Bettina Reiber MA

Drawing on different visual sources, you can express your creativity in a technically sound oil painting. We will use photographs, magazine imagery, objects and memories as a starting point, and combine them through drawing, photocopying and collage. The teacher will show slides of her work and discuss how she translates wide-ranging sources into her paintings. As a practical introduction to the technical aspects of oil painting we will stretch and prepare canvas, explore basic colour mixing and ways in which oil paint can be applied. In your final painting you can explore the transparent, translucent and opaque qualities of oil painting, and combine your sources through layers of images or build up different textures in different parts of the painting. Group discussions and individual advice will help you achieve an imaginative and arresting painting by the end of the course. You do not need to have used oil paint before, but some previous experience in drawing will be helpful. Bring in any sketches or photographs that you would like to add to the visual sources provided by the tutor.

Bettina Reiber is a practising artist, who works mostly in painting and drawing. Some of her work is based on collaborations. She is a curator and exhibits widely. She publishes papers on aesthetics and art theory. She holds a BA Fine Art (painting) from Central St. Martins and an MA in Aesthetics and Art Theory.