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Awaken Your Artistic Side in Retirement

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Central Coast Art Class offers weekly group art classes to older adults in their retirement villages in Central Coast NSW.

We bring the classes to you, so you can start drawing and painting in the comfort of your own home or community centre.

Whether you’ve never picked up a paintbrush since you were six years old, or you’ve gone to art school but over the years had gotten another job and given up on the artistic part of your life, this is the time to come back to it.

Get in touch now to see how we can set up art classes in your village.

Benefits of drawing and painting for older adults:

• boost confidence and self-esteem

• reduced stress

• physical benefits

• satisfaction and achievement

• social engagement

• improved mood

• emotional well-being

• cognitive stimulation

• memory enhancement

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Portrait / Figure Art Class Curriculum

Our weekly in-person group art classes follow a carefully developed curriculum to help you master drawing and painting portraits and figures, whether you’ve never drawn a face before, or you already have some experience under your belt. In this ongoing group class, you will receive personal guidance from the instructor, tailored to your progress.

Here is a sneak peek into what you will learn in the class:

  • Stereometric Drawing

    Learn the fundamentals of proper structure drawing of facial features by using the stereometric structure method, so you can draw accurate facial features and portraits from imagination.

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    Structure Drawing

    Learn how to construct the hand, foot, portrait, and human figure, while learning anatomy, planes, forms, lines, gesture, and proportion.

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    Tonal Drawing

    Learn the fundamentals of how to draw portraits and figures with graphite pencils and charcoal - recognise the light source, refining the value shifts, and handling the edges.

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    Portrait and Figure Painting

    Learn about colour and how to use it create glowing beautiful skin tones, use rhythmical brushstrokes to make your portraits and figures come to life.

About Your Instructor

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After many years working in corporate banking, I decided to teach myself how to draw and paint in year 2012, and sold my very first painting the following year.

In 2022, I started taking private mentorship from a Russian-American artist, following the tradition of apprentices studying under old masters during the Renaissance. This has greatly accelerated my skills and vision, and shaped my approach to making and teaching art.

Over the years, I’ve taught art classes to hundreds of students worldwide, both online and in person. However, I found that real connection and quality curriculum are key to fostering artistic growth, which is why I now focus on teaching weekly art classes to adults.

My paintings have been collected internationally, and I’ve been honoured as a semi-finalist in the Dough Moran Art Prize and a finalist in the Australian-Korean Art Foundation Prize. I’m dedicated to cultivating skills, vision, and creativity in my own work and in helping my students achieve their artistic goals.

You can see more examples of my creative work on my website gallery here.

Start Art Classes in Your Retirement Village

Creating art in retirement will enrich your life, boost your self-esteem, stimulate cognitive function, improve your emotional and physical well-being, as well as giving you the skills to express yourself artistically. Perhaps your painting of your grandchildren will become a new family heirloom!