An 8-week workshop, with the option of attending for either the full 8 weeks or only the first 4 weeks. This workshop focuses on all the basics you will need to be able to create beautiful art in any medium. We examine be a new technique and principle each week, with the opportunity to practice these in your own choice of subject, medium and style. You will also get guidance in different mediums – pencil; charcoal; pastel (oil and chalk) watercolour pencil; watercolour paint and oil paint. The course will equip you with all the vital skills in the following areas:
- Fully understanding light, shadow, different types of shadow and light sources and tonal values
- Understanding principles of colour and colour harmony
- Principles of composition and different compositional devices
- Proportions and correct representation for figure studies, still lifes and landscapes
- Making your artworks make a statement
- Different strokes and different styles for different art mediums
- Learning how to use charcoal, pastel and dry media
- Learning how to use coloured pencils like paints
- Learning how to use oil and water-based pastels
- Watercolour techniques
- Basics of oil painting and oil mediums
Tuition is very individually-focussed and you will have the freedom to work in any style, medium and subject matter that suits you during the sessions.
Dates and Times: Saturday mornings – 10:00 – 12:00, starting Saturday 7 September 2019 and ending Saturday 26 October 2019
Cost for the full 8-week programme: (Saturday 7 September – 26 October) : R2 600
Cost for the 4-week programme: (Saturday 7 September – 28 September) : R1 900
The 4-week programme will provide all the fundamental skills, and the 8-week-programme allows for focused attention and more individual coaching in your chosen subjects and mediums. If you book for the 4-week course and change your mind and decide to extend to the 8-week course, you will only need to pay the balance for the 8-week course.