POP-UP: REAL WORLD OIL PAINTING with Don Conely

April 12th | 2-4pm | Beginner | $20M $25NM

Do you want to get started with oil painting? This Demo and Lecture style Pop-up will get you started with practical real-world materials and methods. You will be presented with information akin to what you would learn as if you were a college level art major enrolled in a college painting class, and beyond.

Questions answered include: What colors do I buy? What brand of paint should I get?; What brushes should I use? What do I use for a palette? What paint medium should I use?  How do I handle oil paint?  How do I clean my brushes? How do I clean my palette? 

No Materials need to bring as this is a Demo Lecture style Pop-up.

Many topics involve the use of materials which can be purchased at Home Improvement Stores and Hardware Stores, or even household items. A common thread is the use of “bulk size” materials, as a cost effective method to facilitate a constant stream of painting and/or painting large size canvases. Speaking of which, building and stretching your own canvas will be covered as well.

These materials and methodologies have been learned over a lifetime of painting, beginning from first year college painting classes though forty-plus years as a professional artist and illustrator. Oil painting can be challenging, with it’s own particular idiosyncrasies. This class will give you a head start with tackling the nuts and bolts of the medium, and provide a pathway which will allow a concentration on the personal creative aspects of painting.

Artist Biography

Don Conley

Don attended Carnegie-Mellon University, graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree with a double major in Painting and Illustration. During the final year he studied under illustrious abstract painter Sam Gilliam. Upon graduation, Don pursued a thirty-plus year career in professional communications as an illustrator and graphic designer in the Washington DC area, while also producing his own painting and drawing. He recently relocated to the York area and has been an Adjunct Professor at York College since 2022. Don currently sells art through private commission and public sale.