This expressive oil painting class focuses on developing a versatile and intuitive approach to painting via Alla Prima techniques. We'll explore simplified methods and a minimal materials list to make oil painting easy and accessible. The methods we cover will help build a solid foundation in color mixing, value relationships, and expressive mark-making, and achieve a wide range of colors with a very limited paint palette. The goal of this class is not a paint-along, rather an introduction to the fundamentals of painting that will allow students to utilize effective techniques in their own creative projects. This will be an adult class, with recommended ages of 16 and up. It will run for 4 weeks with one session per week. Though it’s intended for beginners to oil painting, it’s still recommended that students have some experience with visual arts.