OIL PAINTING SIMPLIFIED
Portland, Maine.
OIL PAINTING SIMPLIFIED
(Todd Bonita)
(Beginners - Intermediate)
January 05 - February 23, 2027
(6) Tuesdays (1 - 4pm).
Maine Center for the Sacred Arts.
302 Stevens Ave, Portland, ME
(Limit 12) $360
Discover the rich, luminous possibilities of oil painting in this six-week, hands-on class designed for both beginners and painters with some experience.
You’ll learn how to build an oil painting from the first layers to the final details, exploring color, light, composition, brushwork, layering, and glazing along the way. We’ll focus on practical techniques that help you create depth, richness, and luminosity in your paintings.
Each class combines demonstration, instruction, and plenty of time to paint. Whether you’re picking up oil paints for the first time or looking to strengthen your existing skills, you’ll develop a better understanding of how to approach an oil painting with confidence and intention.
Six-week class includes:
* No class January 19 and February 16, 2027.
(Todd Bonita)
(Beginners - Intermediate)
January 05 - February 23, 2027
(6) Tuesdays (1 - 4pm).
Maine Center for the Sacred Arts.
302 Stevens Ave, Portland, ME
(Limit 12) $360
Discover the rich, luminous possibilities of oil painting in this six-week, hands-on class designed for both beginners and painters with some experience.
You’ll learn how to build an oil painting from the first layers to the final details, exploring color, light, composition, brushwork, layering, and glazing along the way. We’ll focus on practical techniques that help you create depth, richness, and luminosity in your paintings.
Each class combines demonstration, instruction, and plenty of time to paint. Whether you’re picking up oil paints for the first time or looking to strengthen your existing skills, you’ll develop a better understanding of how to approach an oil painting with confidence and intention.
Six-week class includes:
- Introduction to materials, tools, and oil-painting techniques
- Understanding color, value, and light
- Building a painting through layers
- Exploring glazing and other techniques for creating depth and luminosity
- Individual guidance and feedback throughout the painting process
* No class January 19 and February 16, 2027.
REGISTER
REGISTER:
Contact Todd Bonita
Phone: (603) 819-9100
Email: [email protected]
We accept:
* Checks:
* Credit Cards
* Pay Pal
* Venmo ; @Todd-Bonita
* Cash for teachers pet.
If sending a check, please make it out to Todd Bonita and mail it to:
Todd Bonita
28 McShane Ave
Greenland, NH 03840
Please write "Painting in oils / PORTLAND" in the memo on the check.
Contact Todd Bonita
Phone: (603) 819-9100
Email: [email protected]
We accept:
* Checks:
* Credit Cards
* Pay Pal
* Venmo ; @Todd-Bonita
* Cash for teachers pet.
If sending a check, please make it out to Todd Bonita and mail it to:
Todd Bonita
28 McShane Ave
Greenland, NH 03840
Please write "Painting in oils / PORTLAND" in the memo on the check.
ART SUPPLIES
*Please feel free to bring whatever supplies you use to make oil paintings, however, here below are the supplies I use and recommend. Alternatively, you can rent art supplies for the class for (includes everything below, except paint brushes).
Supply List
(I buy my supplies at Jerrysartarama.com, Dickblick.com, Cheapjoes.com, Utrecht.com)
Please bring a table easel, I have extras if you don't have one. You may also bring a standing easel if you wish to stand.
Pallet
I recommend a wood pallet...try to avoid paper pallets.
Paint
*(I recommend a minimal palette of a warm and cool version of the three primaries plus white (with maybe a few extras)....A total of 9 colors but I have included some additional (optional colors) if you wish to expand and experiment. Please spend the extra for professional grade paints, be careful not to buy the student grade paints. I use Winsor & Newton, Gamblin and Utrecht but there are many good options.)
Titanium White (I like a quick dry white. I use Griffin Alkyd Titanium White).
Cad Yellow medium
Yellow ochre
Alizeran Crimson Permanent
Cadmium Red Medium
Ultramarine Blue
Cerulean Blue
Sap Green
Raw umber
Ivory Black
Burnt Sienna (Optional)
Painting surface.
Canvas, gessoed wood panels, oil primed panels, canvas or linen mounted to panels are all fine.
I use oil primed wood panels...I recommend (8x10”) or (9x12”)....Please dont run to Michaels last minute and get the slick surfaced, gessoed panels they sell...they are aweful and paint slides off of them. Get something with a little tooth to it...just a little though.)
Brushes
*Assortment of bristle brushes (I suggest large, medium and small in three styles: Flats, Rounds and Filberts. I mostly use Robert Simmons Signet series flats #3, #6 and #10)
*Assortment of synthetic flats and or filberts for glazing color.
*Small synthetic rounds for details. (I suggest Winsor and Newton Septre Gold 2 in the 404 series...size 4 and / or size 6)
Other
*Trowel type Pallet knife
*liquin and pallet cup
****Gamsol (Turpentine substitute) with container or medium glass jar (No turps aloud in studio, sorry, please use Gamsol.
