Choose a Personal Direction
At this stage, students may begin concentrating on one area that particularly interests them.
Begin developing a recognizable body of work rather than producing unrelated individual paintings.
Acrylic | Oil | Watercolour | Pencil & Charcoal
Strengthen Skills & Build a Body of Work
After completing foundational modules, students begin working on more developed pieces.
At this stage, projects become longer and more intentional. Students move beyond individual exercises and begin thinking about how several works can relate to one another.
Areas of development may include:
* More advanced observation and drawing
* Composition and visual hierarchy
* Colour development
* Paint handling and surface quality
* Creating stronger focal points
* Working from personal reference material
* Developing ideas from sketches into finished pieces
* Revisiting and improving previous work
* Understanding the difference between an exercise and a finished artwork
Choose Your Focus Areas
Figurative & Portrait
Portraiture, figure painting, gesture, identity, relationships, narrative and the human form.
Still Life & Objects
Objects, interiors, food, flowers, collections, material surfaces and contemporary still-life composition.
Landscape & Nature
Landscape, botanical subjects, natural environments, atmosphere, light and place.
Art Supplies
You can find some of the basic art supplies you need for our programs in our online shop. Check out the full list here.
Basics is for all creatives. This medium viscosity paint is made with lightfast, artist-quality pigments.
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Basics is for all creatives. For all budgets. It's perfect for all painting techniques including underpainting and sketching. This medium viscosity paint is made with lightfast, artist-quality pigments
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This putty rubber block is ideal for removing all traces of charcoal and chalk from large surfaces. Ideal for erasing or lightening charcoal, chalk and pastel drawings, it can be easily shaped and leaves no smudges on the paper. The handy plastic case keeps the eraser pliable and soft.
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This permanent, fade resistant, chemically stable, pigment-based ink will not bleed or run if liquids are spilled on or applied to the paper after the ink has dried. Manga artists, professional illustrators and watercolorists use the seven point sizes to create precision lines. Our smallest size yet, 003, makes fine details distinct.
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Use these knives to mix and apply even the thickest media, and manipulate texture with ease the springy blade practically sings as you work! Artist palette knives are also useful for scraping and cleaning up unused paint after a painting session. Each knife features a flexible, solvent-compatible steel blade and a solid, hardwood handle with brass ferrule.
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For mixed media.
Designed for students, amateurs and professionals alike, this brush offers the quality performance of traditional Robert Simmons brushes at an economical price. Ideal for acrylic and multi-media fine art applications, this handmade brush features a polished black aluminum ferrule and striking pearlescent white handle that provides easy control and manageability. This short-handled flat wash brush is perfect for creating bold, sweeping strokes or broad washes and coats with your favourite painting mediums.
Synthetic bristles
Short handle
Aluminum ferrule
Suitable for Watercolour
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This Winsor and Newton is made with 110gsm acid-free paper, to ensure longevity. Each sheet is perforated along the edge to allow for easy removal. They are suitable for use with pencil, pen and ink and light watercolour washes.These high quality black case bound hard black sketch books are available in two styles; one is case bound with a classic leather effect black cover and the second is a wire-o style hard backed sketch book. Both styles contain 80 perforated sheets of 110gsm cartridge paper.
Ideal for use in studio or on-the-go
With a black hard "leather-like" cover, these books open perfectly flat and have perforated sheets along the edge for easy removal. Ideal for use in studio or on-the-go.
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Canson XL Mix Media features a heavyweight, fine textured paper with heavy sizing for wet and dry media.
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The watercolour paper most prized by artists all over the world!
Made on a cylinder mould (traditional process): quality close to that of paper made by craft methods. The slow turning of the cylinder enables the fibres to be deposited evenly and spread in all directions over the wire. The fibres are distributed evenly, the paper slackens uniformly when wet, giving the artist more control. This process can produce papers with a high grammage and exceptional resistance to scratching and erasing, when they are gelatin sized to the core. Only papermaking on a cylinder mould can produce paper with deckle edges.
100% COTTON
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A school favorite for drawing with pencil, charcoal, pastels, crayons and markers. This Newsprint Pads have a heavy chipboard backing for pad support while working at an easel.
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Just need one paper for your project? Check out single paper options here.
