Painting Classes

You will discover the unique pleasure of working in oils - a medium that enables even beginners to achieve a painting with a professional texture and finish.

These art classes are relaxed and friendly, with a good blend of demonstration, instruction and individual painting.

If you are new to art or extending your artistic skills there are many benefits in developing painting and drawing skills at the same time. You will find that improving your drawing ability will accelerate your progress in painting.

Drawing more accurately means you can move into the painting phase sooner, reducing distractions from trying to "fix" mistakes in the drawing, letting you focus more time on developing your painting.

This art class will introduce you to different approaches to the process of drawing and planning phase before you begin to paint. You will be taught how to develop your drawing into a painting and understand how the two skills come together to create a finished piece of art.

During the course you will learn the essential techniques and information in using pastel pencils including;

• the material properties of pastel pencils,
• how to effectively manage value and colour with pastels,
• how to use pastels to communicate form and suggest texture, and
• create depth and atmosphere in your image.