I run small, weekly Adult Art Classes in Alresford, Hampshire. Each class is limited to six people.
Painting & Drawing for Everyone.
On Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday and Thursday mornings:
I run friendly mixed ability art classes where you will learn about drawing and painting. This year we will be covering various subject matters including figure drawing, figures in settings i.e. a park, a canal scene, a beach and bonfire night. We will also be exploring colour. Other subjects that we will cover this year are flowers, still life, buildings and landscapes. The subjects will all involve drawing including line, perspective and tone. Painting including colour mixing, different techniques i.e. wet-in-wet, dry brushing, glazing, underpainting, etc. You will use different media including chalk pastels, watercolour paints, and acrylic paints. Weather permitting, in the summer term we will do some sketching and composition work outside at different locations. You will receive lots of guidance and step by step tuition from me. For complete beginners or improvers, everyone is welcome.
Drawing & Painting for Everyone with Julie Hepenstal.
On Tuesday morning:
This year we will begin the first term with drawing using mixed
media. The subjects we will cover include: Still life, animals,
landscapes, and flowers. The drawing practice will help
improve hand-eye coordination and give you practice in measuring
proportions and obtaining correct angles and give you an understanding
of perspective. You will also learn about the relationship between
different tonal values in monochrome and colour and how this is used to
create depth. You will also experiment with mark making to produce
different textures. You will also use watercolours to paint snow scenes including shadows on snow, snowy mountains and sheep in snow.
You will use a variety of media including colouring pencils, chalk pastels, oil pastels and watercolour paints.
Later on in the year we will do some watercolour painting, gouache and mixed media. We will
cover a variety of techniques and subject matters including different buildings and street scenes, still life subjects including fruit, teasles and flowers. Also seascapes including a fishing village, a yacht race and rocks on a beach. Weather
permitting,we will do some sketching and composition work outside.
On Wednesday afternoon:
This year we will begin by portraying a variety of interiors. This will cover a lot of drawing using perspective. The drawing practice will help
improve hand-eye coordination and give you practice in measuring
proportions and obtaining correct angles and give you an understanding
of perspective. You will also learn about the relationship between
different tonal values in monochrome and colour and how this is used to
create depth. You will also experiment with mark making to produce
different textures.
You will use colouring pencils, oil pastels, chalk pastels and watercolour paints.
Later on in the year we will do a term of acrylic painting including portraying copper, glass, still life, an animal and people in cafe scenes.
We will cover different techniques including knife painting, rag painting, impasto and glazing.
We will also paint some landscapes including a bluebell wood, a sunset over a lagoon, a night time scene and seascapes.
Days & Times
My scheduled classes run as follows:
| Tuesday morning | 10am - 12pm |
| Tuesday afternoon | 2:30pm - 4:30pm |
| Wednesday morning | 10am - 12pm |
| Wednesday afternoon | 2:30pm - 4:30pm |
| Thursday morning | 10am - 12pm |
I also give private art tuition to students. If you are interested please contact me for details.