Painting

Sketching in Watercolour – Catching the Moment

Sun 24 Feb 2019

Padma Hamilton begint

Learn how to catch moments of life in watercolour. Develop your observation skills and practice drawing and painting spontaneously with watercolours. Discover the versatility of this medium and enjoy a relaxing day working with lines and colour under the guidance of an experienced tutor.

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Painting

Oil Painting for Beginners – Developing Techniques NEW

Sun 24 Feb 2019 — Sun 31 Mar 2019

Joshua Cocking beg

Learn how to work with oil paint and gain an understanding of how form and tone are developed when painting with this exciting medium. With plenty of demonstrations and tutor guidance students will work on a painting over 6 weeks and choose from subject matter of still life or portraiture.

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Painting

Painting – Create Your Own Colour Palette

Tue 26 Feb 2019 — Tue 02 Apr 2019

Desmond Sweeney begintadv

Are you interested in colour? Learn how to identify colour schemes, explore different colour wheels and premix your own palette. Working on a painting look at the entire group of possible colours you will use, called a gamut, and define your own to create harmony in your work. This class is suitable for all levels of experience including beginners.

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Painting

Urban Art Stencils (Mar)

Sun 10 Mar 2019

Louise Snook begint

Unleash your inner urban artist and work with spray paint and stencils to create a colourful layered artwork. Learn how to cut stencils, placement and composition and how to use spray paint effectively. A fun way to spend a day under the trees at FAC.
Bring along a sunhat and sunscreen as most of this workshop will be run outdoors.

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Painting

Make a Large-Scale Painting in a Day

Sun 17 Mar 2019

Joss Gregson begint

Working on a large canvas, create your own painting in this exciting one–day workshop. Learn how to use acrylics and be guided through some basic painting techniques, colour theory and composition to create your own large–scale painting.

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Painting

Faux Finishes in Paint – Cement Render & Aged Plaster

Sun 24 Mar 2019

Desmond Sweeney begint

Learn about faux finishes and their use in artworks, scenic painting and mural work. Learn how to create woodgraining and distressed paint finishes in this fun one day workshop. This method of finishing can be applied to anything including furniture, artwork and objects..

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Painting

Large Scale Still Life Flower Painting (Mar)

Sat 30 Mar 2019 — Sun 31 Mar 2019

Joss Gregson intadv

Explore how to make a large-scale painting of flowers, from arranging the flowers to the painting process. Learn colour theory, application techniques and composition to create life-like flowers. This course is for students with some acrylic painting experience.

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Painting

Playing with Colour

Sat 30 Mar 2019

Shana James begint

Take the guess work out of mixing colour and discover how to mix the exact colour you need the first time around. Learn how to make colour the strength of your artwork.

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Painting

Sketching in Watercolour – Catching the Moment

Sun 19 May 2019

Padma Hamilton begint

Learn how to catch moments of life in watercolour. Develop your observation skills and practice drawing and painting spontaneously with watercolours. Discover the versatility of this medium and enjoy a relaxing day working with lines and colour under the guidance of an experienced tutor.

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