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online art classes: for adults

Join us for our step-by-step, online, Adult art classes on our private ART ZOO Facebook group.

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LESSON 1: ☢️ THIS CLASS IS FREE! Learn how to draw draw the head and face my way. Drawing the proportions of the face can be intimidating, complicated and mathematical. Join this lesson to simplify the process & start creating your own faces.

LESSON 2: ☢️ THIS CLASS IS FREE! We start with a step-by-step drawing to get the features placement correct, then dip into the magical world of mixed Media! A combination of journalling, watercolour & paper collage.

LESSON 3: ☢️ THIS CLASS IS FREE! Never tried watercolours before? An excellent class for beginners. Learn how to do a wash, build up your colour & some unconventional techniques to personalize your piece. -you will also get my starter palette preferences.

LESSON 4: ☢️ THIS CLASS IS FREE! Create YOUR OWN personalized bee! We start with a drawing tutorial and doodle ideas to create your wreath. Explore pencil crayons and their incredible ability to shade and build up depth. I'm sharing my secret to smooth blending.

LESSON 5: An introduction into abstract painting & Acrylics. Want to create your own original? Watch me create this painting from scratch with no reference. Get my 'abstract recipe ' & heaps of tips, tricks & techniques to give you the confidence you need to create.

LESSON 6: Oil pastels! A magnificent medium that (in my opinion) is not used nearly enough. They are soft & oily & gorgeous to apply to textured paper. Learn how to build up your colour gradually & create depth by changing techniques.

LESSON 7: Have no art materials?... We've got you covered with this lesson. Learn unconventional techniques & paint with COFFEE! Get out the box, learn to play like a child & have fun.

LESSON 8: Never tried charcoal?... Oh but Why? A free Spirited, inexpensive medium that loves to be wild & messy. I'm sharing my techniques on how to loosen up, go with the flow & create art that has movement & personality. A great class for beginners!

LESSON 9: Are you feeling anxious & stressed? -Fear inhibits creativity, yet creativity releases that stress. A beautiful class to get lost in. Take some me-time and learn something new. Build your own village design using my guidelines & get whimsical for a little while.

LESSON 10: Watercolours (in my opinion) are one of the most difficult mediums to master. Why? -They do what they want, they don't listen. -You only get one shot to make it right. -You can't paint over an area you've made a mistake.... See More

LESSON 11: Don't have pastel paper? We are creating our own! Using inexpensive materials to make art that you can gift to someone special, or hang on your wall. Vibrant and addictive to create, we are exploring Oil pastels. Starting with a drawing & gradually bringing it to life.

LESSON 12: Time for some fun! An abstract lesson inspired by the artist Joan Miró. No two paintings can be the same, What will we create? I've based this lesson on the Dada movement, a lesson in how to create ART BY CHANCE.

LESSON 13: A slice of watercolour whimsy. Unconventional watercolours with a limited Palette in a nature theme. A lighthearted piece, embellished in gold, with no rules. No experience needed.

LESSON 14: A lesson in Indian ink. A class for you if you're looking for a challenge, wanting to try something different? Techniques in letting go & how to control the medium to create art that's uninhibited and original each and every time.

LESSON 15: Bite your teeth into Watercolour Pencils. -Learn my tips & tricks on how to add water, layer your colour, blend & burnish to create realism and depth. A fantastic controlled medium to get high detail in your artworks.

LESSON 16: Dreamy Watercolours! No medium behaves quite like watercolours, they are fluid and really have a mind of their own. We are bumping up the intensity and making them vibrant in this lesson. Class covers layering, blending, creating stars (without getting them all over the background) & metallic text.

LESSON 17: Van Gogh goes dotty... An incredibly therapeutic class for those needing to unwind, de-stress & fall off the planet for a little bit. A Kaleidescope, Mosaic painting with a tactile finish. Grab your paints, your coffee & enjoy some me time. □ A great step-by-step class for beginners.

LESSON 18: Join us in creating the mystical Raven. Guardian or Omen, a gorgeously rough illustration done in Graphite Pencil & embellished in Gold. We start by blocking in the foundation, Add a little detail & gradually get looser as the drawing progresses. -You can get fancy and pull out your hard or soft Graphite pencils, but I'll be doing my demo with an old fashioned HB!

LESSON 19: Explore the magical abilities of soft pastel. A fragile but vibrant medium that loves to be layered to build up colour intensity. It can be applied & blended to a silky realistic finish, or left bold & textured for fun, eye-catching contrast. Learn how to create these techniques in our relaxing Ocean Breeze class.

LESSON 20: Using Willow charcoal & soft pastel, we are creating a moody monochromatic. We start our landscape with a rough sketch, followed by building depth & playing with different tones & techniques. A great class for the charcoal beginners & the more experienced Arty's.

LESSON 21: Join us for a detailed class in watercolour & ink. Learn how to layer your watercolours & gradually build up depth. I designed this piece with a similar vintage feel of old Latin Bookplates, If you've never used masking fluid, this is the perfect class for you!

LESSON 22: No paint brushes needed for this class... We are finger painting! Applying paint with your hands is a tactile & vastly different experience to using traditional paintbrushes. It creates a connection with the canvas that has to be experienced to truly understand. A lovely lesson to de-stress & have fun. For ages 5-105

LESSON 23: A gorgeously step-by-step, textured piece done with buttery, tactile oil pastels. This Class is about working with speed, picking up the pace, letting go of your inhibitions & playing with something new using vibrant colours. Great for artists of all skill levels.

LESSON 24: If you are an artist that likes to do photorealism, get ready to move out of your comfort zone! We do a detailed breakdown of the drawing construction, add colour & allow the paper to reveal itself. We conclude our rhino beetle with black hatching linework in ink of your choice.

LESSON 25: This lesson is all about intuitive mark making & therapeutic use of colour. Can you do an artwork without using graphite before you add colour? Of course you can. It's scary at first, but so creatively empowering. Join us for a whimsical class in Watercolour & pencil crayons

LESSON 26: Did you know? You can add solvent to Oil pastels & it transforms your artwork from a drawing into a painting! Learn this & other amazing mixed media techniques in this squid inspired class. An energetic piece, great for artists of all levels. New techniques, perfect for your art journal.

LESSON 27: Draw your own mystical dreamcatcher. We begin with the construction & placement using a graphite pencil, then add detailed, Zentangle style feathers, a crystal & embellishments. We add colour with inexpensive kokies or fibre tipped markers. Learn how to apply the medium & keep the intense colours, vibrant & bold.

LESSON 28: Join us & learn how to create your own rustic, monochromatic seed pods. We are combining unconventional watercolour techniques with printmaking. You will design & create your own original stamps from recycled materials & use them as basis to build up your composition.

LESSON 29: I believe watercolours are the most difficult medium to master because they dry however they choose & they require a certain amount of skill to apply. Join us for a technical, challenging, but super fun, step-by-step class.

LESSON 30: Are you ready for an action packed, speedy & spontaneous soft pastel class, that is guaranteed to get your adrenaline pumping? ...Then this one's for you.