ACE106 Painting Workshops

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Course code

ACE106
Locations and dates
No start dates are currently available. Register to be informed when new dates are added.
Credits

2

Practise painting approaches to describe a range of different subjects.

You’ll learn

To use various expressive and observational painting approaches to render a range of subjects and/or ideas.
To use oil or acrylic paint to describe the texture/materiality of a range of subjects.
Identify basic compositional elements.
Identify strengths in your own work.
Identify and find solutions to unresolved areas in own work.

This course consists of 4 full day workshops held on alternate Saturdays during the school term and caters for all skill levels.

Please see 'frequently asked questions' for a list of what to bring.

Entry requirements

To be eligible to enrol on this ACE Course, you must be:

a New Zealand citizen or resident
16 years of age or over
not a full-time secondary school student

However, if you are a full-time secondary school student, NMIT is able to enrol you if you meet all of the following:

are 16 years of age and over, and
attend this course outside of normal school hours, and
have obtained approval from the relevant school principal, and
have obtained approval from the TEC to enrol - please allow NMIT at least 14 working days before course start date to obtain approval from TEC. If approval is not gained before the course start date, you will be shifted to the next available intake.

For more information please contact our enrolments team; enrolments@nmit.ac.nz

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to have any painting experience?

There are no pre-requisites for this course, beginners, intermediate and advanced painters welcome.

What equipment will be provided?

Studio equipment is provided i.e. easels, tables and glass palettes. You supply your own paints, brushes and painting supports.

Do I need to supply my own materials?

Yes. You will need to supply your own paint, brushes and painting supports i.e. stretched canvas, canvas panel or primed paper.

Impressions Art Supplies in Richmond gives 10% off all purchases if you’re registered for this course. They have my list of recommended materials.

Paints

To avoid becoming precious using expensive professional artists’ quality paints I recommend good student quality paints i.e. Winton or Rowney Georgian for oils and Atelier Interactive or Liquitex for acrylics.

Essential colours:

Titanium White
Cadmium Yellow Pale or Chrome Yellow
Cadmium Red
French Ultramarine
Viridian
Burnt Sienna
Burnt Umber.

Other valuable starter colours:

Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Yellow
Permanent Rose or Alizarin Crimson
Cerulean Blue
Raw Umber.

Brushes

Brushes need to be long handled and hog bristle is best for oils, although synthetic brushes can be used if a smoother finish is required. I recommend a range of sizes of round brushes, from #2-12 and a couple of filbert brushes can be added. Flat brushes are not recommended. Impressions Art Supplies has my recommended list.