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Drawing Painting

Week 1

creating a tonal ribbon with different pencil grades

how to blend from dark to light with hard and soft pencils

why do most drawings look so stiff

how to apply contoured lines and why they are so important

Week 2

how do most beginners measure and why it doesn't work

how can an artist see proportions correctly

how use hard or soft pencils for different textures such as glass or wood.

Week 3

drawing basic shapes

light and shading

Week 4

quick sketching and gestural drawing

introducing charcoal

how to train the right side of the brain

Tonal valuation

Week 5

atmospheric perspective the art of creating 3 dimensional effects

Week 6

drawing of Michelangelo's "Moses Hand" or drawing of your choice

BEGINNERS DRAWING COURSE

Course Content:

Week 1

material knowledge (differences of oil paints and canvases)

how to apply oil paint correctly and when to paint thick or thin for control of the paint?

create a tonal grayscale in oil

the first small black and white oil painting

Week 2

create your first duotone oil painting

why are soft or hard edges so important?

How to masters create soft and hard edges in oil (easy steps to learn how masters are doing it.)

Week 3

finish second layer of duo tone painting

get to know the amazing colour phthalo blue, the beauty and the beast of all colours

Week 4

colour lesson: primary/ secondary and tertiary colours

the colour wheel

why is the cool and warm colour system lacking?

Week 5

colour lesson continued: complementary colours and their immense importance to colour mixing

learn the 3 main attribute that define a colour

mix any colour there is with only the most limited colour range

Week 6

your first oil painting in colour

first application of information learned from colour lessons and used within a realistic piece of art

Week 7

create first layer of a traditional masterpiece with all the help you need from your tutor (step by step approach)

how does light behave on objects

Week 8

second layer of a traditional oil painting

atmospheric perspective (the art of making a painting three dimensional)

Week 9

the glazing technique

finish your first masterpiece

Week 10

create first layer of a painting of your choice

Week 11

continue painting of your choice

Week 12

finish painting of your choice

PAINTING & COLOUR COURSE

TESTIMONIALS

Extremely informative on all aspects, I felt very comfortable asking questions. I learnt a lot, more than at art school for four years!

Sarah Garton, Artist

It was an excellent course Martina, I am so appreciative of what you shared and provided.

I highly commend you on your tenacity, initiative and thoroughness in providing such an awesome informative course.

Thanks again. What I liked most was the awesome amount and depth of the very informative content.

Corinne Lukeij

Martina is completely honest and prepared to share her vast knowledge with all fulfils. Her ability to form a cohesive unit out of strangers over a few short lessons is remarkable and I shall miss the comradeship greatly. I found the lessons most extensive and well worth the money.

Margaret Disch Hutton

Even though I have been involved in art and design all my working life, I was amazed at the large gaps in my knowledge. The depth of information was excellent. Value for money.

Jan Jervis

Design Lecturer, QUT

Join the most amazing and beautiful hobby or profession on this planet.

Ok, ok we are somewhat biased on that one.

BEGINNERS ART COURSES

Beginners Drawing Course

Painting & Colour Course

The beginners art classes are for everyone interested in learning how to draw and paint, even those doubting themselves, but really want to try.

Practical lessons on solid classical realism and modern techniques beyond the usual are the basis of our teaching, all through step by step demonstrations and plenty of visual examples.

Small classes with a maximum of 10 people, for individual attention and support. We also offer workshops for beginners, so check out our workshop section.

A thorough understanding of colour is rare and yet so easy to learn.

Teaching colour is one of Gold Coast Art Classes great strengths, and everyone can learn in the shortest of time, to mix any colour from only a limited basic colour selection.

How to master colour completely...

11 July-15 August 2012

Wednesdays 9.30am-12noon / 6 weeks

Wednesdays 6.30pm-9pm / 6 weeks

12 June - 28 August 2012

Tuesdays 6.30pm - 9pm / 12 weeks

Tuesday 9.30am - 12 noon / 12 weeks

This page was last updated: May 3, 2012

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This course is a gem not only for people interested in classical realism but also curious in other art forms such as illustration, digital or fantasy art based on realism.

Rare about this course is the combination of being truly suitable for total beginners and yet contains advanced techniques for intermediate painters.

You will for sure learn how to mix colour properly, with step by step and easy to understand instructions, in which everyone will learn to mix any colour with only a few basic colours (double primary and white).