Beginning Oil Painting – Ages: Adults and Young Adults 16+
Have you ever wanted to work with oil paint, but don’t know where to start? Looking at that wall of paint tubes at the art store can be pretty overwhelming for the true beginner! Let us help you set up your creative foundation. We will work with subjects as basic as fruit to more complicated objects like glass and metal. In the end you’ll gain the needed knowledge along with some beautiful still life art created by your own hand! This is a five week course for students Ages 16 and up.
$270 ($250 with Membership Discount)
This includes a supply fee of $30 for all acrylic & oil paints, Linseed oil, terpenoid, and other needed items.
Dates: Tuesdays, January 6 – February 3, 2026
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Drawing & Painting Open Studio
Our Painting and Drawing Open Studios offer a flexible, supportive environment where students can work at their own pace on personal projects!
Meet Ashley
Ashley Livingston is an oil painter and printmaker from Alabama. She graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, concentrating in Painting and Printmaking. Her oil paintings often focus on endangered animals, and she aims to create work that spurs conversation about community and cultivating harmonious relationships with nature.
She is currently teaching the museum’s After School Art Programs’ classes in association with Marietta City Schools, as well as Preschool Art, Saturday Art School, and Printmaking for Adults at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art.
Website: https://www.ashleylivingstonart.com/painting
Instagram: livingston.art
