Art Classes Melbourne Australia

Fine Art Foundation Program 2010 - One Year Program

This course will provide participants with a strong collection of observational drawings and paintings that will support the development of an artistic career.  This body of work may aid entry into a wide range of creative based tertiary education programs such as fine art; design; illustration; animation; visual media, fashion etc. This course is also designed for those who are interested in pursuing their own personal artistic development through learning the crafts of a visual arts practice. The course covers observational drawing, acrylic and oil painting including still lives, portraiture. life drawing, figure painting and landscape. Through these teachings a students personal approach emerges, while building a thorough understanding of visual vocabulary and techniques.

The Art Encounters Fine Art Foundation program runs for 2 and a half days a week on Monday, Tuesday  and Wednesday.

* For all term dates on each course please see 'Timetables' above.

Unit One:  Drawing & Painting in Acrylics: Monday 10am - 4pm

This program rotates between drawing and painting on a fortnightly basis.  Starting with drawing students will be taught how to measure and perceive space.  Understanding space, objects and figures as shapes, and their relationship to tone and colour underpins this whole unit.

The study of colour is taught in a very methodical way enabling a lucid understanding of tone, colour temperature, cross mixing and colour harmony.

We present these classes in full day blocks to accellerate the student progress.

Unit Two:  Oil Painting Practices: Tuesday 10am - 4pm

This program begins by covering the fundamentals of oil painting.  This includes understanding grounds, underpainting, the use of mediums and a range of traditional and more contemporary oil painting techniques.

The course covers figure painting, portraiture, copying from the Masters, self portraiture, still life and landscape painting.

This unit of study demystifies many aspects of oil painting by giving clear direction and information about the processes and potential of this medium.

Unit Three:  Portraiture in Oils: Wednesday 10am - 12.30pm

Portraiture is one of the most challenging subject matters in painting studies.  This course emphasises a thorough study of methods and processes necessary for the execution of resolved portrait paintings. 

Students will study the anatomy of the skull, methods of rendering, portrait palettes (colour schemes) and narrative approaches.