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A popular course run by experienced painting tutor Lee Stephens.
Join Lee in this 6 week intermediate/advanced painting course. Lee will guide you through a range of painting techniques and exercises to further develop your work. Students can work in oils or acrylics, or both.
Please note there will be no classes on the 8 May, 5 June and the 12 June 2023.
Current EAC members will receive a 10% discount.
This course requires some basic painting knowledge.
Suitable for intermediate and advanced students.
Students required to bring their own art supplies (ie: paints, brushes and canvas, paper or board)
1. Pencil or charcoal / rubber
2. Ruler always helpful
3. Assorted Acrylic Paint brushes
4. Roll of paper towel- NB!!!!
5. Mixing Pallet (Stay wet pallet works very well)
6. Pallet knife
7. Roll of glad wrap (plastic food wrap)
8. Notebook to take notes down
9. Gesso
10. Spare canvas (small canvas panel/board for practicing) very helpful
11. Water spray bottle
12. Masking tape
13. Acrylic paint:
Phthalo blue; French Ultramarine, Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium red Hue or vermillion, Lemon yellow, Cadmium yellow deep, Black (lamp or Mars), Titanium white, Sap Green, Magenta, Yellow Ochre, Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna
For those who do not know yet, if you mention that you are a student with me, Lee Stephens at the Orewa Art estuary you get a 10% discount at Gordon Harris in Albany.
NB: Approved Acrylic brands
Liquidex
Matisse
Golden
Windsor and Newton
Attilier
Please do not buy the cheapest brand of paint you can find. The colours are not correct and mixing becomes extremely difficult.