NEW CLASS - STILL LIFE IN OIL- Wednesday Afternoons, Jan 7 -Feb 11

Time: Wednesday Afternoons: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Upper Studio

Dates: Jan 7, 14, 21, 28 Feb 4, 11

Member $150* | Non-Member $180

*members need to log in on website for member discount

Max Students: 15

SKU#: GHJANFEB26-O

Course Information: NEW CLASS

Still Life in Oil - Alla Prima • Glazing • Impressionist Color

• Explore Impressionist style

• Learn alla prima & glazing techniques

• Create vibrant, luminous layers

• Open to all skill levels

• Paint freely and enjoy the process

Discover the beauty of painting in the Impressionist style through expressive still lifes alive with color and light. Learn alla prima and glazing techniques to create luminous layers, vibrant underpaintings, and dynamic brushwork.

Guided by artist Gergana Horozova, this class welcomes all levels—inviting you to paint freely, explore color boldly, and enjoy the creative journey. 

 

SUPPLY LIST:

Oil Painting Workshop Materials List ( most supplies are optional, please bring whatever supplies you already own )

1. Oil Paints

I do recommend a set if you do not have any tubes already. 

https://www.rosemaryandco.com/michael-harding-starter

 

Few colors to consider:

• Yellows: Two shades

• One cool yellow (e.g., Lemon Yellow, hansa, py 150

• One warmer yellow (e.g., Cadmium Yellow, Indian, gamboge)

• Reds: Two shades

• One leaning towards orange (e.g., Cadmium Red, pyrrole  )

• One leaning towards magenta (e.g., Alizarin Crimson, rose madder, opera )

• Blues: Two shades

• One cooler blue (e.g., phthalo, peacock blue )

• One warmer blue (e.g. French ultramarine Blue)

• White ( titanium, flake 

• Additional Colors: (e.g., Burnt Sienna, G7 green, G50 turquoise blue yellow ochre, vin dyke br )

2. Brushes

• I prefer Rosemary and Co 

PETER KEEGAN OIL SET

 

Also, here are are suggestions: (flat, round, filbert)

• Different sizes (small to large)

• Hog bristle brushes for thicker paint

• Synthetic brushes for finer details

3. Canvas or Canvas Boards smaller than 11x14” ( I prefer 9”x11” or 8x 10”

4. Palette

• Wooden or glass palette, disposable part for oil mixing

5. Palette Knives

• For mixing paint and creating texture

6. Mediums

• Linseed oil or other painting medium (like stand oil or damar varnish)

7. Solvents

• Gamsol for cleaning brushes and thinning paint is a necessity. A medium-sized bottle around 16 oz. will be fine. A glass jar for the Gamsol is also needed. Any old jar will work (pickle,olive jars, mason jars are all great, lid needed). Gamsol is oderless turpentine. If you prefer something stronger, you may bring a plastic bag and clean your brushes at home 

8. Rags or Paper Towels

• For wiping brushes and cleaning up I prefer ViVa 

9. Easel( optional)

• Adjustable easel for comfortable working position

10. Sketchbook and Pencils

• For preliminary sketches and notes

 

Bio:

Gergana Horozova is a Bulgarian-born painter and art educator based in Orland Park, Illinois. She teaches art in LaGrange, Orland Park, Riverside, and Romeoville, where she shares her passion for creativity, color, and self-expression with students of all ages.

Since graduating from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2010, Gergana has been recognized for her accomplishments by private art collectors and patrons, and was recently awarded the Luxembourg Art Merit Recognition. Her dual roles as artist and educator are deeply connected—each informs and enriches the other.

Influenced by the work of Delaunay, Macke, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, Miró, Seurat, and other twentieth-century masters, Gergana brings a love of color, form, and emotional honesty into both her paintings and her teaching. “Their masterpieces,” she says, “have inspired my own exploration of emotional vibrations through color and movement.”

In her creative practice, Gergana views painting as a way to “recalibrate, defragment, and liberate” personal experience—translating emotion into visual language. She encourages her students to do the same: to see art as a journey of discovery, reflection, and truth.