If you’re just starting out in oil painting, still life is an ideal place to begin. The simplicity of the subject matter allows you to concentrate on learning the basics of paint – how to mix colors, how to handle your brush, and how to create an illusion of three-dimensional form. Friel’s step-by-step approach, in which you start with a tonal underpainting and then add color, helps you to analyze and then successfully render your subject. Friel starts each class with a lecture and demonstration, a weekly guided tour through all the stages of his painting process. You will finish the class much more confident in your ability to meet the challenges of oil painting, no matter what the subject.