| Fiji is an island paradise that stuns the senses with its | | | | imagery. You can learn all there is to learn about: |
| beauty and calms the troubled spirit with its serenity. | | | | nature as an inspirational teacher, understanding the |
| Located south of the equator it enjoys a fantastic | | | | elements of design, adventures with color, |
| climate but like all islands is prone to Mother Nature's | | | | understanding complementary colors and color |
| wrath. There are some 300 plus islands that form the | | | | systems, painting with neutral, balance of color, |
| archipelago, of which approximately a little over a 100 | | | | textures and stamping, tricky greens, salt wash, |
| are inhabited by the Fijian people who comprise the | | | | scribbling right, sponges and dusting, edges and |
| Chinese, Indians, Polynesians, Europeans and other | | | | negative shapes and exploring mixed media. |
| Pacific Islanders. | | | | You get to choose the medium you want to work |
| If you want to learn to paint while taking a holiday in | | | | with, whether a single medium or more than one, |
| Fiji, you could not have chosen a more picturesque | | | | from watercolors, gouache, chalk pastels, colored or |
| place. The sheer beauty of the place with its splendid | | | | pastel pencils, inks and graphite. It is recommended |
| beaches, coral islands and tropical rain forests are an | | | | that beginners equip themselves with a cheap set of |
| inspiration to artists from greenhorn to the skilled | | | | pastels or watercolors rather than buying the more |
| alike. Blue seas and sky, tranquil beaches and | | | | expensive artist materials to start with. You can use |
| greenery as far as the eye can see will provide you | | | | watercolor paper that is smooth, medium or rough |
| ample painting material. When you want to take a | | | | and choose any brand you want. You may want to |
| break from your painting you can always indulge in | | | | buy a drawing board, Perspex is best for weight |
| one of the many activities that are available in Fiji | | | | reasons, masking tape, plastic palette with lid, plastic |
| including out of this world diving opportunities. | | | | mixing palette for wet colors, fixative for pastels, |
| Some of the resorts in Fiji offer various painting | | | | plastic tubs for water, paint brushes in various sizes |
| workshops, so you can sign up for one or as many | | | | of either squirrel or sable hair, synthetic brushes, |
| as you like and learn to paint while on holiday. One of | | | | erasers and a ruler. Supply yourself with old towels |
| the workshops available caters to a wide range of | | | | and wet wipes or old cloths for cleaning your hands |
| students and allows you to use watercolors, chalk, | | | | and face should you apply some paint on it in your |
| pastels, pencils, pastel pencils, ink, graphite and other | | | | enthusiasm! |
| types of drawing and painting materials - sky's the | | | | Now that you have detailed information about a |
| limit really for what you can make use of. All | | | | sample workshop that you can find while holidaying in |
| drawings will be done on paper and the use of colors | | | | Fiji, go online to find out how you can learn to paint |
| will be the most dominant theme of the workshop, | | | | while on holiday. |
| blending a deviation from naturalistic color and realist | | | | |