Class Description:

This oil painting course is designed to teach you foundational skills in capturing the human form.

Students explore the properties of light as they relate to painting the figure. We will cover concepts like proportion, value, and composition, as well as the structure of light/shadows and identifying the temperature of your light source. Over six weeks we will complete two figure paintings using photographic references of models made specifically for this course. By engaging in hands-on practice, observing demonstrations, and listening to lectures, students will learn to create oil paintings with convincing depth. Whether you are a beginner or have some experience, this structured course offers a platform to develop your artistic skills and personal voice.
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Spring I Session Dates:

Scheduled occurrences for the next session of this class are as follows:

Week
Date
Time
Week 1:
1/14/2026
10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 2:
1/21/2026
10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 3:
1/28/2026
10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 4:
2/04/2026
10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 5:
2/11/2026
10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 6:
2/18/2026
10 am - 1 pm ET


  1. Before Class - Welcome & How to Prepare for Class

  2. Week 1 - Underpainting; Proportions, Value, Composition

  3. Week 2 - Painting Development; Warm/Cool Palette

  4. Week 3 - Basic Light/Shadow Structure

  5. Week 4 - Why an Underpainting?

  6. Week 5 - Painting Development; Expanded Palette

  • $360.00
  • Online
  • 6 Weeks
  • Beginner to Intermediate

Meet Your Instructor

Shaina Craft

Instructor

Shaina Craft is an American figurative oil painter living in London and working in the realm of contemporary realism. She earned her MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2015 and her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2011. She was an artist-in-residence at Sarabande: the Lee Alexander McQueen Foundation from 2021-22. She has taught a workshop on figure drawing for the Sarabande community and given live painting demonstrations at the Soho Home Studio in London. Her work is collected internationally and has been shown in various museums and galleries including Unit London, The Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, The Pennsylvania State Museum, and The Masur Museum of Art. In 2024, Craft’s work launched toward the moon on Astrobotic’s doomed Peregrine Lunar Lander as part of the Lunar Codex. A backup subsequently landed a few months later.

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