Palette Knife Painting Workshop

How to paint with a palette knife



3 hours Location Rozelle Class size 1 to 10 guests   $199 (Afterpay available)

Learn how to paint with a palette knife at this fascinating Sydney workshop. You will take home at least one abstract canvas painting created by you!

This painting workshop is designed for beginners, as you will learn the basics of how to use a palette knife for applying paint and create abstract paintings with acrylic colours.

The workshop will begin with an introduction to what the palette knife is, and then a live teacher demonstration, which will show you the techniques behind the palette knife tool. You will also learn about texture, layers, and effects, and colours and medium to help you in the creation of your own artwork. There will be plenty of time to paint and get creative as your teacher shares with you some handy tips and tricks when painting with this tool.

You will leave the workshop with a unique framed canvas painting you created and the confidence to work with this fun and effective painting technique.

All students must be over 18+ years of age.

What you'll get

Acrylic paints, canvases and palette knives.

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Knowledge required

This course is ideal for beginners to more experienced students.

What to bring
  • If you have a special knife, selection of paints and a palette you love you are more than welcome to bring them along.
  • An apron to protect your clothes or please dress in old clothes that you don’t mind getting messy in.
  • Closed-in shoes required
  • Please wear old clothes
  • Long hair must be tied back
Location

Sydney Community College - 2A Gordon St, Rozelle NSW

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Recent reviews of Palette Knife Painting Workshop

  • 5/5 from James Anvia, attended Apr 2024: a really good teacher, venue 10/10 materials were great learnt diff techniques, although could have modelled more good value needed more demo and modelling
  • 3/5 from Anna Babatzanis, attended Apr 2024: Teacher was nice and gave us a little practice of different strokes. I would have liked a bit more information on the best way to use the different palette knives and what various strokes could be used for. I also think there’s a big gap between practising some new strokes and being expected to produce a landscape. This is quite common in art classes unfortunately. The venue was good. The materials were ok but very hard to get some of the colours out of the bottles. I learnt I could buy a large place mat to use as a palette. I was able to practise different strokes. I like that all materials were provided. It wasn’t the full 3 hours though. I think the class was a little too expensive for what was done. On a general note, a couple of teachers I’ve had spend some time on the phone or leaving students alone while doing their own thing. I’m an ex-teacher and this is not good practice. Teachers should walk around the class being there for questions and encouraging students. I know I don’t like to interrupt when someone is on the phone or computer.
  • 3/5 from Katy Jenkins, attended Oct 2023: We expected a little more guided and controlled learning, like how to use specific tools and make specific marks with them. We were just left to make art by ourselves after a warm up and felt a bit lost.
  • 5/5 from Priyanka Iyer, attended Oct 2022: Really Great class. Jacqueline was a good teacher and it’s good value for money!
  • 5/5 from Queenie Tran, attended Oct 2022: Fun session with experienced teacher who provided lots of individual feedback, as well as demonstration. Great opportunity to learn and experiment with different palettes and paints under expert guidance from Jacqueline
  • 5/5 from Zarin Gundevia, attended Mar 2022: It was a fun session experimenting with the different knives and textures and creating something on canvas
  • 5/5 from Ardele Blignault, attended Feb 2022: Great communicator who really inspired me to paint with a pallet knife. Lots of tips and easy to follow demonstrations.
  • 4/5 from Lynda Gray, attended Nov 2021: Jacqueline was a very approachable teacher with clear instructions. She gave plenty of alternatives and demonstrated a variety of techniques which we were able to practise before completing 3 canvases. It would be good to have some ideas for the style of art that you would like to attempt.
  • 5/5 from Marta Pozo, attended May 2021: Jacqueline, the teacher, is fantastic. The material provided was great: 3 canvas, acrylic colors and plenty of palette knifes to chose and experience with them. A good starting point for Palette knife painting
  • 5/5 from Chantel Lorimer, attended Mar 2021: I really loved this class. Our teacher Jacqueline was fantastic and inspirational. Highly recommended this class.
  • 5/5 from Robert Anderson, attended Mar 2021: Enjoyable class. Very practical and applied. Kept us busy. Very engaging and helpful instructor. Learned new skills.
  • 5/5 from Jehna Liddle, attended Feb 2020: This class was really good Started slow with techniques and by then end you felt like a pro. Simple to learn almost anyone could do it. Best to come in with an idea of colours you like together or a subject to paint as the last hour is essentially self directed exploration.
Your teacher
David Pavich

David Pavich

4.6 (12)

David Pavich is a landscape painter who has exhibited extensively throughout Australia and internationally for over 30 years. David has a higher Art Certificate, Honours from the National Art School, Sydney. His travels have seen him work in Europe (particularly Paris) and the United States, as well as residencies in Malta, and back home at Hill End Studio and Arthur Boyd Bundanon Studio Residency in Australia. More recently, David was Artist in Residence at The Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre in Murwillumbah, as reflected in his lush landscapes of that area.

David Pavich has been teaching drawing and painting for 20 years, at community colleges and art schools across Sydney, and takes a particular interest in helping beginner painters discover the colour, texture and techniques of painting, exploring both traditional and expressive approaches.




Your host

Sydney Community College
Sydney Community College

4.8 (316)

Sydney Community College is a social enterprise with a mission to offer innovative continuing adult education programmes that support individual efforts and facilitate sustainable social change.
Our mission is to enrich lives, to strengthen adult individuals and to build communities through innovative high quality continuing education and training.

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