Oil Painting for Beginners: 6-Week Series
When: Saturday mornings
Date: February 28 - April 4, 2026
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Camp Paradise 44 Cole St., Beverly
Cost: $240 per person (all materials provided)
Ages: 18+
Class is for Adults 18+. No experience necessary. Space is limited.
Discover the joy and ease of water-mixable oil painting with this 6-week class facilitated by local oil painter Joli Ayn Wood.
Each immersive, weekly session is 3 hours in length, where participants “paint along with Joli” to complete a small painting. Each week a variety of skills and subject matter are introduced, from painting skies to crashing surf. Sessions include helpful painting demonstrations, hands on painting exercises guided by Joli, discussion of materials and tools, color mixing exercises (including grays/neutrals), as well as the importance of composition and value.
Subjects may include: Color mixing lesson - creation of color wheels, neutrals exercise, Joli’s 5-step process for painting - demonstration and student practice of how to start a painting, painting skies and clouds, painting the surf, painting the land, painting trees
Instructor Bio: My name is Joli Ayn Wood and my passion is Better Living Through Art. My passion is bringing art into my local community along the North Shore of Boston. Whether it is painting what inspires me, or teaching and demonstrating my painting techniques, I enjoy helping those around me discover the healing and therapeutic qualities of making art. When painting, I work mainly in oils, on many different surfaces, and I enjoy painting out of doors, and from life, most of all. I long to capture what it feels like to be in a place as it is on that day. When I’m not trekking out to paint the marshes, forests, and rocky coasts of New England, you may find me painting at the local cafe, school, or even at your next corporate event. I love sharing my painting process with public painting demonstrations, as well as private instruction, teaching budding artists of all ages. In addition to creating, I enjoy organizing art events for my fellow artists, connecting them within their own communities.