Beginner Oil Painting

Learn the fundamentals of oil painting, including mastery of tools and materials and the basic tenets of art. Work from a still life using a limited palette, learning techniques from the masters! This class has a supply list to purchase before class.


Supplies:
Oil Paint 37ml tubes, any brand
-Quinacridone Magenta
-Cadmium Yellow Light
-Cobalt Teal
-Titanium White
-Burnt Sienna

Boar Bristle Oil Painting Brushes
-Bright, Long Handle, Sizes 4, 10
-Filbert, Long Handle, Sizes 4, 12
-Round, Long Handle, Sizes 1, 4

Studio or Value grade canvases & panels
Panels: Economy Bulk set of 9”x12”
Canvas: 1- 16”x20”
1- Disposable Palette pad, 16”x20”
1- 33.8oz. bottle Turpenoid (not turpentine), or equivalent odorless solvent

1 old cut up t-shirt
1 metal palette knife
1-75ml bottle Winsor & Newton Liquin
1-8oz bottle Linseed oil
1- Silicoil Brush Cleaning Tank
1-32oz bottle Brush Flush Oil & Latex Paint Brush Cleaner
1-Brush carrier
1 Palette cup, small, double

Heather Friedli
Heather Friedli

Instructor

Heather Friedli is Saint Paul’s premiere contemporary impressionistic artist. Friedli’s work represents places she has explored in her yearly “Artventures'' in the woods, rivers and beyond. Her experiences in the landscape dictate brush strokes in these imaginative and brilliant paintings. Within these kinesthetic and contextual works, Friedli explores the spiritual world through the lens of culture and lived experience of place. Her work is creative, soulful, bold, and powerful.

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Starts Wed, Sep 30th 2026 6:00 - 8:30 PM
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1780 West 7th
Instructors:
  • Heather Friedli
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Wed, Sep 30th 2026 6:00 - 8:30 PM 1780 West 7th
Wed, Oct 7th 2026 6:00 - 8:30 PM 1780 West 7th
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