Professional Training

The following painting courses in Dubai are composed of painting classes totaling a sum of 30 hrs (with examination and evaluation). Our painting classes are part of Professional Training for Arts and Design course programmes. These subjects may be taken by applicants without examination and evaluation as “Open-training programmes” as well.

Our painting courses and art classes in Dubai include classical and modern paintings. Classical painting classes introduce the paintings, artists and techniques that have created time honoured traditions from the Renaissance to the Impressionist period, including Leonardo Da Vinci, Caravaggio and Degas.

Through the painting classes in Dubai, students will develop critical thinking when engaging in problems and issues in their art works. Through these painting courses in Dubai, students will be able to develop their creative skills by creating a piece of art that reflect what they think, feel and imagine.

Under the Professional Training, student will be eligible to receive a Professional Certificate attested by UAE Government (KHDA) after successfully completing 20 courses including the Fundamental courses in Fine Arts and some specific courses in Painting and submitting an Art Portfolio. Some of the Professional Certificates that we are issuing for Painting are as follows:

  • Professional Certificate in Fine Arts
  • Professional Certificate in Classical Painting
  • Professional Certificate in Abstract Painting
  • Professional Certificate in Cubism Painting
  • Professional Certificate in Landscape Painting
  • Professional Certificate in Portrait Painting
  • Professional Certificate in Creative Painting

Creative Digital Drawing & Painting (I, II, III)

  • Basic
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced

This course is focused on teaching you how to draw and paint on iPadPro with digital pencil with the powerful programme of “ProCreate”.

Students will learn handling all techniques through digital approach practically and explore various skills and styles such as brush customization, layering, photo manipulation and creating surface textures, applying tonal variations, and much more.

This course at Lotus has been customized in different levels for beginners as well as for artists who want to transition their skills to a digital canvas.

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Classical Painting (I, II, III, IV)

  • Reproduction Old Master
  • Reproduction
  • Contemporary Artist   Photo and Life model

Our still life classical painting classes in Dubai will introduce students to the paintings, artists and techniques that have created time honored tradition within classical painting, including Leonardo Da Vinci, Caravaggio and Degas, etc. Students will develop skills in rendering accurate value relationships, “true to life form”, color, proportion, control and texture. This course places emphasis on utilization of value, hue and intensity to convey a sense of light and form . Students will develop critical thinking when engaging in problems and issues in still life painting.

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Abstract Painting (I, II, III, IV, V)

  • Material
  • Techniques
  • Still Life
  • Landscape
  • Geometric
  • Figurative
  • Portrait
  • Expressionism

This course will experiment with each student’s own techniques and language by combining paint and the formal elements of design, including line, shape, form and color. Through various projects and lectures regulated by our painting classes, students will develop a non-objective approach to the elements of design. By this course, students will be able to develop their creative painting skills by creating a piece of art that reflect what they think, feel and imagine.

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Cubism Painting (I, II, III)

  •  Analytic Still Life
  • Synthetic Still Life
  • Analytic Portrait
  • Synthetic Portrait

Our cubism painting classes in Dubai will focus on the study of historical development of Cubism that revolutionized European art during the 20th century. The main innovators of cubism, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque will be studied. Students will develop the cubist techniques and methods of depicting objects from various viewpoints through angular, random pieces. Through various projects and lectures, students will develop their own style and interpretation of this type of painting method.

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Creative Painting (I, II, III)

  •  Basic,
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced

 

This course is designed for advanced students. And help them to understand the nature of creativity through traditional and unconventional methods of drawing and painting from a life model as well as from imagination.  In this course Emphasis on development of individual style-form concepts, materials and techniques of mixed media.

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Inspirational Painting (I, II, III)

  • Basic
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced

This course is designed for advanced students with a basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop or any other imaging software. Student will discovers the possibilities of creating original images through a combination Adobe Photoshop, with painting. Students modify work their handmade work (photographs) by scanning, adjusting, and preparing for printouts on canvas or other supports. The resulting digital prints are then painted manually until the preferred effects are achieved.  Student is using their own painting technique in conjunction with digital technique and mixing traditional and contemporary media.

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Acrylic/Oil Painting – Monochrome – Still Life (I, II, III)

  •  Basic
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced

In this course students will learn of handling acrylic or oil paints and brushes and explore a variety of techniques (glazing, layering, impasto, alla prima, and others in intermediate and advanced level) through the life model. The purpose of the course is to cover the fundamentals of composition, tone, and blending in achromatic colors.

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Acrylic/Oil Painting – Coloured – Still Life (I, II, III)

  •  Basic
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced

In this course students will learn oil or acrylic painting that emphasizes color mixing, composition and explore a variety of painting techniques (glazing, layering, impasto, alla prima, and others in intermediate and advanced level). The purpose of the course is to encourage understanding to color interaction, advance technical and compositional skills, and provide a basis for creative growth and expression.

