• Absolute Beginners
  • Painting

This course teaches foundation skills in the technical manipulation of paint, as well as in colour, structure, and content. The importance of direct visual observation and the creation of space and light illusion will be stressed. The instructor will also show how the same procedures can be used for work of an abstract or wholly imaginative nature. Thorough demonstrations of the materials to be used in the course will be given, and paintings will be small so that one project can be completed in each class. Media: Acrylic or oil paint.


Summer 2021: 6 Weeks:  Tuition: $295 


Due to ongoing COVID 19 safety protocols, students will be responsible for sourcing and purchasing most of their own collage and mixed media materials.

 

Notes: It is recommended that students have taken an Introduction to Drawing course, or have some drawing experience.
* This course is not currently open for registration

What you will learn

  • Base for making an image
  • Subject matter: Still life, portrait, landscape
  • Volume (light and shadow)
  • Composition: horizontal, vertical, pictorial space and structure
  • Colour: Master palette (underpainting), warm and cool colour, colour as light
  • Focal points, centre of interest, points of meaning
  • Students taking second term focus on skills learned from first term. Students begin to develop own direction.

Materials to Bring

Please keep your receipts to all purchases in case you need to return any materials.