Term 1 Painting (Brindishe Manor)

Painting

Take your artistic journey to the next level by mastering the intricate relationship between water, pigment, and unconventional application! Building on basic painting foundations, students will learn to transform flat pages into vibrant, texture-rich masterpieces. Each week focuses on a new technical skill—teaching students how to manipulate tools, master pressure control, and bring their ideas to life by merging traditional painting with experimental sensory methods.

Children will learn how to:

• Master Brushwork & Precision: Move beyond "scribbling" by training brushes to dance on their "tiptoes" for delicate lines, execution of heavy "belly flops" for broad washes, and maintaining pristine palettes.

• Manipulate Experimental Tools: Discover how to create organic patterns using everyday items, swapping traditional brushes for cling-film sensory textures, bubble-stamping solutions, and toilet-roll radial printers.

• Understand Chemical Resist & Symmetry: Experiment with the scientific repulsion between oil pastels and watery washes to create "raincoat" barriers, whilst mastering perfect mirror-reflections and crisp panel divisions.

• Explore Atmospheric Scale & Perspective: Learn to render complex natural subjects—from capturing bird's-eye views of riverbeds to mapping out the same tree across four distinct seasonal colour palettes.

All abilities welcome—just bring your artistic spirit to the club!