We have some very - very - very interesting people in the Gallery Quality Painting stream now. Come along and meet your fellow art lovers!
This is a free event for students and guests, but bookings are essential.
Enjoy a portrait painting demo. Sometimes I'll do a portrait from a live model. This is my sketch painting for Vermeer - Girl with the Pearl Earring.
In our GQP sessions I do demonstrate techniques and even paint small excerpts, but here is your opportunity to see me go from blank canvas to a finished painting.
Painting an artistic interpretation of a photograph.
Logistics
Plenty of free parking right outside the building after 6 p.m.
In 2018 I took the academy in a different direction by drastically reducing student intake, and putting all my attention on improving the quality of results for existing students.
The result was the Gallery Quality painting stream.
Freed from the need to start each lesson with the basics, we could delve much more deeply into the ideas, techniques and execution of each painting.
Part of my timeline of Western Culture.
Everybody in the GQP program has showed great:
Curiosity about Art.
Problem solving skills.
Ability to learn.
Compatibility with the dynamics of a small class.
My most heartfelt thank you to all my loyal clients who have helped make this new program a resounding success!
Just how good was it? Here is some of your feedback. What a moving manifestation of the human spirit! I feel privileged to be witness to it.
What is in store for 2019?
Sketching
Figure Drawing (people)
Portraits
Floral - from real setups in the studio
Pop Art
Sketching
Figure drawing
Portraits (My excerpt from Renoir's "The Boating Party").
Floral - from real floral setups in the studio!
Pop Art
Note the bigger canvas size that is available, 60 x 90 cm - another new feature!
Plus more and more of our staple diet:
Van Gogh
Monet
Cezanne and
Aussie Landscapes
Due to requests from you guys I've put together what will probably be the most demanding | rewarding class we've ever done : Sketching 101. (Yes, I reward you guys with even greater challenges = more hard work = more satisfaction and self growth.)
" If it is humanly possible and corresponds to human nature, know that it is attainable by you as well."
Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome 161-180 A.D.
Have a great Xmas and I look forward to watching your painting improve even more in 2019!