*Bristol, Mixed Media, and Watercolour papers are available.
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GAAC’s classic logo tote bag is crafted from natural canvas. Carry your art supplies and more.
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General's Multi-Pastel Compressed Chalk Sticks provide extra smooth, pure pigment perfect for fine art drawing. Use to create colorful, vibrant drawings or add subtle color charcoal or graphite drawings. Made in USA.
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8 options are available and applicable to any GAAC Online and Art for Adults classes.
* Non-refundable
Basics is for all creatives. For all budgets. It's perfect for all painting techniques including underpainting and sketching. This medium viscosity paint is made with lightfast, artist-quality pigments
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Winsor & Newton is a well-known brand that produces high-quality art materials such as paints, brushes, markers, and papers. Their products are highly regarded among artists of all levels for their excellent performance and reliability. With over 180 years of experience, Winsor & Newton has become a trusted name in the art industry, providing artists with innovative and inspiring tools to help them create their best work. Whether you're a beginner or a professional artist, Winsor & Newton has a range of art supplies to suit your needs and help you achieve your artistic vision.
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Hot glue gun sticks can be used in high, low or dual-temp glue guns. Use on paper, metal, glass, leather, wood and fabric. Bonds quickly.
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Basics is for all creatives. This medium viscosity paint is made with lightfast, artist-quality pigments.
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Basics is for all creatives. This medium viscosity paint is made with lightfast, artist-quality pigments.
This set contains 12 118ml tubes: Cadmium Orange Hue, Light Green Permanent, Alizarin Crimson Hue Permanent, Dioxazine Purple, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Primary Yellow, Primary Red, Primary Blue, Phthalocyanine Green, Titanium White and Mars Black.
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Compact, colorful, and crafted for versatility--Prism Studio's 12cm x 12cm sketchbooks are the ideal companion for artists who like to keep their ideas close at hand. Each book contains 80 sheets of acid-free, 94lb (140gsm) paper that stands up beautifully to pencils, pastels, crayons, charcoal, graphite, ink, and watercolour. Wrapped in a satin-smooth vegan leather cover that feels as good as it looks, these sketchbooks are FSC certified and made with a responsible mix of new and recycled materials.
Available in six expressive shades to match your mood or palette:
Graffiti Yellow
Tuxedo Black
Fiesta Red
Seafoam Green
Shell Pink
Daphne Blue
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About this item
Premium-quality pencil for writing, drawing, and sketching on paper and matte Drafting film
It has no eraser
This item is manufactured in Germany
Dimension: 7.25LX4.25wx0.29H
Weight: 0.4 lbs
Our all-rounder.
Whether beginners or professionals: STAEDTLER full graphite pencils are ideal for expressive portraits, dynamic landscapes or drawings full of details.
Design Journey: Discover creativity with STAEDTLER
Inspiring creativity is at the heart of everything we do at STAEDTLER and our new Design Journey collection is a complete range of products for the hobby artist, from sketching pencils through to luminous acrylics. Embark on your Design Journey with the versatile and innovative range of more than 60 products created to motivate beginners and to encourage more advanced hobby artists to try new techniques.
STAEDTLER Mars Lumograph set of 12 sketch pencils. Come in a reusable tin for easy storage. Softlead premium sketch pencils in 12 degrees: 8B, 7B, 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B,2B,B, HB, F, H and 2H. Made in Germany.
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About this item
Benefit from the best: Everyone from beginners to a professional will appreciate the quality, smoothness and shading capabilities of these sketching pencils
Class act: This graphite pencils set belongs in the classroom or makes the perfect architect pencil set, as well as a personal sketching pencil set
3 finely graded degrees of softness: one each of dark 8B and 6B, two 4Bs and two 2Bs, for the most-used range of shading and opacity. All packaged in a durable tin case for organized portability
The perfect sketch pencils for the job, whether it's for designers, engineers, artists or architects. Staedtler's pencil pack has the variety and quality you need
Premium break resistance means longer-lasting leads! Only Staedtler's Lumograph art pencils for drawing and shading feature a lead bonded to the shaft so they don't break off while sharpening
Our all-rounder
Whether beginners or professionals: STAEDTLER full graphite pencils are ideal for expressive portraits, dynamic landscapes or drawings full of details.
