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Acrylics. Technique. Party. Tutors: @degillettcox @brave__arts
A few images of our feathered friends both past an A few images of our feathered friends both past and current from the walls of the Arts Tree classroom! Our students are, quite obviously, amazing. And they never fail to amaze us with their wild and wonderful dreams that they'd next like to bring to life. At Arts Tree, unlike most other art schools, we don't operate in terms. We just have an open format with each artist working on their own piece at their own pace. This means we'll have a mixed media piece, alongside a more realistic piece, with a naïve style thrown in for fun! This keeps us on our creative toes as we bounce between students and ALWAYS having a good time, inspired by the MANY ways of making that exist. If you're keen for a weekly art class to keep YOU on YOUR toes then why not join in??? Give us a call or text on 0437 146 359 and we'll see where we can fit you in. Arts Tree. An acrylic art school in Brisbane's Wynnum West. #brisbaneartclasses #brisbaneartschool #artstree #aligillett #degillettcox #arttheory #bravearts #brisbaneartists #weeklyartclasses #artlessonsbrisbane #acrylicpaintingclasses #learnacrylicpainting
Being 'bad' at drawing is NOT a thing. You either: Being 'bad' at drawing is NOT a thing. You either: a) Don't know how to draw, or b) Don't care about drawing. So, if you don't know how to draw AND you care about it, come to our workshop!! It's coming up on Saturday July 26th and we've got around 4 tickets left! Absolute beginners? YES PLEASE!! More advanced but don't really know how to get consistent results? YES PLEASE!! Really full of yourself and just want to prove how good you are? WE WILL STILL TAKE YOUR MONEY!!! lol Your tutor Ali Gillett aka @brave__arts will show you all the cool tips and tricks you'll need to feel confident on a canvas. How to draw an object. How to draw a face. How to draw a still-life. What more could you possibly need??? A ticket!!!! And you can find those at the link in our bio or by heading over to artstree.com.au > SHOP > Workshops in Wynnum See ya there!! #weekendworkshop #learntodraw #drawingworkshopbrisbane #beginnersdrawingclass #keeplearning #drawingfaces #learntodrawstilllife #drawingwynnum #brisbaneartworkshop #artmakingbrisbane
Here's a few portraits painted over the last coupl Here's a few portraits painted over the last couple of years by our resident portrait artist and tutor, Ali Gillett @brave__arts ... What does Ali love about portraits? They're straightforward, either right or wrong. And while that can mean that there's a lot of mistakes to correct along the way, this rigidity makes Ali feel free to play around in all the other ways! What other ways???? With brushstroke and colour, and subject matter! Why get caught up in 'correct' skin tone when you can have a blast and paint whatever you want? Why get all tight and tiny and perfect with your brushstrokes when you can be loose and messy and raw??? Why paint 'serious' when you get a bit weird? Isn't that the point? At Arts Tree we believe that artists are meant to play. We advocate for a world of artists having a rollicking good time and not getting too caught up in the stuff that non-creatives care about! For probably the last time here at Arts Tree, Ali will be hosting her very popular, very excellent drawing and portraiture workshops here at Arts Tree in July and August respectively. Saturday July 26th; Learn to draw. You're not meant to just 'know' how to draw. It's a skill set, like carpentry. There are tools to learn, and years of practise before you go calling yourself a master tradie, but this is where we start! Weekend of August 16 and 17; Colourful Portraits Come and play around with getting brave and punchy with your portraits. Beginners are welcome and encouraged to both workshops... If you think you're "the worst artist ever" come and show us just how bad you really are! Tickets via the link in our bio or head over to artstree.com.au > SHOP > Workshops #weekendworkshop #brisbaneartworkshop #artmakingbrisbane #aligillett #bravearts #acrylicportraitartist #portraitureworkshop #brisbaneportraits #wynnumartschool #wynnumweekendworkshop
Come for a stroll through our Wednesday afternoon Come for a stroll through our Wednesday afternoon class here in Wynnum and see what some of our art-making community are up to! We've got mystical beasts Mixed media reef-fish A bouquet of stencilled flowers A yacht that won't be turning back! An ode to Cleopatra The beginnings of a home-grown hibiscus First steps of a stormy landscape And a classic New York scene All in one class!!???? Crazy! This is what we love about our little art school, it's always jumping with fresh ideas and different visions. Each person working toward their personal goals, while learning all of the foundational skill sets they'll need to work confidently at home. If you see yourself fitting into this kind of community then we've got room for you! Give us a call on 0437 146 359 and let's have a chat. #brisbaneartclasses #brisbaneartschool #artstree #aligillett #degillettcox #arttheory #weeklyartclasses #artlessonsbrisbane #acrylicpaintingclasses #learnacrylicpainting #studentartists #wynnumartclass #sailaway #newyorknewyork #landscape #portrait #elizabethtaylor
There seems to be a trend towards 'efficiency in a There seems to be a trend towards 'efficiency in art'... A compulsion to just get to the end when it's all perfect and awesome. But the thing is, if that were the true aim, we would never make more than one painting. If it were about the destination, then we would stop. So it mustn't be about the destination, it MUST be the journey that keeps us hooked. Take this portrait, drawing through to the first layers of colour (seen in pic 4) in ONE class.... EXCEPT it wasn't one class. Because this is the student's third painting with us, so she's been practising her drawing since February... Ditto for colour mixing, experimentation with mediums, and tool technique. In addition to those 6 months of practise, we also spent an entire class choosing just the right source image and then manipulating that image using various filters to get just the right sort of vibe that she was after. THEN our hard-working student came to class with no less than 8 printed images showing us various filters