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Foundation of Art course 1/2months
Class times -
You can do the foundation course over any 8 week period all year round.
You choose your own dates. Please give us your first 2 dates in box below and all other dates can be arranged in the studio when we meet.
- 7 full days 10-4 Any Wednesday &/or Saturday full day 10-4.
All dates booked must take place over 8 weeks. Available all year round.
Materials Included with your booking are a bonus 2 x canvas 30 x 40cm , and all drawing materials & paper, oil paint and medium.
Bring set of brushes or discuss with studio.
Subject / style - you will explore both drawing and painting and a number of styles in this course. Subject -classical, portraiture, figure, abstraction, landscape ? etc
Conditions of Booking - Please book all your sessions within any 8 week period all year round . simply give your first 2 dates below. All dates once booked are fixed and final and cannot be changed, see conditions.
Get started on your journey to learning beautiful techniques in drawing and painting in both classical and contemporary styles.Complete your foundation course in 1 or 2 months. You will be guided through the process of learning how to use brushes correctly, mix paints, composition, draw and paint landscapes and portraits or create expressive and abstract works. You can then book another course or the weekly classes and progress to the next level of your artistic journey focusing on whatever area interests you or book the weekly classes which are ongoing all year.
Past students have used these classes to:
- to study art, painting drawing at you own pace in an open college timetable
- Develop a portfolio for admission to art or design college or for professional purposes
- Understand the flesh palette from the Venetian, French and Flemish schools of painting
- Study techniques such as grisaille, layering, glazing, sfumato, imprimatura and alla prima
- Learn how to transform initial ideas into fully-realised drawings and paintings from sketch book to finished work.
- Develop themes into a series of work for a gallery show or portfolio
- Overcome creative blocks from the home studio or fear of simply doing art
Foundation of Art course Terms 1- 4 FULL COURSE
Full Term - 4 terms over 6 months each term composed of 4 full day classes -10-4pm
Booking can take place over 2 months doing every Wed, Sat 10-4 or span over 6months
Class times - 16 x 6 hours classes . Choose from the following times each week - Wed and Sat 10-4.
Email us your first 4 dates at time of booking all other dates can be booked in sets of 4.
Materials Inc 6 x canvas 30x 40cm , all drawing materials & paper, oil paint and medium.
Bring set of brushes or discuss with studio.
Subject / style - Indicate the area you want to focus on for your course Drawing /Oil Painting, Watercolor? -Style, Subject -classical, portraiture, figure, abstraction, landscape ? etc You can also explore both drawing and painting which is what we would advise.
Get started on your journey to learning beautiful techniques in drawing and painting in both classical and contemporary styles. You will be guided through the process of learning how to use brushes correctly, mix paints, composition, draw and paint landscapes and portraits or create expressive and abstract works. You can then move on to course 2 and progress to the next level of your artistic journey focusing on whatever area interests you. or book the weekly classes which are ongoing all year.
Past students have used these classes to:
- to study art, painting drawing at you own pace in an open college timetable
- Develop a portfolio for admission to art or design college or for professional purposes
- Understand the flesh palette from the Venetian, French and Flemish schools of painting
- Study techniques such as grisaille, layering, glazing, sfumato, imprimatura and alla prima
- Learn how to transform initial ideas into fully-realised drawings and paintings from sketch book to finished work.
- Develop themes into a series of work for a gallery show or portfolio
- Overcome creative blocks from the home studio or fear of simply doing art
Foundation of Drawing- April Sat -Sun 6th & 7th 10am-4 pm2 day course
April Sat -Sun 6th & 7th 2 day course
Time 10am - 4pm
Skill Level - All Level
Materials - all materials provided.
BOOKED OUT
- please email for next course or join our weekly classes and study drawing and painting in those.
Foundations of Drawing offers an exciting introduction to both drawing and to East Coast Art Studio's philosophy to learning art. You can study drawing in our weekly classes but if you want to do it as part of a 2 day course this is perfect for you. Through the close study and appreciation of drawing techniques of artists such as Michelangelo, Egon Schiele, Degas, Watteau, Käthe Kollwitz, Picasso, Giacometti and Marlene Dumas, we come to understand a hidden language. This language is the mystery of drawing, not academic drawing, but a line that can be harnessed to infuse an emotive reality in one’s work.
The study of drawing involves exploring line, weight, pressure, focus, depth and temperature. We emulate the surface qualities of excellent drawing from the breadth of art’s history. Foundations of Drawing starts you on this journey of discovery from the halls of art history: with practice this can lead you to your own personal style.
