online classroom

oil painting classes

Learn with me. I offer live online oil painting classes through Zoom. I will also be offering online courses that are pre-recorded. My style is simplified but grounded in drawing, composition, and color skills. My teaching objective is to create a positive environment, empowering students to take risks, ask questions and pursue their own individual artistic path. My method involves sharing some aspects of my own process, aiming to help students build tangible foundational skills and to offer guidance about materials. I also focus on mindset and thought process as important aspects of creating art. 

  • $80

[LAND] Plein Air Workflow: From Drawing to Painting

Online course. Self-directed. Tracy shares her outdoor artistic process through short video recordings (approx. 1 hour total), showing her workflow from sketching and color mixing to blocking in and refining details in her paintings. Discover how she simplifies the complexity of nature into elegant compositions of basic shapes. Tracy narrates the recordings live, offering direct insight into her creative approach.

  • $380

[LAND] REPLAY - Buildings in the Landscape

Replay of live course that was offered September 2024. Includes 4 sessions and approximately 8 hours of recorded course content. Learn to paint buildings in landscapes with simplicity and specificity. Topics include composition, value structure, color harmony, and more. You will have access to post and see previous posts in a private online group. The replay class does not include feedback. All levels welcome.

  • $65

[STLF] REPLAY 1-Hour Spring Still Life

Replay of live online course, one session. Mastering when to stop a painting is a universal challenge. Engage in one-hour exercises to overcome overworking. Led by Tracy, this two-hour class features a captivating still life painting demo with seasonal flowers.

  • $65

[STLF] REPLAY 1-Hour Summer Still Life

Replay of live online course, one session, 2 hours in length. Engaging in one-hour painting exercises can help you learn to avoid overworking paintings, a common problem. Led by Tracy, this two-hour class features a still life painting demo with summer flowers.

  • $170

[STLF] REPLAY Simplified Forms in Still Life, 2-Session Workshop

Replay of workshop, two 2-hour sessions. We will explore ways of simplifying the majesty of what we see through composition, value control, and color. First using paper then moving to oil paint, we will move through the stages of making paintings with still life as our subject. Our aim is to generate strong starts and work towards finish in ways that expand our sensitivity to value and shape.