Classes are hosted every Wednesday evening from 6-9pm at Mint Art House in Burleigh, beginning on October 27th and finishing on November 17th

We all have a unique way of seeing the world, and this 4-week course will introduce you to the tools and techniques that will develop your painting skills and enable you to translate what you see around you onto the canvas.

Week 1: An Introduction to Intuitive Drawing 
Learning to draw is all about learning to see. Once we understand how we see life around us, then the process of drawing becomes about translating our own unique perspective onto paper. In this session, we will go through some fundamental drawing concepts that will allow you to intuitively draw what you see.
h/w: drawing from the home

Week 2: We all Need Colour 
While an intuitive approach to colour is best, some basic colour theory will last you a life time. Trust me.
h/w: painting from the home

Week 3: Telling a Story 

We’ll be turning one of your drawings from the home into a painting. Presumably, you decided to draw what you did because it meant something to you - you liked the lighting, you liked the shadows, you liked the perspective, or you liked the backstory. Whatever it was, we’ll be running through concepts and ways to highlight what’s important to you. In this class, we will begin your magnum opus 

Week 4: Final touches on the Magnum Opus 
In this class, we will continue with your main painting with the aim of coming to completion (or almost completion). 

*Magnum Opus Definition: a work of art, music, or literature that is regarded as the most important or best work that an artist, composer, or writer has produced.

 Requirements:

• Paints in the following colours (oil is the preference, although acrylic, gouache or watercolour will be okay)

  • Cadmium Yellow
    Ultramarine Blue
    Vermillion Red
    White
    Burnt Umber
    Ochre

• Medium - either a solvent or oil of your choice

• Brushes - a mix of bristles and sizes

• 1 x canvas approx 40cm in size
  OR watercolour paper

• Palette

• Rags (and plenty of them)

• Brush Cleaner (A jar of coconut oil is great!)

  • If you’re new to painting and are unsure what materials to buy, please feel free to contact me for affordable recommendations.
    There is a great art store in Southport called Musgrave Art that I always recommend for art supplies.

Price per person: $180

Duration: Each session is 3 hours long, once a week, for 4 consecutive weeks.

Wednesday 6-9pm
Mint Art House shed 5/87 West Burleigh Rd