Painting Fundamentals
6 Week Class | This course is completed
This is an Introduction to Painting course. Through exercises and work from observation, you will learn how to simplify and paint what you see around you.
After gaining a good control over the paint application, we will go over the theory of light and shade and observe how shapes, values and edges can be used to render basic geometric forms and then more complex still life objects, giving them the illusion of 3 dimensions. Starting with black and white studies, we will move to painting in limited, and then full colour palettes. The theory of colour will be explained and applied to mixing and matching colours that you see. We will explore composition through several quick tonal and colour studies. Other concepts like focal point, depth and atmosphere will also be addressed.
This course is taught in acrylic paint but oils are welcome.
Note: There will be no class on August 5th due to the Civic Holiday.
Base Tuition: $335
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- What You Will Learn:
- To control paint application
- Theory of light & shade
- Form rendering - creating the illusion of 3D
- Colour theory and mix & match colours you see
- Design & composition, along with quick block-in
- Still life painting process
Florian Jacot
Florian is a visual artist who has been teaching at the Toronto School of Art since 2009. As well as instructing at TSA, Jacot has been teaching figure sculpture, artistic anatomy, and figurative drawing and painting since 2004 at such schools as Max the Mutt Animation School, Artist 25 Studio, Centennial College and Sheridan College.
Jacot works traditionally in fine arts and does freelance work digitally for the film and gaming industries. His work has been exhibited on several occasions in shows and galleries. In 1999, he received an award from The Sculpture Society of Canada for two of his sculptures.
2008 Digital Animation Diploma, Centennial College, Toronto
2001 Classical Animation Diploma , Classical Figurative Drawing and Painting, ARC Accredited Atelier, Max the Mutt Animation Inc, Toronto
1999 Academy of Realist Art (Michael John Angel Studio), Toronto
1999 Art Diploma, Interdisciplinary Art Program, Art Centre of Central Technical School, Toronto
1995 Post-Secondary Diploma, Preparatory Program for Medical Careers, & aux formations, Switzerland.