Oil painting can seem daunting at first, so we aim to build your confidence with this exciting introductory course for beginners. Discover the basic materials you need to get started, from surfaces to paints, brushes and brushstrokes to colour mixing.
It is a systematic course for those who have never painted before, as well as for those who want to reinforce their basic skills in oils or to move onto oils from other paints.
Learn to see colour, shape and tone and relate all these elements together in various compositions. There will be an opportunity to work from still life and discovering how to paint landscapes and a portrait. You will look at the work of other artists for inspiration.
Tutor: Claire Sandars
Date & Time: Mondays, 10:30am - 1pm
Venue: Brush Studio, New Brewery Arts
PRICE: £340.00 (£0.00 VAT)
12-weeks
First Class: Monday 6th January
No Class: Monday 17th February
Last Class: Monday 31st March
Please note that this workshop is for those aged 18 and over.
You are welcome to bring a lidded bottle of water with you but we kindly ask that you do not bring food into the studio.
Refreshments are available at our on-site café Blend until 4pm.
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Who is this course for?
Designed for beginners but all abilities are welcome
What you will need:
A basic set of materials will be provided but you may wish to bring your own.
• Canvas or board instructions as to what size you need will be given each week. Sizes will ensure work can fit in drying racks
• Brushes/a palette knife
• Rags
• Aprons
• Two empty jam jars with lids.
• Students will be able to use the drying racks to store work.
Please take all work home by the end of term
Meet Your Tutor
Claire has been a practising artist and art teacher for 20 years, she followed a Foundation course in Cheltenham with a BA in Fine Art at Reading University. On graduating she moved to London to work in two creative industries, film and art consultancy, but she was soon drawn back to an easel by a love of painting.
Alongside her own work she is greatly inspired by helping others fulfil their creative potential and has taught a wide variety of ages and abilities including at a pupil referral unit and G.C.S.E., A Level and Foundation students at the Fine Arts College in Hampstead. She has a PGCE in Art and Design and runs adult workshops in drawing and painting.
Her very contemporary and experimental degree course combined with good knowledge of classical and traditional techniques allows her to apply a wide range of theories to her teaching. Students are encouraged to look at the work of other artists and experiment with materials and styles.
Claire exhibits and is commissioned regularly and has recently completed a year long residency role at Godolphin School in Salisbury.
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