In the first of two full day sessions, students receive live demonstrations of technique and then do a study of a Bargue plates to understand how to break shape down to straight lines, and to learn how to create diffused value systems. In the second session students undertake a study of a Degas figurative drawing in charcoal. In the third session students practice a study of a John Singer Sargent portrait. In the final session students create their own drawing based upon the techniques they find of most interest.
Past students have found this class very rewarding and appreciated having an environment in which they learned quickly and in a relaxed way. This programme sets a great foundation for both home study and continued practice in the East Coast Art Studios. Simply go on to book the foundation course for beginners and intermediate can book any of the 4 day painting courses or focus on drawing and book further studio days and study all year round.
Tuesday night classes - 8 x classes Term June 4th to August 6th
8 x Tuesday evening art classes to study Oil painting, drawing and watercolor .
Join sessions on Tuesday evenings anytime between (18:00-20:45)Use your 8 classes on any dates between June 4th to August 6th. No booking of dates required, just turn up!
Suitable for all levels and interests. Work in a collective atmosphere while exploring individual artistic goals and interests. Clients use these classes to gradually increase their knowledge in a given area, create portfolio of work etc Book as often as you want throughout the year! The Tuesday classes will be ongoing all year round so you can continue to develop at your own pace.
This booking is valid for Tuesday evenings only for the full Term June 4th to August 6th and you have 8 passes to use when you wish during the term on Tuesday evenings .
These bookings are non transferable, refundable and cannot be taken on other studio days. Only 9 spaces available. Please book Wednesday and Saturdays separately.
Weekly Classes - Wednesday & Saturdays all year round
Date/ Time - This is a very popular booking with our regulars who come all year round. Join anytime and start your journey of creating art with us. Included in this booking is 4 x 3 hour sessions in the studio
Choose your own dates on any Wednesdays/ Saturdays Over any 4 week period.
Simply use 2 sessions for a full day booking, time 10am-4pm which we recommend for all new comers and use 1 x 3 hour session for a single booking.
Time Options -
Wednesdays double class (2 x 3hour sessions) 10-4 or single class - 10-1 or 1-4
Saturdays double class (2 x 3hour sessions) 10-4 or single class 10-1 or 1-4
Materials Included - Oil paint, medium, drawing materials.( You can get canvas and brushes at the studio or bring your own)
Skill Level - suited to all levels
Conditions of Booking - Please book all your sessions within any 4 week period all year round . Provide all dates at time of booking in box below. All dates once booked are fixed and final and cannot be changed, see conditions below.
We advise people to do a mixture of full day - double sessions 10am-4pm (6 hours long) and single sessions 3 hours long if you want to get the full benefit of training in the studio. Some clients can only do 3hour sessions this is fine and we adjust training for this but try to do 10-4 double session for your first date with us as there is alot to take on in your first day.
CONTINUING TO STUDY IN EAST COAST ART STUDIOS
When you complete this initial set of classes we would advise you to simply rebook more EVENING CLASSES or DAYTIME CLASSES on Wednesdays & Saturdays. This is the main way most of our clients study with us all year round. You come and go as suits your schedule. We also recommend you do the drawing course as drawing underpins all portraiture.
5 week Intensive art course
Date/ Time - available all year round attend all studio classes available on any l Wednesdays/ Saturdays . 10-4 Over any 5 week period.
Materials Included - Oil paint, medium, drawing materials and 3 canvas.
Skill Level - suited to all levels
Conditions of Booking - Please indicate your start date below and you will have access to all classes for the next 35 days.
For individuals who wish to commit to intensive study over a longer-period of time, we offer 1, 2 or 3-month terms that include personal consultation sessions, group classes and museum visits. The 1 month option is well-suited for short-term visitors to Dublin who wish to develop artistic skills quickly. The package includes:
- An initial 1-to-1 session 3 hour session
- 5 x Wed group painting/drawing session
- 5 x Sat group painting/drawing session
- 1 x Dublin museum visit (2- 3 hours)
- 3 canvas included - 1 - 30x 40cm 2 - 40x50cm
- materials included - use of oil paints and medium and all drawing materials.
At the time of your booking - please email your start date you would like to book for your 5 week course. The following 5 weeks are available to you to attend all studio sessions available during the day 10am -4 pm. Please note all dates once booked are final and non exchangeable.
Landscape Oil Painting - The Quick Sketch - Turner to Monet- 4 day curriculum - All Year Round
Date/ Time - available all year round 4 day Curriculum. Choose your own 4 dates on any Wednesdays/ Saturdays . 10-4 Over any 6 week period.
