Your level of Experience
Because I value my students' investment and commitment to my workshops, I prefer to work with those who have a genuine desire to become good painters. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or advanced, as long as you're keen to learn what makes a 'good painting' and to improve your own skill level.
My aim is to bring enthusiastic artists f rom beginner to advanced level, through my range of painting classes or art workshops as their paintings go from simple compositions to gallery standard. How far you go is up to you !!
To do that, and ensure you're on the right course and get the best value for money, I'm offering workshops on three different experience levels -
You need to check the general categories below and if in doubt, just call me, as it's just as pointless to undersell yourself and end up on the wrong course as to oversell yourself and be struggling to keep up.
Beginner
No experience, never painted before, probably apprehensive about your ability/talent, but definitely interested and prepared to try. Or possibly you did Art in school, and for the past twenty years you've been too busy to practice art - this is the level for you.
These Beginner Workshops are suitable for beginners only.
Improver/Experienced
You have some experience, usually have a number of paintings completed or nearly completed, maybe you've done previous painting classes, or art courses; maybe exhibited in local amateur exhibitions. You want more theory and practical help to create better paintings, better compositions, better colour harmony etc - you basically want clear guidance as to how to paint better pictures, more often.
These Intermediate/Some Experience Workshops, while open to every level, may prove a little challenging to Beginners as they will be pitched at Intermediate level and will assume you have learned a little about paints/brushes/palettes/ etc.
Advanced
You have a lot of experience/paintings under your belt; maybe you have exhibited in local exhibitions or galleries; perhaps hold a degree in Art. You know the basics but you want to learn as much as possible about advanced composition & design, colour plans, advanced techniques such as glazing, scumbling etc; you may wish to develop work to a professional level or simply improve the general standard of your paintings. You are keen to have your work critiqued in order to improve.
