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Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at $1000. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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Private Oil Painting Class
Learn how to paint realism in oils in a private art class.
2 hours
Castle Hill
1 to 2 guests
$125 - $200
($200 per guest when you book for 1 guest, $125/guest for 2 guests)
What you'll do
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arrow_right_alt arrow_downward- Knowing your tools and materials including health/safety.
- Basic drawing, shapes, angles, perspective
- Light and shadow and their use to create form.
- Using oil paint, media, brushwork
- Understanding colour, tonal values, saturation, and how to mix colours
- Isolating and matching colour
- Painting composition
- Still life painting
- Portraiture
- Landscape painting
What you'll get
Materials will only be provided for the first session. For any further sessions, you will need to provide your own materials listed below.
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Knowledge required
Beginners, intermediates and anyone who needs help with painting in oils.
What to bring
- Artist-grade paints (Art Spectrum, Langridge, or Gamblin preferred).
- The following colours are essential:
- Cadmium Yellow Light (Art Spectrum)
- Permanent Alizarin (Gamblin)
- Ultramarine Blue (Series 1) (Art Spectrum)
- Burnt Umber (Langridge) (Preferred brand as colour differs significantly between brands)
- Flake White Replacement (Gamblin). Please do not buy any alternative Flake White.
- A brush set for oils with a variety of sizes.
- A flat palette (can be a simple piece of perspex or glass).
- Palette knife.
- Canvases not bigger than A4 at the start. You can use canvas pads or canvas boards.
- Odourless solvent.
- Jar to clean the brushes and a small container to hold the medium.
- A small bottle of refined linseed oil.
Location
Castle Hill, NSW
Exact location is masked for privacy. You'll automatically get the specific address after booking.
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Recent reviews of Private Oil Painting Class
- 5/5 from Rachel Moore, attended Oct 2026: Thoroughly enjoyed my private lesson with Chris, really helpful advice re colour theory and different mediums and the techniques I’m trying to master - predominantly sunsets and water. Will definitely be coming back for another 2 hour session once I’ve practiced the skills I learned this session. 100% recommend!
- 5/5 from James Anvia, attended Dec 2023: he is a great teacher and hoping to continue with him soo n he is helpful
- 5/5 from James Anvia, attended Nov 2023: Very friendly helpful explains basics tips tricks and shows different techniques. Chris is supportive teacher shows good skills to me
Your teacher
Chris is an artist who lives and works in Sydney, Australia. At the age of six, Chris developed an interest in drawing and at the age of 13, he attended the School of Arts at Palazzo de La Salle in Valletta, Malta.Vidal's style of work was developed through years of experience in drawing and painting. He considers himself as a contemporary realist with his preferred subject being the landscape. Studying classical arts mainly drawing from life helped him to develop drawing skills and a keen eye for detail. During his studies, he was influenced by the works of the great masters. He is also influenced by the American landscape painters of the Hudson River School and by the Australian impressionists of the Heidelberg movement.Chris is also a tutor and teaches drawing and painting to adults at various locations around Sydney. He emphasises the importance of drawing as the foundation onto which you can build up a solid skill in painting as you progress.Having a solid background in science he gives importance to the quality of materials used to create artwork as well as to the importance of understanding why to use a particular technique in the painting process.Ultimately the aim of the teaching classes is to guide you and help you develop a skill in a way that you will be able to draw and paint without any assistance and to also be your own critique.
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