Pavé Art Classes

Les cours seront dispensés en anglais mais les deux enseignants comprennent le français.Une occasion de peaufiner votre anglais tout en suivant des cours d’art ! Friendly small classes catering for all levels which will help you gain the skills and confidence for making dynamic artistic work. Learn from artists with years of experience in both making art and in teaching technique, process, and way

s of seeing. This is for you if :
• You wish you could draw things as you see them.
• You love colour and want to be able to mix any colour you see
• You have always wanted to paint the figure, portraits or hands but didn’t know how to begin.
• You find abstract art fascinating and would like to learn the thinking behind it.
• You’d like to experiment with and learn how to use different materials.
• You want to be inspired by the architecture and ambience of Paris.
• You wish you could visit museums with someone who can explain things to you.
• You love the idea of a creative moment in the centre of Paris down the street from the Musée D’Orsay and across the river from the Musée du Louvre. Former participants comments:
Welcoming | Well-paced | Calm
Relaxed and open environment to tap into your creativity. Bite sized entry level learning of techniques. Great teachers
A space to encourage and unlock your own potential, where you are. Friday evenings - Towards Figuration - Clare Thackway
Towards Figuration through Drawing Proportions and structure of the face / volume and form through line / expression and emotion through observation and distortion / anatomy- bone and muscle structure / negative space and foreshortening / responding to movement and dance 3 sessions - 1, 8, 15 October 19h30 – 22h

Towards Figuration through Oil Painting Mixing skin tones / colour matching techniques / complimentary colour theory / looking at painted skin throughout art history / tone, light, shadow, warm and cool shades / properties of paint and mediums/ brushes and paint application / preparing painting surface 3 sessions - 26 November, 3, 10 December 19h30 – 22h
Saturday mornings - Towards abstraction – Richard van der Aa

Towards Abstraction through colour Communicating through colour / colour theory / mixing colour /colour recipes / colour relationships / creating colour chords / making colour compositions 3 sessions 2, 9, 16 October 9h30 – 12h

Towards Abstraction through form Ways of Looking / shape / contour / negative space/ figure and ground / light and dark / depth v flatness. Finding the essence : Identification /reduction / simplification / selection. Elements and principles of design 3 sessions - 6, 13, 20 November 9h30 – 12h

Towards Abstraction through process Letting material speak / mark making techniques / building an image / spontaneity and intuition / action and reaction / addition and subtraction as process / gesture / geometry / working in series. 3 sessions - 27 November, 4, 11 December 9h30 – 12h

Each subsection of the course contains three 2h30 sessions. Students can opt to take individual classes. 100€ for three sessions – 35 € a single session.