Design Journey: Discover creativity with STAEDTLER
Inspiring creativity is at the heart of everything we do at STAEDTLER and our new Design Journey collection is a complete range of products for the hobby artist, from sketching pencils through to luminous acrylics. Embark on your Design Journey with the versatile and innovative range of more than 60 products created to motivate beginners and to encourage more advanced hobby artists to try new techniques.
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Mona Lisa's Boiled Linseed Oil is a drying oil extract from the flax plant seed and processed with special additives which shorten its drying time to 12 to 18 hours depending on heat and humidity levels. It is an excellent choice as an extender and fortifier of oil base paints stains and primers. It assures a uniformly tough, elastic and glossy film that repels water, resists weather, retards chalking and prolongs paint film life.
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Weight: 117 lb. 190 g/m2
Surface: Vellum
Media Applications:
Watercolor, gouache, acrylic, graphite, pen & ink, colored pencil, marker, pastel, collage
For mixed media sketches, practice of techniques and quick studies. Medium weight paper in sketchbook formats.
Pad Features: Wire Bound sheets are micro-perforated and are Actual Size when removed at the micro-perforation.
362-5 is not micro-perforated but sheets are Actual Size when removed at the wire binding.
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This reliable favourite is a general purpose semi gloss medium which speeds drying, improves flow and reduces brush stroke retention. Halves the drying time of conventional oil colour (touch dry in 1-6 days depending on colour & film thickness). Resists yellowing. Not suitable as a varnish or final coat.
Enhance the characteristics of colour
Choosing complementary oils, solvents, mediums, and varnishes for your oil painting is as unique as choosing a colour palette. Depending on your style and technique, there are a wide range of traditional oils, mediums, and solvents to help you control your colour as well as varnishes to protect your work and provide a final finish. Used to modify the rate of drying, increase gloss, improve flow or add texture, mediums should be used in moderation as an additive to the colour. We also recommend avoiding adding multiple mediums to oil colour.
Highlights
Oils - Winsor & Newton Drying Oils, used in conjunction with oil colour, will modify the colours existing consistency, gloss and drying time. Using oils maintains the flexibility of paint films, particularly when working fat over lean, and prevents over-thinning, which can happen when using solvents.
Mediums - Used to alter or enhance the characteristics of oil colour, mediums are used to modify the rate of drying, increase gloss, improve flow or add texture. Based on the binders used in milling the colours mediums should be used in moderation when used with colour.
Solvents - Solvents are used to clean brushes and palettes after painting. They should only be used sparingly for thinning colour to not change the integrity of the paint. Our solvents are made specifically for artists' use and are fully volatile, meaning that they leave no residual matter behind upon evaporation from the paint mixture.
Varnishes - The final coatings for finished pictures, varnishes protect from the build-up of dirt and grease. Available in different finishes, matt, satin and gloss, it is important to wait until oil paintings are thoroughly dry before varnishing.
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Winsor & Newton is a well-known brand that produces high-quality art materials such as paints, brushes, markers, and papers. Their products are highly regarded among artists of all levels for their excellent performance and reliability. With over 180 years of experience, Winsor & Newton has become a trusted name in the art industry, providing artists with innovative and inspiring tools to help them create their best work. Whether you're a beginner or a professional artist, Winsor & Newton has a range of art supplies to suit your needs and help you achieve your artistic vision.
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Castell 9000 pencils have superior leads made of finely ground graphite and clay. These smooth pure graphite pencils are never scratchy and are available in 16 degrees of lead hardness for writing, drawing and sketching.
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Castell 9000 pencils have superior leads made of finely ground graphite and clay. These smooth pure graphite pencils are never scratchy and are available in 16 degrees of lead hardness for writing, drawing and sketching.
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This set contains a comprehensive range of colours in 37ml tubes. Includes, Lemon Yellow Hue, Cadmium Yellow Hue, Cadmium Red Deep Hue, Permanent Alizarin Crimson, Cerulean Blue Hue, French Ultramarine, Phthalo Green (Blue Shade), Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber, Titanium White. Actual contents may vary.
Substitute hazardous solvents for water without any compromise on quality, designed to look and work just like traditional oil paint.
Suitable to clean with water.
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