In this course, participants will learn basic water colour techniques such as toning, glazing, texturing, wet-on-wet in painting still-life and closed up subjects

What will you learn from the course?

Basic skills of drawing subjects such as plants, flowers, fruits and food items and painting them in water colour.

• Drawing/Sketching skills of subjects
• Basic handling of art tools/ materials
• Various watercolour techniques

Schedule

Dates: Jan 7 - Feb 25| Fridays

Time : 3pm - 5pm

No of Sessions: 8

**Minimum 10 students to start class

Venue: Brahm Centre @Simei

Course fee:

$280 | $56 for seniors eligible for National Silver Academy (NSA) subsidy*

*NSA subsidy is for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents aged 50 and above.

**Minimum 10 students to start class

Course fee may be offset by ^SkillsFuture Credit (SFC). First, course participants are to make payment for the course through Brahm Centre Eventbrite page, followed by claim with SFC. Brahm Centre will reimburse the amount that is successfully claim upon receipt of the funds from SFC. More details on SFC will be provided upon registration.

**All Art Materials provided

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Course Fee: $280 |$56 for seniors eligible for National Silver Academy (NSA) subsidy*

*NSA subsidy is for Singaporeans and Permanent Residents aged 50 and above.

1. In addition to NSA subsidy, course fee may be offset by SkillsFuture Credit (SFC).
2. First, course participants are to make payment for the course through Brahm Centre Eventbrite page.
3. They should claim with SFC before the course start date through the SkillsFuture portal.
4. Brahm Centre will reimburse the amount that is successfully claimed upon receipt of the funds from SFC.

Notes:

• Please note that payments for courses are non-refundable.
• There are no make-up lessons if you miss any session.
• If you miss the first session, you are allowed to proceed with the course. However, the trainer is not obligated to do a recap during the second session.
• If you miss both the first and second sessions, you will not be allowed to proceed with the course

Instructor’s profile

Lau Sheow Tong is the founder of Composite Art & Design, a company that runs art education programmes for children, adults and seniors. He has an extensive track record in Art education spanning from primary to tertiary levels. As an Art teacher with Ministry of Education from 2000 to 2006 (April), he was teaching at both primary and secondary levels. While managing his company from 2006 (May) to 2015, he was also lecturing at Temasek Polytechnic (Design Integrated Studies), LaSalle College of the Arts (Fine Arts/Arts Management) and First Media Design School on part-time and consultation bases. As a teachers’ trainer with World Prime Arts Education (2007), he has conducted various Art workshops specially tailored for teachers from MOE such as Art Interpretation for Study of Visual Arts, Fashion Illustration, Mixed Media Painting etc.

He holds a Master in Fine Arts (2007) from LaSalle College of the Arts (validated by Open University, UK), a Post-graduate Diploma in Education (2000) from National Institute of Education and a Bachelor in Arts from National University of Singapore (1996). He has also acquired certifications in Nature Matters in Conversation; Neighbourhood Nature; Introducing the Environment: Ecology and Ecosystems from Open University (OU) due to his interest in Nature, Horticulture and Landscape Design.

Some of Sheow Tong's sample work:

Some Students' Work