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OIL PAINTING alla prima with Sissi Sneve-Schultze 

Dates: January 8 – February 12, 2026 (6 weeks)  
Time: Thursdays, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm 

Price: Members $175 / Non-Members $205

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.

Recommended Supplies, or bring what you have.
Oil Paint, Split Complementary Palette (+).
Recommended Brand: M Graham, (solvent free), Gamblin, Sennelier, Vasari, etc., avoid “student grade” paint.
White: titanium / zinc, and/or flake white
Naples Yellow Light
Cadmium Lemon Yellow (Yellow Light), and Cadmium Yellow Deep)
Cadmium Red Light
Alizarin Crimson (Quinacridone Magenta or Quinacridone Rose)
Ultramarine Blue (Cirullean Blue, Manganese Blue, Pthalo Blue)
(Viridian or Sap Green)
Yellow Ocre
Burnt Sienna
Raw Umber
Ivory Black
Medium: Gamblin Solventfree Gel, bLiquin Light, M. Graham: Walnut Alkyd Medium, Old Masters Maroger, or bring what you have.
Paint Brushes:
Silver Grand Prix Filiberts #2, #4 , #6 (Flats #2, #4,#6) or Rosemary Company brushes.
2 Palette Knives, one of which comes to a point
Disposable grey palette paper pad, or your regular palette
Gamsol or Turpenoid.
Canvas:
Ampersand gessopanel, Centurion linen panels, etc. We will work mostly on 8”x10” to finish
within 2.5 hours. (Avoid craft store painting surfaces, generally these need additional prepping/
gesso).
Canvas paper pad.
Paper towels or lint free rags. (Viva or Bounty recommended.) Baby Wipes for hands.
Apron and gloves.
Sketchbook/pad (for thumbnail sketches), pencil/s, or charcoal
Viewfinder
Recommended:
Grid Painter App for phone or iPad. $1.99 (I think)
Shop for supplies online for larger selection and reasonable prices.

https://www.jerrysartarama.com
https://www.dickblick.com

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/