Painting Workshops

A basic interactive and intensive painting course dealing with:

1. Brushes and canvas and various tools for painting-
best ways to use painting tools and equipment for optimum results.
2. The properties of value in painting-
how to apply paint to a surface in a manner, which creates an illusion of space.
3. Techniques involving paint texture, which are visually stimulating and enhance the illusion of depth.
4. Learn the aesthetic, emotional, and spatial properties of the various colors and how to mix them.
5. Composition - Use of drawing, perspective, value, colour, and paint
6. Manipulation to create a convincing illusion of form and

7. Elements of design

 Painting workshops are offered throughout the year mostly on week ends. A group of minimum 3 people can arrange for week days morning or evening times.

A fun intensive and interactive workshop to create your own masterpiece

Using traditional, as well as nontraditional materials, students will be encouraged to use their unique

talents and interests to explore the boundaries between different painting media and materials. 

Artistic process, visual documentation, personal concepts, metaphor, and appropriation will play a role in completion of successful works of art.

Many people come back to this workshop for the 2nd and 3rd time, because possibilities are endless.

Possibilities have no boundaries and limits: Make a political, social or any type of statement,
or focus on the combination of word and image and the place where language and visual art meet.

You can also include an artifact, a family photo or a vintage one into your mixed media painting and a lot more.

Many effects can be achieved by using mixed media. Found objects can be used in conjunction with traditional

artist media, such as paints graphite, charcoal, etc. to express a meaning in the everyday life.

A different way of apply paint on the canvas to create more modern look for your masterpiece

You will learn to apply paint with palette knifes instead of brushes- specifically a thick, textured application of paint where the marks stay visible. This method is called impasto and is best evident in the work of artists like Vincent van Gogh

You'll learn first all the basics of painting and then create your own master piece and take home with you. The possibilities have no boundaries and limits- create your form and use your favourite colour scheme, or go realistic.   

Painting workshops are offered throughout the year