Main Exhibit Gallery
  • HOME
    • About Us
    • Artists
  • ART CLASSES
    • Oil Painting for Beginners
    • Art Journaling
    • Independent Wheel Pottery
    • Beginner Pottery Tuesday Evenings
    • Beginner Pottery Thursday Evenings
    • Wednesday Clay Workshop
    • One-Day Wheel Pottery Group Event
    • Wood Fired Pottery Class
    • Creative Summer Fun Camp
    • Beginners Stained Glass
    • STAINED GLASS GROUP WORKSHOPS
  • Sirofchuck Studios Funiture
  • FINE CRAFT
    • GARDEN/OUTDOOR >
      • Acorns
      • Chimes
      • Cricket Forge Benches >
        • Benches 2
        • Butterfly Bench
        • Garden Sculpture
    • POTTERY >
      • Alexis Dillon
      • Bruce Larrabee
      • Bryan Becker Bowls
      • Gwen Korvick Pottery
      • Ron Korczynski
      • Sara Baker Stoneware
      • Stu Thompson
      • Terry Acker
      • Winegar Pottery
    • Pewter Switch Plates
    • Ceramic Switch Plates
    • SOLMATE SOCKS
    • Maruca Handbags
    • JEWELRY >
      • Artist Jay
      • Cray Charlebois
      • Mark Steel Earrings
      • Sergio Lub Copper Cuffs
    • Baltic By Design
    • Watercolor Wall Quilts
  • FINE ART
    • Ginny Barnett
    • Gail Beem
    • Doreen Currie
    • Barry Gerst
    • Diane Grguras
    • Mary Hamilton
    • Sarah Hunter
    • John Kaclik
    • Yelena Lamm
    • Greg Langham
    • Kurt Pfaff
    • Shelley Poli
    • Lauren Scavo-Fulk
    • Nora Thompson
    • Jeanne Wagle
    • Rachel Wheeler
  • STAINED GLASS

Oil Painting for Beginners

Picture
All Classes are held at Main Exhibit Gallery's fully accessible Art Center in the lower level rear of the Gallery building, 301 West Main St., Ligonier, PA 15658.
Register for Mornings
Register for Evenings

Oil Painting For Beginners

With Instructor Clair F. Maier
Have you ever wanted to try painting with oils, but never knew where to begin? This 6-week workshop is for you! We’ll cover oil painting essentials and get you started on your first painting!

Instructor Clair F. Maier, with a BA in Studio Art from Saint Vincent College, will teach basic concepts of oil painting, including prepping a canvas, setting up a palette, choosing brushes, mixing colors, working with painting mediums, creating an underpainting, layering wet and dry paint, proper brush cleaning and maintenance, and more!

Class time will range from short instruction and brief exercises to sessions of working on individual projects. Clair asks students to bring 3 different photos 8x10” or larger (or a laptop/tablet) to use as references for your painting (no portraits, please--people are hard to paint!). In class, she’ll help you select the best one to get you started successfully. Clair will also cover basic principles of color temperature, value, proportions, and shading, and help you apply them to your particular project!

All materials are provided, and you’ll be given a set of oils and supplies to keep! (You may wish to purchase additional materials after the first class, but no other materials will be necessary.)

Some experience in drawing is helpful, but not required. Come ready to learn and open to a new experience!

Ages 14 and up.

Address

301 West Main St.
Ligonier, PA 15658
Visit us in historic Ligonier!
Click for Directions

Contact Us

724-238-2310 | mandy@mainexhibitgallery.com

Spring Hours

Tuesday - Saturday 11 - 5pm
Sundays 12-4pm
Closed Mondays

How to Place an Order

 This is not an e-commerce site. To order any of our American-made fine art and craft, please email your request or phone us during regular business hours. We'd love to personally tell you about the product!
Subscribe to E-News
Subscribe to our eNews to be the first to know about upcoming art classes and workshops in our lower level Art Center.

We're Social!

Like us on Facebook and Follow us on Instagram to keep up with our latest artwork, classes, events,
and products!
  • HOME
    • About Us
    • Artists
  • ART CLASSES
    • Oil Painting for Beginners
    • Art Journaling
    • Independent Wheel Pottery
    • Beginner Pottery Tuesday Evenings
    • Beginner Pottery Thursday Evenings
    • Wednesday Clay Workshop
    • One-Day Wheel Pottery Group Event
    • Wood Fired Pottery Class
    • Creative Summer Fun Camp
    • Beginners Stained Glass
    • STAINED GLASS GROUP WORKSHOPS
  • Sirofchuck Studios Funiture
  • FINE CRAFT
    • GARDEN/OUTDOOR >
      • Acorns
      • Chimes
      • Cricket Forge Benches >
        • Benches 2
        • Butterfly Bench
        • Garden Sculpture
    • POTTERY >
      • Alexis Dillon
      • Bruce Larrabee
      • Bryan Becker Bowls
      • Gwen Korvick Pottery
      • Ron Korczynski
      • Sara Baker Stoneware
      • Stu Thompson
      • Terry Acker
      • Winegar Pottery
    • Pewter Switch Plates
    • Ceramic Switch Plates
    • SOLMATE SOCKS
    • Maruca Handbags
    • JEWELRY >
      • Artist Jay
      • Cray Charlebois
      • Mark Steel Earrings
      • Sergio Lub Copper Cuffs
    • Baltic By Design
    • Watercolor Wall Quilts
  • FINE ART
    • Ginny Barnett
    • Gail Beem
    • Doreen Currie
    • Barry Gerst
    • Diane Grguras
    • Mary Hamilton
    • Sarah Hunter
    • John Kaclik
    • Yelena Lamm
    • Greg Langham
    • Kurt Pfaff
    • Shelley Poli
    • Lauren Scavo-Fulk
    • Nora Thompson
    • Jeanne Wagle
    • Rachel Wheeler
  • STAINED GLASS