Expressive Painting Studio

Paint doesn't have to stay inside the lines to be good.

About This Course

Paint moves in ways a pencil never will. It drips, blends, and surprises you. This course leans into that. You'll mix colours, layer paint, and learn that a mess is often just a discovery that hasn't been named yet.

What You'll Create

  • A collection of paintings made across the term, at least one per week.
  • One favourite piece chosen by the student for the end of term exhibition.
  • A short verbal description of what they made and why they chose it.

Course Details

Age Range
6-8
Term
Term 1
Schedule
Thursdays, 5:00pm
Duration
10 weeks
Price
$480
Spots Available
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What You'll Learn

  • • You'll mix primary colours into new ones.
  • • You'll find out how different brushes and tools make different marks.
  • • You'll see how layering paint changes a picture as it dries.
  • • You'll learn why an "accident" in paint is often worth keeping.
  • • You'll talk about a painting you made.

The Support You'll Get

You won't be handed the answer. You'll be shown how to find it.

Your practitioner has spent years making their own work, and their own mistakes. In the studio they work alongside you: asking the right questions, pointing out options you hadn't seen, helping you push through the moment you get stuck. The ideas stay yours. The decisions stay yours. They're there so you're never finding the way through alone.

Week by Week

Week 1: What paint can do that pencil can't. Primary colours. Mixing to make new ones.

Week 2: Big brushes, big shapes. Painting without small details.

Week 3: Layering. What happens when paint dries and you paint over it.

Week 4: Tools beyond brushes. Sponges, fingers, anything that makes a mark.

Week 5: Warm colours, cool colours, and how they feel different.

Week 6: A painting with more than one colour family.

Week 7: Painting something imagined, not just observed. Choosing a favourite.

Week 8: Exhibition. Public showing, families attend.

Every course ends with an exhibition

Celebrate what you created with the people and our community. Every term concludes with a presentation or exhibition of your work: a chance to share your process, your ideas, and what you've made.

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