and colour ways, including black and white images. As well as images of other artist's work to keep her inspired. FINALLY, we got it all to scale, cropped up all nice before we began so that our drawing is (almost) effortless. The next skill set our student will be learning? Applied colour theory and the importance of value and temperature! The destination is the finished piece on the wall that has you feeling chuffed... But it's the journey that keeps you coming back for more, and it's the journey we're here for baby, yeah!!! If you're after a one-night stand, we're not the art school for you. BUT if you want a real, committed, sunday kinda love, then we have got you! In classes or workshops we'll teach you everything we know, about everything we know. Drawing, portraiture, and colour theory workshops are coming up AND we've got limited spots in our weekly classes.... SO stop worrying about the destination and just get in the gosh darn car!!! #journey #destination #brisbaneartclasses #acrylicportraits #colourfulportraits #drawing #learntodraw #artskills #arttechniques #studentartist #getinloser #artstree
Come for a wander around our studio classroom with Come for a wander around our studio classroom with us! We've got recently finished pieces and works in progress... Seascapes, cityscapes, treescapes, flowers, portraits, and boats. Just a regular class! We don't work in terms or set skill sets. Instead, we just keep it nice and open and have each person working on their own piece at their own pace. It keeps it fresh, exciting and means there's always something fun going on! If you would like to be involved we've got limited spots available and we'd love to meet you! If you've never painted before just come on down for a free trial and we'll see what we can do to win you over. Got questions? Give us a call on 0437 146 359 #brisbaneartclasses #brisbaneartschool #artstree #aligillett #degillettcox #arttheory #bravearts #brisbaneartists #weeklyartclasses #artlessonsbrisbane #acrylicpaintingclasses #learnacrylicpainting
I can't draw! A single day drawing workshop on Jul I can't draw! A single day drawing workshop on July 26... Here at Arts Tree! This workshop is ideal for anyone who says that they "can't draw"! That includes beginners or people that can draw but aren't sure how to fix and critique their image. Tickets are $275 and that includes pretty much everything you'll need for the day including a take-home workbook and a few little tools as well. If you want to paint real good, or draw real good... If you want to trust yourself to both make and fix mistakes... If you want to crack open your next round of creativity... Then buy yourself a ticket and give it a dang go! Your teacher is Ali Gillett ( @brave__arts )who has been teaching this workshop for 6 years, to over 300 people, and can't wait to prove that yes YOU actually CAN draw! Tickets and more info via our website or the link in bio, artstree.com.au > Shop > Workshops #brisbaneartclasses #brisbaneartschool #artstree #aligillett #degillettcox #arttheory #bravearts #brisbaneartists #weekendworkshop #onedaydrawing #learntodrawinoneday #beabetterdrawer #icantdraw
We aren't fans of making mistakes. It's not like w We aren't fans of making mistakes. It's not like we looooove them... It's that, after a combined 60+ years of making art we here at Arts Tree know 3 things to be true: Death will come Taxes exist Mistakes will be made And if you want to paint a portrait like the one you see in picture 1... You will simply need to work through the layers of absolute shite that come before it (see pictures 2-4). FACTS!!! So how do we do that? How do we keep on working through inevitable mistakes and parts of our canvas that look like absolute rubbish? We turn back to our skill sets: Drawing analysis Colour theory Values Critique (line, tone, colour, edge) Our skills ensure the foundation is strong, but building those skills can be a vulnerable space... We get it, because we know it! As working artists and art educators we teach this stuff BECAUSE WE LIVE AND BREATHE IT! There is nothing easy about admitting we don't know enough, and there's nothing easy about the path to mastery. The thing is: if great art is the end goal, skill building is simply part of the path! We're all going to make mistakes and make weird looking paintings, we've just gotta build the skills that will help us keep going as we do! And we've got workshops for that!!! See what we've got at artstree.com.au or head out to our link in bio. We've gotchu! #artstree #aligillett #degillettcox #arttheory #bravearts #brisbaneartists #learntodraw #beginnersdrawingworkshop #acrylicportraits #makemistakes #fixmistakes #weekendworkshop #brisbaneartworkshop #artmakingbrisbane
Workshops coming up here, under the Arts Tree! Wh Workshops coming up here, under the Arts Tree! When Mah and Pah launched this place 13 years ago they had no idea where it was going or that their days would be blessed with my unending presence. BUT HERE I AM!! And now we run an art school TOGETHER and they will never know peace! Apart from terrorising my parents however, I also teach a few weekend workshops and teach a few weekly classes, as does mother-bear @degillettcox . What do we teach??? EVERYTHING WE BLOODY WELL CAN! And... everything that has proved useful in our own creative existence. Why gatekeep? More importantly, we teach the QUITE nerdy beginnings of any skill. We don't just teach you HOW to mix orange... We teach you how to mix a cool and a warm orange. We'll demonstrate how these subtle changes help to show perspective. We'll introduce how each of those oranges can be further manipulated to create form and volume in your image. We'll show you how to draw badly, then critique your way to pure bloody artistic perfection!!!!! We'll show you how to be bold and brave and embrace your mistakes and trust your skill set and turn them into gold. In short, we'll teach you the stuff you need to know to make good art! Head on over to our website and have a read through what's available, then buy yourself a cheeky little ticket! artstree.com.au > SHOP > Workshops #brisbaneartclasses #brisbaneartschool #artstree #aligillett #degillettcox #arttheory #bravearts #brisbaneartists #weeklyartclasses #artlessonsbrisbane #acrylicpaintingclasses #learnacrylicpainting
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