Description

Landscape Oil/Acrylic Painting with Robin Wessman – Full

Thursdays, February 19 – March 26, 2026

Time: 1:00-4:00 pm

Prices: Non-Member $175 / Member $205 

Location: Cape Cod Art Center

This course will teach students how to create a landscape oil painting from start to finish.  All stages of painting will be done in the studio.  The class will include demonstrations by the instructor for each step including: drawing, underpainting, palette setup, paint layering and varnishing.  Students will have the opportunity to put into practice each step along the way with close individual guidance by the instructor.  Focus for the class will be placed on composition, values, form, and color.  Information will be shared on painting techniques and the use of various mediums at different stages of painting.  By the end of this class students will have the necessary tools to create a successful landscape painting. All skill levels of painters are welcome for this class.

Materials list – Studio Class Painting

• Recommended Oil Paints:
  • Burnt Umber
  • Cadmium Yellow Light
  • Cadmium Orange
  • Cadmium Red Light
  • Sap Green
  • Ultramarine Blue
  • Dioxazine Purple
  • Titanium White
• Optional Paints
  • Cadmium Yellow Deep
  • Cobalt Blue
  • Raw Umber
  • Red Oxide
  • Yellow Oxide
  • Alizarin Crimson
• Palette – glass is the  best
• Assortment of brushes: flats, filberts, rounds and a fan brush. Can be short or long handle, sable, synthetic or hog bristle.
• Recommended brushes to get started:
  • #2 Utrecht Manglon Synthetic Bright (Dick Blick)
  • #6 Utrecht Manglon Synthetic Bright (Dick Blick)
  • #8 Utrecht Manglon Synthetic Fan (Dick Blick)
  • #4 Hog Bristle Filbert (Trekell)
  • #4 Golden Taklon Bright (Trekell)
  • 50 mm (2”) Varnish Brush (Trekell)
• Palette knife (2” Diamond shape works best)
• Tracing paper (11×14 or larger)
• Sketch pad (11×14 or larger)
• Pencils (2B or graphite)
• White eraser
• Primed panels (best) or canvases (9×12 or 11×14 smooth texture – Jerrysartorama 3pack of NY Central  portrait smooth art great and inexpensive)
• Odorless Mineral Spirits (Gamsol is best from Gamblin)
• Gamvar Satin Finish (Varnish made by Gamblin)
• Rags or paper towels

*Acrylic Paints maybe used in place of oils for this class.

BLICK ART MATERIALS

Instructor Bio Robin Wessman is a contemporary realist painter from Eastham, MA.  He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Ohio University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts & Education degree from the University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth. His paintings are a reaction to the environment he lives in on Cape Cod and how he feels about the world around him. As a resident of Eastham, his landscapes are inspired by the natural beauty and light of the dunes and marshes, especially the preserved landscape of the Cape Cod National Seashore. His paintings are fueled by observation and imagination and invite the viewer to experience something beyond an accurate depiction subjects. He employs the indirect method of painting which begins with sketches and studies from life, followed by a combination of direct paint application and layers of transparent paint. One constant in all his work is the exploration of light and how it affects form and creates atmosphere.  His work is represented by several galleries and may be found in private collections throughout the US and internationally.

https://www.wessmanart.com/about