*paper towels (Blue shop towels are the best)
* Soft pencil, eraser
*A Veiwfinder: Important! Whether homemade or store bought, it must be adjustable or proportionate to your canvases. Viewcatcher is ideal.
*Artist paint box for supplies
**(I have extras of everything so please do not stress or panic if you can’t find that tube of yellow, etc…For best deals, shop online at Jerrys Artarama, Dick Blick, Utrecht or Cheap Joes.
www.toddbonita.com
www.toddbonitagallery.com
Supply List
(I buy my supplies at Jerrysartarama.com, Dickblick.com, Cheapjoes.com, Utrecht.com)
Please bring a table easel, I have extras if you don't have one. You may also bring a standing easel if you wish to stand.
Pallet
I recommend a wood pallet...try to avoid paper pallets.
Paint
*(I recommend a minimal palette of a warm and cool version of the three primaries plus white (with maybe a few extras)....A total of 9 colors but I have included some additional (optional colors) if you wish to expand and experiment. Please spend the extra for professional grade paints, be careful not to buy the student grade paints. I use Winsor & Newton, Gamblin and Utrecht but there are many good options.)
Titanium White (I like a quick dry white. I use Griffin Alkyd Titanium White).
Cad Yellow medium
Yellow ochre
Alizeran Crimson Permanent
Cadmium Red Medium
Ultramarine Blue
Cerulean Blue
Sap Green
Raw umber
Ivory Black
Burnt Sienna (Optional)
Painting surface.
Canvas, gessoed wood panels, oil primed panels, canvas or linen mounted to panels are all fine.
I use oil primed wood panels...I recommend (8x10”) or (9x12”)....Please dont run to Michaels last minute and get the slick surfaced, gessoed panels they sell...they are aweful and paint slides off of them. Get something with a little tooth to it...just a little though.)
Brushes
*Assortment of bristle brushes (I suggest large, medium and small in three styles: Flats, Rounds and Filberts. I mostly use Robert Simmons Signet series flats #3, #6 and #10)
*Assortment of synthetic flats and or filberts for glazing color.
*Small synthetic rounds for details. (I suggest Winsor and Newton Septre Gold 2 in the 404 series...size 4 and / or size 6)
Other
*Trowel type Pallet knife
*liquin and pallet cup
****Gamsol (Turpentine substitute) with container or medium glass jar (No turps aloud in studio, sorry, please use Gamsol.
*paper towels (Blue shop towels are the best)
* Soft pencil, eraser
*A Veiwfinder: Important! Whether homemade or store bought, it must be adjustable or proportionate to your canvases. Viewcatcher is ideal.
*Artist paint box for supplies
**(I have extras of everything so please do not stress or panic if you can’t find that tube of yellow, etc…For best deals, shop online at Jerrys Artarama, Dick Blick, Utrecht or Cheap Joes.
www.toddbonita.com
www.toddbonitagallery.com
TODD BONITA PAINTINGS
TODD BONITA
TODD BONITA (b. 1968)
I fell in love with the ocean while growing up in Winthrop, Massachusetts, a small New England harbor town outside of Boston. After graduating from the Art Institute of Boston, I continued study of classical painting and drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. A twelve year career as an illustrator followed until I focused full time on fine art oil painting in 2006, creating oil paintings for art galleries and collectors. I currently maintain a studio space at The Button Factory artist studios in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I love painting coastal New England imagery outdoors in plein air, equally as much as crafting more involved compositions in my studio. Above all, I love the process and simple joy of being with my tools and painting. My work is currently represented by ten art galleries around New England, Florida, Michigan, Canada and the UK. and is in hundreds of corporate and private collections world wide, including 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush. I have had the good fortune to have exhibited in four Art museums and I am blessed to call this craft that I love my full-time occupation. I currently own and operate the Todd Bonita Art Gallery in both Ogunquit, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I am also owner of the Ogunquit Art Colony School, where I teach painting classes and International art workshops year round. I live on the New Hampshire seacoast with my son Max and daughter Kate.
Life is good.
I fell in love with the ocean while growing up in Winthrop, Massachusetts, a small New England harbor town outside of Boston. After graduating from the Art Institute of Boston, I continued study of classical painting and drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. A twelve year career as an illustrator followed until I focused full time on fine art oil painting in 2006, creating oil paintings for art galleries and collectors. I currently maintain a studio space at The Button Factory artist studios in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I love painting coastal New England imagery outdoors in plein air, equally as much as crafting more involved compositions in my studio. Above all, I love the process and simple joy of being with my tools and painting. My work is currently represented by ten art galleries around New England, Florida, Michigan, Canada and the UK. and is in hundreds of corporate and private collections world wide, including 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush. I have had the good fortune to have exhibited in four Art museums and I am blessed to call this craft that I love my full-time occupation. I currently own and operate the Todd Bonita Art Gallery in both Ogunquit, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I am also owner of the Ogunquit Art Colony School, where I teach painting classes and International art workshops year round. I live on the New Hampshire seacoast with my son Max and daughter Kate.
Life is good.