Art for Beginners with Gavin Jones

Name: Art for Beginners with Gavin Jones - Lake House Arts
Price: 285.00 NZD
Availability: InStock

Thursday 29 Jan - 2 April | 9.30am - 12pm

$285.00

Discover your creativity in this relaxed, hands-on course designed for adult beginners. Explore the fundamentals of visual art through drawing, mark making, colour theory, painting, still life, figurative work, and collage. Step by step, you’ll build confidence, learn core techniques, and experiment with a range of materials and styles. Whether you’re picking up a paintbrush for the first time or reconnecting with art after years away, this course is the perfect place to start your creative journey.

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Availability: 11 in stock

Additional Information

GJA1 Thursday 29 Jan – 2 April 9.30am – 12pm

Materials Required

Pencils (HB/ 4B), Soft eraser (Faber Castell or Staedtler), Willow charcoal (medium), Compressed charcoal (soft), acrylic paint (cool & warm shades of each of these three colours : yellow, red, blue),black & white ideally you want to get Global as they label their primary colours cool shade/ warm shade, but Pebeo and Liquitex Basics are also good beginners acrylics, Container for cleaning brushes, cotton rags, brushes – DAS hog hair #4/ /8 or (Round -5mm/ 10mm), brushes – DAS hog hair #4/ 8/ 12 or (Bright -5mm/ 10mm/ 20-30mm), Palette knife, A3 200gsm paper pad (Fabriano/ Academia or similar), Scissors, Craft knife, Small P.V.A glue, plastic palette or plastic painting tray (6 cup) with lid. We will discuss more about materials such as acrylics and what colours to get in the first session.

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