Materials Included - Oil paint, medium, drawing materials and 2 canvas.
Skill Level - suited to all levels
Conditions of Booking - Provide all 4 dates or your first 2 dates at time of booking in box below. We can arrange your next 2 dates with you in the studio if you are unsure of your timetable. All dates once booked are fixed and final and cannot be changed, see conditions.
CONTINUING TO STUDY IN EAST COAST ART STUDIOS
When you complete this initial workshop we would advice to do another course and hone in on the areas that started to interest you. Clients can also avail to join the EVENING CLASSES or the DAYTIME CLASSES on Wednesdays & Saturdays. In these sessions, you can develop your practice throughout the year and focus on whatever subjects and techniques are of interest to you, either in contemporary or classical painting and drawing. We also recommend you do the drawing course as drawing underpins all painting.
Figure & Portraiture Frans Hals to Lucien Freud and Jenny Saville 4 day curriculum - all year round
Date/ Time - available all year round 4 day Curriculum Choose your own 4 dates on any Wednesday and Saturday . 10-4 over any 6 week period.
Materials - materials provided - Oil paint, medium, drawing materials and 2 canvas.
Skill Level - suited to all levels
Conditions of Booking - Please book all your sessions within any 6 week period all year round . Provide all 4 dates or your first 2 dates at time of booking in box below. We can arrange your next 2 dates with you in the studio if you are unsure of your timetable. All dates once booked are fixed and final and cannot be changed, see conditions.
When you complete this workshop or if you are currently painting with oils we would recommend you continue to attend the weekly classes on Tuesday nights, Wednesdays or Saturdays throughout the year. In these sessions, you can develop your practice further and focus on whatever subjects and techniques are of interest to you, either in contemporary or classical painting and drawing under the assuring guidance of the teacher.
Abstraction 4 day Curriculum - all year round
Class times -
You can do this 4 day course over any 6 week period all year round.
Provide all 4 dates or your first 2 dates at time of booking in box below. We can arrange your next 2 dates with you in the studio if you are unsure of your timetable. All dates once booked are fixed and final and cannot be changed, see conditions.
- 4 full days - Any Wednesday & Saturday full day 10-4.
Date/ Time - available all year round 4 day Curriculum. Choose your own 4 dates on any Wednesdays/ Saturdays . 10-4 Over any 6 week period.
Materials Included - Oil paint, medium, drawing materials and 2 canvas.
Skill Level - suited to all levels
Conditions of Booking - Please book all your sessions within any 6 week period all year round . Provide 2 dates at time of booking in box below. The remaining 2 dates can be arranged with us in the studio.
Abstraction & Expressionism
To travel the road of abstraction and expressionism one has to in a sense get lost in the wood and for the first time when you calm down and realise you are alone you start to observe things you never noticed before such as sounds, smells, patterns and textures amongst the flora and fauna around you.
Translating visual reality into another reality is essentially what this journey is. These explorations can be both emotional and rational paintings which try to understand different aesthetic questions.
What questions interest you will determine the art work you create at any given time.
When you start to see this new language you are playing with as something that can perhaps be measured and definite. The rhythm and movements you choose can become a visual architecture with weight and counter weights that bring a balance or unbalance to the visual strata of the surface and in turn the viewers eyes. You can become the director of the scene or at least an intuitive by-stander coming along for the ride of where color, form and rhythm take you.
You can also wish to be lost sometimes and not know what will happen Many great discoveries in abstraction in art history are borne out of this approach such as Mark Rothko and Lee Krasner.
Many times it is the search that becomes the art work the research becomes the finished piece. That is of course if an abstract work is ever complete or if it is ever the artistic outcome ....
The workshop includes live demonstration by Eoin Llewellyn, as well as ongoing assistance with your work and answers to any questions that arise as you are painting Pick 4 days of your choosing on any Wednesday or/& Saturday over a 6 week period to suit your own timetable. The workshop hours (10:00-16:00 includes a one-hour break for lunch).
CONTINUING TO STUDY IN EAST COAST ART STUDIOS
When you complete this initial workshop we would advice to do another course and hone in on the areas that started to interest you. Clients can also avail to join the EVENING CLASSES or the DAYTIME CLASSES on Wednesdays & Saturdays. In these sessions, you can develop your practice throughout the year and focus on whatever subjects and techniques are of interest to you, either in contemporary or classical painting and drawing. We also recommend you do the drawing course as drawing underpins all painting.