked until her move to Cape Cod in 1993.
Since launching her career as a full-time artist, Sneve-Schultze has operated an art studio, presently in Orleans, MA. Included amongst her professional credits, is Associate Membership in Oil Painters of America. The artist’s work has been shown at several National Juried Exhibits and at numerous galleries.
Sneve-Schultze finds inspiration in living on Cape Cod. She often brings her sketchbook and painting supplies to the beach for the plein air experience. Also her still life paintings include objects that celebrate her connection to the sea and life on Cape Cod.
For more information, go to: https://www.sneve-schultze.com/