Painting with Watercolor and Oil Pastels - Fall 2025
Dates: 8 Mondays - 10/06/25 through 11/24/25
Time: 5:45 pm to 7:15 pm
Location:
Arts Wayland Gallery
35 Andrew Ave., Wayland MA 01778
Cost: $400.
Instructor: Rahul Ray
Develop or refine your skill in painting with watercolor, as well as oil pastels, which provide a versatile medium for painting with bright colors, with Rahul Ray, beginning on Monday, October 6th. The class will be held in a studio setting and will focus on fundamental skills, such as observation, perspective, scale, and techniques. Sketching will be an integral part of the exercise. Various subjects, including still-life, floral, and portrait, will be included in the exercises.
This will be an eight-week session, and success with watercolor, considered a difficult medium, will be all but guaranteed.
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BIO:
Rahul Ray received his training in drawing and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India. He regularly teaches arts at Arts Wayland and Wayland Council on Aging. He also gives private lessons. Rahul displays his art regularly at ArtsWayland, Wayland, and TillWave Gallery, Watertown, MA. He has also exhibited his artwork at the Natick Center for Arts, Natick, MA (TCAN), Longfellow Club, Wayland, The Calcutta Club USA, Acton, MA, Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India, as well as public libraries in Natick, Sudbury, Wayland, and Wellesley, MA.
The following are examples of comments made by some of the past students.
“I enjoyed all the classes, and learned so much from you: How to sketch looser and understand the perspective and how something is shaped to create movement. Painting: how to create shadows, how to paint a back drop that shows the difference between something in the forefront and something behind, like the shadows in the sails of the sailboats. And also importantly how to lift water/paint off the painting and still make the artwork look nice. So many positives!” Sally D.
“I took an 8-week watercolor class with Ray Rahul in the spring of 2023. We painted a different still life arrangement each week. My goals (as a beginner) for the class were simple. I wanted to learn basic watercolor techniques and practice what I was learning with the guidance of a teacher. I also wanted to learn how to really see the subjects and to try to develop my own style. My goals were met and expectations exceeded. Ray taught us many basic techniques and helped us learn how to see objects in terms of perspective, relative placement, shapes, shadows, values, etc. I learned so much in his class and very much enjoyed the process.” Susan C.
MATERIALS:
Materials: watercolor paint set (https://www.amazon.com/Nicpro-Watercolor-Squirrel-Painting-Suppliers/dp/B08S33S889), the watercolor paper pad can be obtained from Michael’s, Framingham.
Oil pastel set (a set of 12 and higher will be good): https://www.dickblick.com/categories/drawing/pastels/oil/?campaign=Drawing&adgroup=Pastels&keyword=oil%20pastels&matchtype=p&msclkid=e0088275e78513e94304e6879b890e18&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Drawing&utm_term=oil%20pastels&utm_content=Pastels
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The total cost will be less than $50.