Oil Painting Basics
[Spring 2026] Learn how to work with oils, prepare canvases, and create beautiful paintings of people, places, and things!
Course
Ready to learn the basics of oil painting? Learn how to work with oils, prepare canvases, and create beautiful paintings of people, places, and things! Through a series of different projects, learn to create thumbnail sketches and use color to create a portrait that tells a story.
Studio 4
Saturdays, February 5 – April 18, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Gallery
October Sharify (they/them) is a sculptor, painter, and sewist based in Chicago, Illinois. Their work is often high contrast, surreal and confronting, and their work draws on their Persian and African American cultural heritage as well as their personal interest in art history, the macabre, and pop culture.
