Overview

This Term will see some of the Term 1 student's returning while also welcoming new students, both beginners and improvers

Would you like to learn to Paint and Draw but don’t know where to begin? This course is designed to give you the skills and the confidence to start painting and to improve.

Tutor Joyce Duffy, believes that learning should be fun, and that people learn best in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. On this course you will learn the basic fundamentals of art and be encouraged to develop your creative self-expression through simple exercises and techniques.

Working primarily from observation, the principles of Drawing, Colour, Tone, Line and Composition will be explored. The course will start with Acrylics but other mediums will be introduced as the course progresses.

By the end of the course you will have completed at least one finished painting, even if you’ve never painted before. More importantly you will have a solid foundation and the ability and confidence to continue painting on your own.

Joyce Duffy graduated from the National College of Art and Design with an honours degree in fine art painting. A practicing artist and native of Dun Laoghaire, Joyce has exhibited widely and her work has been selected for many juried exhibitions including the RHA Annual, EVA limerick and DLR Open in the Lexicon’s Municipal Gallery amongst others. Joyce is a member of Visual Artists Ireland and Artnetdlr, her work has featured in print media and on the John Kelly’s Arts Show, Cuarsai Elaine and Nationwide on RTE.

Duration: 10 Weeks

Times: 6:30 - 8:30pm (Tuesday evenings)

Starts: 17th Jan 2023

Cost: €120

Fees

€120 tuition. Additional costs may apply for equipment or materials as advised by the teacher.