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Painting Sessions at the Artist's Studio

On going painting sessions at the artist's home studio. Each session is for no more than 4 persons. Each person would progress at his/her own level. Anyone who is interested to learn painting or drawing on any level could register to join for any of the following lessons as long as there is a vacant slot in the painting sessions.

1. Acrylic Painting for beginner - You will learn to paint with acrylic medium and learn to use your art materials effectively and to mix your colours well. You will be guided for techniques to achieve various visual effects. Besides practical exercises to investigate colours, lines, shapes, form, volume, light, texture and others, you will learn to develop skills to paint and to complete Still Life paintings in the painting lessons. You will enjoy the freedom of expression in creating your original acrylic paintings from your own photos and references. Some drawing skills are needed. (Click here for Registration Form)

2. Acrylic Painting for Improver - For those who has some experiences in acrylic painting but unable to resolve his artistic problems and for those who wish to improve his painting and to develop his skills. It aims to develop problem solving and decision making skills that are related to visual perception and visual realization and to make further progress in his painting, technical and conceptual skills and artistic development. (Click here for Registration Form).

3. Painting with the Artist - For those who wish to have painting sessions with the artist so to do painting at leisure or to further investigate and develop skills and to progress further in one's artistic practice and to further develop capacity to reflect upon one's work and to communicate one's formal and conceptual intentions. (Click here for Registration Form).

4. Basic Sketching/Drawing Lessons - Drawing has been the very foundation of all art. You will learn how to sketch by using pencils on paper. You will do sketching of still life, using direct observation method. Practical exercises include drawing shapes, drawing in line and tone, relationships between subjects, perspective and proportion. This course is helpful for those who plan to take up painting lessons in future. (Click here for Registration Form).

Time Schedule & Fee

Painting sessions will be conducted when there are at least 2 registrations for the time schedule. You are welcome to join for any types of lessons as long as there is a vacant slot in the painting sessions. Maximum 4 persons in a group for each session.

Thursday, 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm

Saturday, 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm

Sunday, 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm

Each person would progress at his own level and sticks to his/her time schedule for the duration of the course. If you are unable to make it on your scheduled session, please inform the artist in advance. You will be given 1 replacement for every booking of 4 sessions. Replacement could be scheduled on the subsequent week after the last session and provided there is vacancy on that day. Replacement benefit will expire automatically after two weeks from the last day of the booked session.

For booking of 4 consecutive weekly sessions is SGD260.00

For booking of 8 consecutive weekly sessions is SGD400.00

For booking of 4 flexible sessions within 45 days is SGD320.00

For booking of 2 sessions is SGD180.00

For booking of 1 session is SGD100.00

Please register and book your painting sessions in advance. Payment of fee by cash to be made either before or on commencement of lessons. Fee paid is not refundable and not transferable. (Click here for Registration Form)

Art Materials Needed

Please bring your own stretched canvas or canvas panel. 2B pencil or charcoal stick. Brushes. Acrylic paints or Acrylic introduction set. Painting knife. Mediums. Portable easel (optional) for your painting lessons. You could obtain these art materials from art shop in Singapore, like Art Friend (BBC) Pte Ltd at #03-33 Bras Basah Complex, or Straits Art Co Pte Ltd at North Bridge Center, 420 North Bridge Road. Please also bring along your painting reference materials, sketches or drawings for reference and discussion when needed. For Improver and art lovers, please bring along your paintings for consultation and working.

For Pencil Sketching & Drawing Lessons, you need HB, 2B, 4B 6B pencils, kneaded rubber, eraser (though erasing is discouraged in sketching), sharpener, clips and sketching book or drawing block.

One to one Private Painting Tuition

5. Private Painting Tuition at Your Place - One to one private painting tuition at your place. One and half hour per session. (Click here for Registration Form).

6. One to One Painting Session at the Artist Studio - One to one private painting tuition at the artist's home studio. For beginners as well as for improvers. From basic skills to higher levels of art making according to your personal level of art practise. 2 hours per session. (Click here for Registration Form).

Time Schedule & Fee

One to one private painting session with the artist:

Tuesday, 10.00 am to 12.00 noon

Thursday, 10.00 am to 12.00 noon

Friday, 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm

For other date and time schedule please arrange with the artist. Email: pabha@singnet.com.sg

One to one private panting tuition at your place:

For 4 consecutive weekly sessions is SGD1,200.00

For 8 consecutive weekly sessions is SGD2,400.00

You are to provide transportation or to add SGD50 for transportation fee per session.

One to one private painting tuition at the artist's studio:

For booking of 4 consecutive weekly sessions is SGD800.00

For booking of 8 consecutive weekly sessions is SGD1,600.00

For booking of 2 sessions is SGD500.00

For booking of 1 session is SGD300.00

Each student sticks to his/her time schedule. If you are unable to make it for your scheduled session, please inform the artist in advance. You will be given one replacement session for every booking of 4 sessions. Replacement session could be scheduled on the subsequent week after your last session if that date is available. Replacement benefit will expired automatically after two week from the last day of the booked sessions.

More about the Artist

Jimmy Quek Prabhakara is a professional artist living at Tampines, Singapore. He started learning art since 1972. He has been practicing art full time since 1986. He signs his painting Prabhakara.

His paintings are in the collection of many individuals, corporations, institutions, Ministries and Singapore Art Museums. His art and exhibitions are recorded in many important publications and reported in Newspapers.

Jimmy was winner of First Prize in IBM Art Award in 1988. He was member of Judging Panel for Della Butcher Award for Excellence in the Art 1994 and Member of of Judging Panel for Philip Morris Group of Companies Singapore/ Asean Art Awards, Singapore, 1995. He was External Assessor for Degree and Diploma (2D) Assessments in Visual Arts, Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts Singapore in 1999 and Course Accreditation Committee for Department of 2D and 3D Studies, Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, Singapore in 2002.

Jimmy held his first one-man art exhibition in 1987 and since then he has held 11 One-man art exhibition and participated in more than 80 group exhibitions in Yokohama, Kobe, Sapporo, Rotterdam, New York, Washington DC, Indianapolis, Dallas, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Beijing Quanzhou, Shanghai, korea, Fukuoka, Osaka,Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Jimmy taught Art at Community Centres in the 80's. He taught Sketching / Drawings (Elementary/ Intermediate/ Advanced levels) and Acrylic Paintings at Federation of Art Societies, Singapore when it was located at Church Street in the 90's. He conducted Painting Workshops for teachers at Metta School in 2003.

Jimmy has agreed to make himself available few hours weekly for sharing his painting skills and artistic expression experience with those who wish to have painting sessions with him.