The students have produced spectacular art pieces over the last 12 weeks. We now showed them how to mount their pieces onto coloured sugar paper. First of all the students with the help of others decide which colour sugar paper best matches their piece. We then show them how to create a window in the sugar
City hotels were our last project in Acrylics. There are plenty of beautiful hotels in Dublin eg Merrion Hotel, The Dean, Westbury, Clontarf Castle and of course Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel. We had our classes here for the last 5 years and hopefully many more. It holds lots of pleasant memories for us as we created
Students continued to paint with acrylics. Some students brought in their own jars to paint from still life. Observation of lights and different colours bouncing off the glass or lid were key to achieving the desired effects. These different tonal values of colours were also used to portray the variation of jam colours in the jars
Acrylics Macroons Students were painting delicious macarons this week. They drew out their macarons shapes over a painted wash for the background. Macarons can be deceiving in their shape due to the filling. But it is very important to have those tasty fillings! They had great fun mixing different vibrant colours for all these smooth
Acrylics Rambling Roses and Beaches Students started painting with acrylic paint this week. They started by creating a wash to paint the background. Our tutor created a simplified drawing version of the roses. This was a basis for painting the petals. They learnt that they now need to paint acrylics from dark to light. So the
Watercolours – Punting on waterways We took to the waterways with punting boats this week. We drew our figures, boats, bridges or anything else that need to be defined. These paintings required perspective as well. Areas were preserved by applying masking fluid eg the punter’s stick and any part of clothing. We applied washes
Both returners and beginners painted country cottages this week. These cottages were from the west of Ireland, the windswept Scottish highlands, the beautiful Welsh valleys or the rolling hills of Dorset. Students learnt to build up the colours in their paintings using many layers. They also tried out different techniques to create grasses, trees and other
Watercolour Week 1 Spring Class where beginners learn all about watercolours and painted monochrome landscape. Returners painted afternoon tea cakes.
Oil Pastels: Both beginners and returners improved their oil pastels skills by painting ancient tree tunnels. Some even got to create the Dark Hedges in Antrim and other spectacular world ancient tree tunnels. Perspective, narrowing walkways, shadows and rays of light were all key to producing these spectacular pieces. Students observed where the light was seeping
Oil Pastels Oil Pastels look like crayons but are much more than that. They are softer and blend better than crayons or coloured pencils. They make beautiful finished pieces and some artists specialise solely producing these pieces of artwork. Solvents can be added to pastels to allow you paint with them as well . The softness
