Focus On... Courses
Focus On Courses are a range of exciting stand alone interactive classes aimed at teaching you the most important skills, techniques and ideas in painting.
Each Focus On class can be taken on its own as a stand alone course, or as one of a set of four classes which enable you to explore and master a genre or style in depth.
Taught in oils with the intermediate to advanced painter in mind Focus On classes are the ideal way to develop your creative style after taking our Simply Oils Courses.
How it Works
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- Tue, Mar 09Online via Zoom
- Tue, Mar 30Online via Zoom
- Tue, Apr 27Online via ZoomApr 27, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM GMT+1Online via ZoomJoin other intermediate painters and learn how to use the classical ebauche process to create simple ebauche to direct portrait studies in the manner of Rembrandt or Velasquez. Classical Portraits is an ideal add on to our Classical Glazing Focus On course, or as a stand alone class.
- Tue, May 25Online via Zoom
- Tue, Jun 22Online via ZoomJun 22, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM GMT+1Online via ZoomJoin other intermediate painters and learn the secrets of using colour glazes with mediums to create glowing ethereal and colourful effects using indirect painting techniques An ideal companion to Classical Glazing the techniques taught in this course can be used in many genres.
- Tue, Jul 20Online via Zoom
- Tue, Sep 14Online via Zoom
- Tue, Oct 12Online via Zoom
- Tue, Nov 09Online via ZoomNov 09, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PMOnline via ZoomJoin other intermediate painters and learn how Modern Artists such as Freud used their classical training to create characterful modern portraits using textured physical paint without creating grey mud! The expressive painting techniques taught on this course are useful for any genre.
- Tue, Dec 07Online via ZoomDec 07, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PMOnline via ZoomJoin other intermediate painters and learn how to combine Impressionist and Post Impressionist colour techniques to create exuberant Modern paintings in the manner or great colourists such as Barbara Rae and Joan Eardley. The techniques taught are suitable for all genres.
- Tue, Jan 04Online via ZoomJan 04, 2022, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM GMTOnline via ZoomJoin other intermediate painters and learn how glazing isn't just for the Old Masters, on this course on using contemporary subjects, colours and mediums to create stunning works that glow! The techniques taught on this oil workshop are suitable for most genres.
- Tue, Feb 01Online via ZoomFeb 01, 2022, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM GMTOnline via ZoomJoin other intermediate painters and learn how contemporary painters use exciting and widely available digital visualisation tools to make working from and with photos a must have skill for contemporary portraiture. You don't need a device to do this course on demand, reference images are included
- Tue, Mar 01Online via Zoom
- Tue, Mar 29Online via Zoom
- Tue, Apr 26Online via ZoomApr 26, 2022, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PMOnline via ZoomJoin other intermediate painters and learn how to use the classical ebauche process to create simple ebauche to direct portrait studies in the manner of Rembrandt or Velasquez. Classical Portraits is an ideal add on to our Classical Glazing Focus On course, or as a stand alone class.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
“The way you approached and managed the various colour beginnings, the bridges, saturation, colours, temperatures, and opacity, etc. were multiple masterclasses all rolled in to one. A total triumph.”
Nigel B. Colourful Arrangements Masterclass 28 July 2020