Painting Course for Beginners
Unleash your inner artist with our painting short courses in Sydney!
Ready to tap into your creativity and learn how to paint? This fun and practical Painting for Beginners course at Sydney Community College is the perfect place to start your artistic journey.
In this course, you’ll choose to work in either acrylics or oil paints – whichever medium you’re most curious about or comfortable using. With guidance from professional artists, you’ll learn step-by-step how to use your chosen materials confidently, from the very first brushstroke to your final artwork.
Whether you're completely new to painting or returning after a break, you’ll enjoy a supportive environment where you can build your skills, experiment with techniques, and discover your own painting style.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this painting for beginners course, you should have:
- Acquired a basic painting ability
- Practised recognising and organising a good composition
- An understanding of tone
- Experience with colour mixing and ability to perceive and name warm/cool, transparent/opaque colours
Course content
What will be covered in this painting course?
- Observation of still life to make representational imagery
- Composition and formatting
- Colour theory
- Palette layout
- Types of paints, mediums and brushes
- Types of application and support
- Setting a painting out from start to finish
Intended audience
Who is this painting course for?
These art classes are ideal for absolute beginners who want to learn to paint in a fun and relaxed environment or experienced students who want to brush up on their skills.
Course venue
2A Gordon Street, Rozelle NSW 2039 (corner of Gordon St & Victoria Rd in the grounds of St. Joseph's Church)
Course materials
What to bring to class
Option 1: Purchase a full materials kit at enrolment checkout (select oil or acrylic paints). This will be supplied at your first class.
Option 2: Uncheck the materials kits at enrolment checkout and bring your own - consult the Painting Course for Beginners Materials List.
Additional information
Please note the following:
- Closed-in shoes required
- Please wear old clothes
- Long hair must be tied back
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Course testimonials:
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Aiden said: It was a perfect beginner's course. It was very hands on with enough theory for what is a pretty short course. Elinor was a great tutor - she was really helpful and knowledgeable, and encouraging, and really helped everyone to explore the beginnings of their own style. Overall, it was very fun, insightful, and a great beginner's course for anyone wanting to get into painting.
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Glenda said: I enjoyed the tutor's interaction and teaching. She was excellent. Also the small class size. I also appreciated the materials kit as it's time consuming to purchase all the materials. Enjoyed seeing other people's work.
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Apoorva said: Elinor was a very skilful, kind and talented teacher. Feel very lucky to have been part of this course :)