Tutor: Petra Couper
Cost: £145.00
Suitable for Beginners and Improvers
Materials are required, and available to purchase from our student shop for your convenience. Everything for your first class will be supplied, and details of what you need to equip yourself for the course.
2.5 Hours
With Petra Couper. A creative exploration of this versatile paint medium incorporating contemporary and traditional techniques. Suitable for beginners and the more experienced. You’ll learn colour theory, mark making and composition, with relevant examples and discussion of artists and their work of all styles and the ideas that underpin great paintings. Every term explores a new theme. You’ll be encouraged to experiment and develop confidence in handling this versatile, water-based medium which has its own unique properties, and also has the rich vibrant properties of oil painting or provides the transparency and delicacy of watercolours. Acrylics courses run on Mondays at 10am-12.30pm or Tuesdays at 6.30pm-8.30pm, during term time throughout the year. You can also join weekend workshops on selected Saturday afternoons which give you opportunities to try Acrylics or learn about a specific technique, for example look out for Petra’s popular Colour Theory weekend Workshops.
Petra Couper is a fine art graduate and has thirty years teaching experience in schools in Cardiff, she runs the thriving Junior Academy for children age 7-12. Petra is an accomplished artist specialising in Acrylics, and hosts our adult Acrylics courses .
We try to keep things simple. You’ll be given lots of advice about materials at the first class, and everything you need to complete week one, then help from Petra about equipping
yourself for your course. All materials including brushes, paper/surfaces and paints are kept in stock in our student materials shop for your convenience, at reasonable student prices.
Bring any relevant materials you already have. It’s easy to overspend on items which are not useful, so we advise you to avoid buying new before the first class.
Please bring an apron or old shirt to protect your clothes and have a sketchbook or notebook to record ideas and information.
The Art Workshop Studios are located at Lon Fach, Rhiwbina, Cardiff CF14 6DY.
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Rhiwbina train station is close by, and there are regular Cardiff buses to the village.
Rhiwbina Village has on street parking just a minute's walk from the studios. There is no parking in Lon Fach outside the studios, but if you have any mobility needs please let us know as we may be able to make arrangements for you.
Please come to the side entrance and ring the doorbell for admission. Classes may be in progress so please be patient until a member of the team arrives.
Tea, Coffee and water are available, the team is always happy to make a round of hot drinks before class starts. There's an honesty jam jar for contributions which are much appreciated. You are welcome to bring your own refreshments too, we just ask that you take any packaging, cups, cans etc away as we are limited to the amount of waste we produce.
Please discuss any different ability requirements with us before booking your course. The Art Workshop studios are in a 1920’s former carriage workshop in historic Rhiwbina Garden
Village. We have a studio on the ground floor which has wheelchair access. There is no public parking in Lon Fach outside the studios, but we can arrange some help with parking as
we have one dedicated space next to the building. Sometimes larger classes are held in the main studio on the first floor, which is accessed by a flight of stairs with handrails on both
sides, and there is no lift.
We are sorry we cannot offer refunds, discounts or transfers for classes missed for any reason, as your place is reserved for you and cannot be given to anyone else, tutors booked and preparations made. Cancellation less than two weeks before the start of a course or workshop date will be charged.
Rhiwbina has a range of great independent shops to browse in and cafes if you need to wait. We recommend Snails Deli, the Secret Shed, The Whittaker Lounge church café, Coffee Labs and Parsons Bakery. There are several parks to enjoy, as well as the historic listed Garden Village, and Rhiwbina Library will be reopening soon after its refurbishment. We are sorry you cannot wait in the studios, and Lon Fach only has private parking, but there is ample on-street parking around the corner in the village.
We look forward to welcoming you to The Art Workshop!
