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Painting Classes

Oil Painting & Soft Pastels

Wednesday 7:30pm-9:30pm
​Tutor: Joni Croughan
This 4 week course accommodated beginner, improver and advanced artists. It covers mixed media of soft and hard pastel, charcoal, and acrylic, water and oil paints. Explore your own project, working at your own rate and picking up a range of skills under the guidance of the experienced tutor.
For first class, beginners are required to bring set of drawing pencils including HB & HB4 pencils, hard or soft pastels & drawing paper.

Painting in Oils and Acrylics

10 Weeks
7.15-9.15pm €110
Max 12 students
 
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The course is aimed at beginners and also those with some experience in painting with oils and/or acrylics. 
Students who have personal painting projects  will be offered one-to-one tuition on how to progress their painting(s). For students who want more direct instruction, we will cover topics such as how to use the colour wheel, complimentary colours, light and shade, shading and colour tones, how to choose a colour palette, composing a painting, as well as approaches to handling paint, brush selection, and using palette knife. 

For the first class experienced students can bring along whatever paints and materials they may already be using & project to work on.  Beginners will be provided with materials for the first class & then advised by tutor on materials to buy. 

 The course is aimed at beginners and also those with some experience in painting with oils and/or acrylics.  
Students who have personal painting projects that they want to pursue in class will be offered one-to-one tuition on how to progress their painting(s). For students who want more direct instruction each week we will cover a particular feature of painting with some in-class exercises that will give the student practice in that topic. Topics we will include : how to use the colour wheel, complimentary colours, light and shade, shading and colour tones, how to choose a colour palette, composing a painting, as well as approaches to handling paint, brush selection, and using palette knife. 

For the first class students can bring along whatever paints and materials they may already be using, but students shouldn't invest much in new materials until they take some advice on what might be the most economical and effective (and limited) purchases to carry their exploration of painting forward. Sufficient materials will be available in class on the first evening. 

The tutor, John O'Flynn, has worked as a fine artist, illustrator, designer and architect in many different roles over a four-decade career in the art and design field. He has degrees in architecture, drawing and illustration, and a postgraduate diploma in art teaching from NCAD. He is a member of the Dublin Painting & Sketching Club. His website is at www.johnoflynnartist.com 
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