New courses for January
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Beginners Watercolour
This course, which covers the basics of handling watercolour creating simple landscapes as well as sketches and sample sheets exploring technical methods of applying paint to paper. By the end of the course students will be able to paint a simple beach scene. Initially Jason will provide materials for the first couple of weeks while the learners put together a basic painting kit.
Length of the course – 6 weeks
Starts – February12th
Refreshments – tea and coffee is included.
Level – beginners
Time – 11:00 am – 1pm
2 hours per lesson
Paint medium – watercolours
Costs £72
Dates to attend:
February 12th, 26th, [ not the 19th as this is half term]
March 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
Beginners drawing
Jason believes that anyone with reasonable sight and co-ordination can learn to draw. In the 27 years he has been teaching drawing to adults, he has never had a student who did not improve their skills in a matter of weeks. Students who have jokingly stated they ‘could not draw a straight line’ at the start of a course have often drawn recognisable portraits from photographs in under 6 weeks. This good quality drawing was created by just such a learner who found they had a skill for portraiture they did not know they posessed before attending a beginners drawing course.
So why not release your creativity and gain skills you did not know you could possess
Length of the course – 6 weeks
Starts – 12th of February
Refreshments – tea and coffee is included.
Level – beginners
Time – 1:45 – 3:45pm
2 hours per lesson
Costs £72
Dates to attend:
February 12th, 26th, [ no class on the 19th as this is half term]
March 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
Artists studies – The methods of Monet
Artist study courses are designed to show you something of the working methods and approaches used by a great master of painting from the past, so that you know how to create similar effects to the great painters whilst gaining a deeper understanding of their art.
Anyone who is looking to create vibrant paintings will at some point look to the works of Monet for help and inspiration. His use of colour and paint is inventive and delightful. So why not sign up for this course and put a little more colourful impressionism into your own paintings.
Starts the 10th of January 2019
Five week course
Time – Thursdays from 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Free tea and coffee
Location – Gosforth Parish Church Hall
Dates to attend:
January 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st,
Feb 7th,
Costs £75
Artist studies – John Singer Sargent
Artist study courses are designed to show you something of the working methods and approaches used by a great master of painting from the past, so that you know how to create similar effects to the great painters whilst gaining a deeper understanding of their art.
John Singer Sargent was a master of distilling a scene into its most basic elements. His colour use is often colourful and impressionist. His brushwork masterful. In this five week course we will look at ways to emulate this look with daring in that colour use and scupting forms through directional brushwork
Starts the 28th of February 2019
Five week course
Time – Thursdays from 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Free tea and coffee
Location – Gosforth Parish Church Hall
Dates to attend:
February 28th
March 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
Costs £75
Colour – how to mix the colours you want time after time
….a course in the art of colour mixing and colour use.
Subject – The course is designed to help you improve your colour mixing. It will also provide you with a grounding in colour theory to help you make informed choices when you plan and paint your pictures.
Length of the course – 5 weeks
Starts 10th of January 2019
Refreshments – tea and coffee is included.
Level – would suit a relative beginner to painting or someone who has been painting for some time who is looking for colour guidence.
Time – Thusday from 10:00 until 12:30
2.5 hours per lesson
Paint medium – this course can be undertaken using watercolours or acrylics
Costs £75
Dates to attend:
10th , 17th, 24th, 31st of January 2019
7th of February 2019
Colour – Making Colours Sing
…..ways to use colour to make your painting come alive.
Subject – The course is designed to help you improve your colour use within your art. Knowing how and when to best use colours to create striking art is key to truly getting to grips with painting. This course will help you plan harmonious colour choices or help you see which colours are needed to bring your painting alive.
Length of the course – 5 weeks
Starts 28th of February 2019
Refreshments – tea and coffee is included.
Level – beginners and experienced painters
Time – Thusday from 10:00 – 12:30
2.5 hours per lesson
Paint medium – this course can be undertaken using watercolours or acrylics
Costs £75
Dates to attend:
28th of February 2019
7th, 14th, 21st, 28th of March 2019
Acrylics – Fast and effective landscape painting
This course is designed to help you speed up the production of your landscape painting, by showing you how to plan and layer your pictures like a professional artist.
Starts 16th of Jan 2019
Costs £68 includes tea and coffee – provided by Newcastle Arts Centre cafe. 
Level – suited to those who have a little experience of acrylic painting.
Time – Wednesday from 1:30 till 3:30pm
Dates to attend:
16th, 23rd, 30th of January
6th, 13th of February
Moving away from realism with buildings – watercolour.
This course is designed to help you make watercolour paintings of building and achitectural details that are modern, colourful, playful and inventive.
Length of the course – 10 weeks
Starts 18th of January 2019
Costs £120
Level – suited to those who have some experience of watercolour painting . Not recommended for total beginners
Time – Fridays from 10:00 till 12:00
Dates to attend:
18th, 25th of January 1st, 8th, 15th of February 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th of March
Please note: There will be no class on the 22nd of February – half term
Moving away from realism in garden painting
The location – Newcastle Arts Centre
This course is designed to help you make flower and garden images that are modern, colourful, playful and inventive.
Length of the course – 10 weeks
Starts 16th of Jan 2019
Costs £136 includes tea and coffee provided by Newcastle Arts Centre cafe.
Time – Wednesday from 10:15 till 12:15
Dates to attend:
16th, 23rd, 30th of January
6th, 13th, 27th of February
half term on 20th of February – no class that week.
6th, 13th, 20th, 27th of March
