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Foundational Skills for Budding Artists

 

I'm so excited to be offering classes for young artists!  I was obsessed with art as a kid, and although art at school was fabulous, I would have loved more targeted mentoring.  I attended Art College in Brisbane and became a graphic artist (and signwriter later).  Art has always been a part of how I've earned my living and I can't wait to share what I know with your art-loving kids. 

 

This course will help your budding artist to develop with skill drills, the use of different mediums, learning how to "see" and some artistic styles of expressing that.  I'll meet each artist where they're at and teach them how to learn, practice and improve.

 

When and where

Bega Red Cross Tea Rooms on Church Street, Bega

Wednesday afternoons from October 23 from 4pm

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What age group and skill level

• 8 to 12 years old , but I can be a bit flexible either way depending on the young artist

• suitable for beginners, but more advanced artists will also learn and develop

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How long

7 week course of

• 5 weeks of 1.5 hour classes 

• with 2 final weeks of 2.5 hours 

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How much​

12 hour course over 7 weeks is $396  ($33 per hour)

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Class sizes

Maximum 10 per class

If there's a lot of demand, I may run a second class from 5:30pm.

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What's provided

Many materials and tools will be provided, though each student will need their own:

• A4 watercolour pad

• A4 acrylic painting pad

• A3 sketch book (reasonable quality)

• A3 or larger scrapbook (rubbish quality is fine)

• Set of watercolour paints

• 1 stretched canvas for the final Major Work

(This list may include some other items, but nothing expensive.  The definitive list will be given after registration with other course materials.)

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Some of what they will learn

First of all they will learn to love practicing art skills!  I'm teaching with subject matter and exercises that are fun and yet will do a lot to advance their skills and understanding.

• pencils and brushes - skills and applications

• learning to use different art mediums and tools

• drawing, layout and planning

• light and shadow, perspective and scenery

• "seeing" - drawing from life, copying, resizing and creating from imagination

• In each lesson the artists produce works in their art pads using the skills from the lesson

• the final two (longer) classes will be for each artist to design and paint a Major Work in acrylic on canvas.  ​

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