The Painter’s Walk: Observing, Reflecting, Creating 

Objective: Understanding the impact of brushstrokes in oil painting and how they convey emotion and energy. 

Outdoor (1st Hour): Oxygen Park

• Silent observation & quick sketching exercise 
• Noticing textures in nature (leaves, bark, sky, etc.) 
• Discussion: How do textures influence painting? 

Indoor Studio (2nd & 3rd Hour): 

• Introduction to different brushstrokes (bold, delicate, impasto, dry brush)
• Exercise: Experimenting with brushwork using a single color 
• Painting prompt: Create an abstract landscape focusing on expressive strokes 

Focus: How to mix, blend, and use color to create atmosphere. 

Outdoor (1st Hour): Oxygen Park

• Observing natural color shifts in light and shadow 
• Quick color studies in a sketchbook (mixing and matching what we see)
• Discussion: How do warm and cool tones affect emotion in painting? 

Indoor Studio (2nd & 3rd Hour): 

• Understanding color relationships (complementary, analogous, etc.) 
• Exercise: Mixing a limited palette to create a harmonious painting (e.g., using only three main colors and their mixes)
• Painting Prompt: A simple still life or landscape focusing on color mood

Focus: Capturing emotion in a portrait using bold brushstrokes and color choices

Outdoor (1st Hour): Oxygen Park

• Observing expressions and body language in people around us (students can sketch each other or study figures in nature). 
• Quick sketching exercise: Capturing emotion in just a few lines. 
• Discussion: How do famous artists use brushwork and color to express emotion in portraits? 

Indoor Studio (2nd & 3rd Hour): 

• Exercise 1: Painting a portrait using only three colors (forcing students to think beyond skin tones). 
• Exercise 2: Exaggerating expression with brushwork – bold strokes vs. soft blending to convey different moods. 
• Painting Prompt: Create an expressive portrait of someone (real or imaginary) using color and brushwork to communicate emotion rather than perfect realism. 

Outdoor (1st Hour): Oxygen Park

• Quiet observation: Looking at real places around us, then reimagining them differently—what if the horizon was curved? What if buildings melted into the sky?
• Quick sketching exercise: Take an ordinary scene (a park, a street, a courtyard) and transform it into something new. 
• Discussion: How do artists create dreamlike, emotional spaces through color and form?

Indoor Studio (2nd & 3rd Hour): 

• Exercise 1: Abstract underpainting – starting with a loose background of shapes and colors without a set plan. 
• Exercise 2: Building their imaginary place by adding unusual elements—stretching, distorting, or reshaping reality through expressive brushwork. 
• Painting Prompt: Create a place that exists only in your imagination. It can be surreal, emotional, dreamlike, or completely abstract—there are no rules.