Expressive Painting All About Light

Discover the art of painting with acrylics: techniques, masters, and personal style!


North Sydney Community Centre
North Sydney Community Centre
4.8 (10)
4k

9 x 3 hours Class size 1 to 20 guests

$400 (Afterpay available)
Learn how to use acrylic medium while also delving into the most important aspects of painting, including composition, tone/value, and colour.
In this course, students will have the opportunity to examine the work of celebrated artists such as Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Edgar Payne, Arthur Streeton, and contemporary artists that interest them.
The course starts by copying paintings that inspire you to understand the basics, but we encourage you to bring your own references and eventually create your own masterpieces.
Throughout the course, we'll cover a range of topics, including still life, flowers, landscapes, seascapes, urban scenes, animals, and people, allowing you to explore what interests you the most.
Course Breakdown:
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Composition
Week 3: Composition
Week 4: Tone/Value
Week 5: Tone/Value
Week 6: Colour Techniques
Week 7: Colour Techniques
Week 8: Work on your own project - create your own masterpiece
Week 9: Work on your own project - create your own masterpiece
This course is designed to be a fun and relaxing environment where you can learn new painting techniques and make new friends.
What to bring
Materials List
  • Canvas or primed MDF board for acrylic painting
  • Sketchbook - Any size from A5 to A3 - for making notes and drawing
  • Brushes – majority synthetic brushes and a couple of hog hair brushes
  • 3 flat bristle brushes in sizes that are approximately 15mm, 10mm, and 5mm wide
  • 3 filbert brushes in sizes that are approximately 15mm, 10mm, and 5mm
  • 1 wide 3-4 cm cheap hog hair brush
  • 1 or 2 small round brushes for detail
  • Acrylic paint (recommended brand: Atelier, Matisse, Golden, Liquitex):
  • Titanium White
  • Ultramarine Blue (warm blue)
  • Phthalo Blue (cool blue)
  • Cadmium Red (warm red)
  • Alizarin Crimson (cool red)
  • Cadmium Yellow medium hue (warm yellow)
  • Lemon Yellow (cool yellow)
  • Burnt Umber
  • Burnt Sienna
  • Yellow Ochre
  • Naples Yellow
  • Viridian
  • 250ml bottle of Clear painting medium
  • 1 palette knife with a pointy tip for mixing paints
  • 1 large flat plastic palette
  • Masking tape
  • *If you are not a beginner and would like to use oil paints, please bring a jar for you to use odourless solvent (no turps). There is nowhere to dispose of the solvent in the art room, so this must be taken home after class.
Session repeats

This class series runs over 9 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.

Location

North Sydney, NSW

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North Sydney Community Centre
North Sydney Community Centre

4.8 (10)
4k

North Sydney Community Centre (NSCC) is a dynamic, responsive and independent not-for-profit community organisation. Our programs and services foster social connection and wellbeing.
Our independence enables us to offer integral, varied and inclusive services to the local and wider community. We listen to community needs and interests and act responsively through our programming.
Our vision is to connect, care, collaborate and create.

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