Oil Painting for beginners with John Myers: 5th November to10th December 2015

John Myers

John Myers

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Learn step by step approaches to oil painting from an expert painter John Myers. We will cover materials and methods of oil painting including supports and surfaces, brushes and paint mediums. Students will learn colour mixing and ways of constructing images through contrasting tonal values, blocks of colour, line and texture. Much emphasis will be placed on the tactile handling of the paint. We will start by painting simple still life set ups. With a maximum of seven students only, this course will ensure you receive all the guidance you need to set yourself on the path to successful  oil painting.

Course Fees for 6 Thursdays £275. 

Times: 10.30am to 1.30pm. Venue TheESOP Eastbourne House

Class limited to 7 Participants only

Paint Palette Warm to Cool @theesop

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Thames 3 By John Myers Oil on Canvas

John Myers is a highly skilled artist and tutor in painting specializing in oil painting. He is the 2009 winner of the Grand Prix Maryse Anderbouhr award from Taylor Fondation des artistes in Paris and a graduate of Art History and Fine Arts from the distinguished École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1972 to 1977). From 1986 to 2002 John, a fluent French speaker, taught drawing and painting at the City of Paris’s École des Beaux-Arts  and was visiting lecturer at the prestigious British School of Paris. John exhibits widely in France and regularly in the UK and Ireland.

John recently completed two highly successful En plein air classes with us. Read testimonials on this here