Welcome to The Arthouse Oasis
Keeping it loose and fresh.
Check out our new project! Painting florals in the studio, this time just keeping it loose and free, no hard edges! Let’s see how these go.
Rococo romanticism.
Wow! We’ve completely fallen in love with painting Rococo style lately.
Painting Bruce Springsteen.
This week’s portrait session featured none other than Bruce Springsteen.
Learning to paint birds
This acrylic class focused on painting a beautiful bluebird, with everyone putting their own stamp on the same reference.
Mixed Media Freestyle Art Session
In this mixed aged group, students worked with lyrics and typography, others explored playful characters, abstract shapes or colourful animals.
Abstract Florals in Watercolours.
In this workshop we began with simple, colourful washes before layering expressive pen lines over the top.
Painting cats and dogs in spring.
In this session we combined watercolour with simple pen lines to create pet portraits that captured the character of each pet!
Who says the Old Masters can’t be fun?
In these classes, we took inspiration from some of history’s most famous paintings, recreating iconic masterpieces while adding our own artistic flair.
Pencil Studies of a female face
Portrait drawing is one of the most rewarding – and challenging – skills an artist can learn.
Drawing Realistic Eyes in Pencil.
This was a lovely drawing session where we focused on creating expressive eyes in pencil.
Paint Like Bob Ross Oil Workshop.
Join us for a unique, full day, beginner-friendly workshop where you’ll learn to paint a beautiful waterfall in oils.
Art Tips – how to trace a small reference photo onto a large canvas.
I show how to trace an image onto a large canvas using a very old light tracer.
Learning to paint birds.
Students practised colour mixing, soft background blending, simple landscape techniques and delicate feather details before finishing their paintings with blossom and wildflowers.
Paint Like Bob Ross.
What a wonderful full day workshop we had, painting in oils like Bob Ross!
Sneak peak into our after school sessions.
Painting a Cute Bunny Rabbit with Acrylics and Magic Markers!
Painting reflections in acrylics.
We’ve been painting different scenes, using the same method, and really loving the Results!
Painting in Rococo Style.
We are moving away from Monet inspired art now and introducing Rococo, what a fantastic, romantic art era.
It’s never to late to get back into art.
There’s something incredibly inspiring about watching someone continue to learn and create at 99 years old.
