Adult Art & Craft classes - Karori Arts and Crafts

Take a Trip Down Memory Lane- with Judith Baxter

Wednesdays<br>12:30 pm to 2:30 pm<br>30 July to 3 September<br>6 week course<br><br>Learn to write your memories so your stories can be passed down to your descendants, family, and friends. Write your stories as if you were talking to your grandchildren or family members. Learn tools to help you remember and record your stories. Capture how your daily life was in the context of the times you have lived, forming a record of your place in history.<br>

$161.00 - $193.00

Introduction to Oil Painting with Melissa McDougall

Tuesdays<br>15 July to 2 September<br>2 pm to 4 pm<br>8 Week Course <br><br>This course is designed for anyone interested in learning how to paint in a supportive environment. <br><br>An introduction to oils focusing on portraiture, seascapes, landscapes, and still-life. Start with basic skills and work up to small master copies. Develop your skills as you work towards creating your unique paintings and painting practices.

$205.00 - $245.00

Learning to Draw- with Shar Young

Wednesdays <br>16 July to 3 September<br>6:00pm to 7:30pm<br>8-week class<br>This class welcomes everyone from beginners to those wishing to refine their current skills. <br><br>Improve your drawing skills by improving your visual skills! Learn to analyze shape, form, proportion, and shadow. Learn to loosen up, play with mark-making, line quality, and texture, and examine form and perspective. Look at objects like you have never seen them before. Experiment with contour drawing, negative space drawing, and expressive drawing. <br><br>

$167.00 - $200.00

Acrylic Painting with Shar Young

Wednesdays <br>16 July to 3 September<br>3 pm to 5 pm<br>8-Week Course <br>This course is designed for artists painting in any style who want to expand their acrylic painting skills. <br><br>Explore the versatility of acrylic paint. Learn wet-on-wet techniques and dry brush techniques and explore how they play together. Practice colour mixing, learn about tints, and shades, and then explore the moods of colour. Paint to evoke memories and convey feelings. Integrate energetic brush strokes and deliberate colour palettes to express emotion. Use line, shape, and form to create intriguing compositions.

$223.00 - $267.00

Magic in the Ordinary: pen and watercolour sketchbook - with Andrew James

Thursdays 7:30 to 9:30 pm<br>17 July to 7 August<br>4 Week Course<br><br>Your life is the longest thing you ever do - it deserves to be recorded! Andrew James presents how to keep an illustrated journal in pen and watercolour. No subject matter is off-limits.<br><br>In this fun and encouraging class, we'll learn how to draw moments from our lives in our sketchbooks and then bring those sketches to life with watercolour. The first week is an introduction to the wonderful world of watercolour, and each following week, we will look at different genres of sketchbook drawing, taking a page from one of Andrew's books and learning to create your version of it.<br><br>Andrew takes the course in the direction the class dictates, making each term of this course different and fresh. <br><br>Some genres covered include:<br>- Interior scenes - bathrooms, lounges, kitchens<br>- Collections of objects - like kids' toys, tools or <br>- Food and drink. What's for dinner, or what is left on the table at the end of a meal<br>- Flowers and foliage<br>- Things in packets - anything from toothpaste tubes to laundry detergent.<br>

$105.00 - $125.00

Basic Watercolour Painting- with Robyn Eastgate-Manning

Mondays <br>28 July to 1 September<br>7 pm to 9 pm<br><br>A six-week structured course to equip you with basic watercolour painting skills in a small group. Designed for absolute beginners or those returning after a long break from painting. Open to anyone 13 plus.<br><br>Those who continue with the course after one term will have their basic skills extended and gaps from missed lessons or skills that take time to master addressed again. Each class is unique and lessons are different each term. <br>

$147.00 - $177.00

Continuing Watercolour Wednesdays- Robyn Eastgate-Manning

Wednesdays 7 - 9 pm <br>16 July to 3 September<br>8-week course.<br><br>Take the next step in your watercolour journey!<br>Practice a range of subjects including skies, seas, trees, landscapes, buildings, urban scenes, still life, and botanical subjects. <br>Reinforce existing techniques. Extend your current skills with new subject matter and different combinations of techniques. <br><br>Basic Watercolour is recommended before to continuing other watercolour classes. <br>

$196.00 - $235.00

Progressing with Watercolours - with Robyn Eastgate-Manning

Tuesdays 9:45 am to 12:15 pm<br>15 July to 2 September<br>8-week class<br><br>This 8-week course is for painters who are familiar with the basics and want to progress their knowledge of watercolour painting.<br>The class consists of two hours of tuition from 9.45 to 11.45 am and half an hour of studio time, during which students are encouraged to continue painting.<br>Robyn demonstrates a wide range of techniques and tailors class content based on the desires of her students. <br>

$196.00 - $235.00