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Landscape Painting -oil (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII)

  •  Monochrome – Reproduction
  • Monochrome – Photo
  • Colored – Reproduction Colored – Photo
  •  Impressionism Abstraction

This course introduces students from basic to advanced level of classical and contemporary landscape  painting with emphasis on the understanding of its formal language and the fundamentals of artistic expression.  Painting from landscape, reproduction of old master and photos will be explored.  Color theory, linear perspective, atmospheric perspective, compositional structure, figure/ground relationships and visual perception will all be emphasized extensively. Student will study and research major painting styles and movements in historical context.

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Portrait Painting (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII)

  • Monochrome-Reproduction
  • Monochrome-Photo
  • Monochrome-Life
  • Colored-Reproduction
  • Colored-Picture, Colored-Life

Portrait painting class in Dubai will introduce students from basic to advanced level of classical and contemporary portrait painting. The course consists of demonstrations with painting exercises from reproduction of old masters, live models and photo. Concepts of anatomy, physiognomy, space, light, color, composition, scale and specific elements of portrait painting such as form, shadow, environment, and perspective will be lectured.

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Gelli Printing (I, II, III)

  • Basic
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced

Gelli printing is a mono printing technique without press. Students will learn create colorful and unique backgrounds and art works on paper for other mixed media projects in basic, intermediate and advanced levels. They will understand which types of paints and papers work best with mono printing and using repurposed items to create prints. They will learn how to create handmade stencils, stamps, and masks to create prints and also they will able to create beautiful abstract collage art works by using the rules of compositions.

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Subject Training

These are painting courses in Dubai with single titles and a duration of 20 hrs worth of training. At the end of these painting courses, students may choose to finish with an examination and evaluation to earn a certificate. Otherwise, they will be granted an attendance certificate.

Oil Painting (I,II)

  • Still life
  • Landscape

This is an introductory course that covers basic painting techniques of oil paints with an emphasis on reproduction of classic or contemporary artist. Topics include the use of composition, color, texture, form and value through still life or landscape.

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Acrylic Painting (I, II)

  •  Still life
  • Landscape

This is an introductory course that covers basic painting techniques of acrylic paints with an emphasis on reproduction of classic or contemporary artist. Topics include the use of composition, color, texture, form and value through still life or landscape.

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Abstract Painting (I, II)

  • Material
  • Techniques

This is an introductory course that covers basic abstract techniques with an emphasis on texture and materials. Topics include the use of composition, color, texture, form and value through abstract reference.

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Workshop Training

These painting courses have a single title and a duration of 3-15 hrs worth of training. For the regular painting courses in Dubai there will be no examination and evaluation, while examination and evaluation will be needed for our expertise painting courses.

Creative Painting – Grid Composition

This workshop has been programmes like an intensive short-course and will experiment with techniques and language by combining paint and the formal elements of design, including lines, shapes, forms and colors. Through this programme, students will be able to find and understand how to develop their creative painting skills by creating a piece of artwork that reflects what they think, how to feel and use their imagination.

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Creative Painting – Image Transfer

A collage art work is a fascinating composition of different materials with various colours that can be set to express idea and feeling, to convey a message or even for decoration purposes. It is a design created by adhering different materials to a surface and its result can be a three dimensional art work also. This process was widely used by cubist artists and is a popular technique in the contemporary art.

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Creative Painting – Cut Up Technique

This workshop has been programmes like an intensive short-course and will experiment with techniques and language by combining paint and the formal elements of design, including lines, shapes, forms and colors. Through this programme, students will be able to find and understand how to develop their creative painting skills by creating a piece of artwork that reflects what they think, how to feel and use the imagination.

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Creative Painting – Wash Off Technique

This technique is an exciting technique that produces a textural effect not unlike that of a woodcut or lino prints.

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Creative Painting – Antique Technique

This workshop has been programmes to make fascinating motifs and infinity repeatable patterns by combining, overlapping and repeating Islamic Geometric shapes. Students will learn how to use the Islamic patterns in an abstract and textural way through layers of colors and textures to build up richly layered effects of creative artwork with an own-style.

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Creative Painting – Cubism Composition

This technique is an exciting technique that playing with violations in shape and forms to create the Cubism composition likes Picasso. This workshop will be useful for both those who are beginners or/and those artists who wants to develop their techniques.

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Mixed Media Painting

This workshop is designed to practically give experience to participant, to understand how to bring harmony in the artworks by using different layer of wet and dry materials such as Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Soft Pastel, with some technique of colouring in golden proportion composition.

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