Painting for Beginners
10 Week Class | Available
In this course, we will break down the painting process into stages so that they can be accomplished and personalized, as students continue their journey with paint. Students will follow observational techniques to create descriptive images from photographs, and use their own heads as reference along with working from (still) life. We will go over the basics of creating a pictorial image using lights and darks, as well as colour. Exercises build and expand the painters’ toolbox of approaches to help demystify the painting process. Short demonstrations will be given to help construct paintings, and we will discuss painters working representationally (non-abstract) with slides and short critiques of class work.
This course is intended for beginners in acrylic and water-based oil painters. Some experience with observational drawing will be helpful.
Note: There will be no class on Tuesday, March 11th, class will end on Tuesday, April 1st.
Base Tuition: $480 + Material Fee: $10 = $490 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- Observational painting
- Basics understanding of colour and value
- Constructing and image in paint
- Basic paint handling
Kyla Brown
Kyla is a Toronto based artist and educator with a background in drawing and painting. Exploring mapping as an embodied practice, her work focuses on navigating city space and daily or mundane processes. She works in a project driven practice that includes drawing, installation, video work, online and social projects. Interested in documenting and indexing care-labour, her work aims to make visible these vital practices. Kyla has shown in solo and group exhibitions in Halifax, London, ON, and Toronto galleries and art spaces, as well as residencies and community projects working with adults and youth. She earned her BFA from NSCAD University, and MFA from the University of Western Ontario. Kyla has been an instructor at TSA since 2017.