Painting Class at the Local Arts Centre
Join an evening painting class, borrow materials and talk about colours and your work with classmates.
In France, evening and weekend art classes are often run by the local MJC, a community arts centre, or by an association, for a yearly fee paid in September. Art supply shops such as Le Géant des Beaux-Arts sell everything from brushes to easels. Many national museums are free for under-26s living in the EU, so a class trip to an exhibition is cheap.
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J'ai pris des cours de dessin à la MJC.
I took drawing classes at the community arts centre.
- 2
Je dessine pas très bien.
I'm not very good at drawing.
- 3
Ils sont où, les pinceaux ?
Where are the brushes?
- 4
Tu peux me passer le rouge ?
Can you pass me the red?
- 5
Je mélange le bleu et le jaune.
I'm mixing blue and yellow.
- 6
C'est trop foncé, ajoute du blanc.
It's too dark, add some white.
- 7
Je fais un portrait de ma sœur.
I'm doing a portrait of my sister.
- 8
Je préfère l'aquarelle.
I prefer watercolour.
- 9
On peint dehors ?
Shall we paint outside?
- 10
Je peux t'emprunter ta gomme ?
Can I borrow your rubber?
- 11
J'ai fait une erreur.
I've made a mistake.
- 12
C'est pas grave, recommence.
It doesn't matter, start again.
- 13
Tu en penses quoi ?
What do you think of it?
- 14
Les couleurs sont magnifiques.
The colours are gorgeous.
- 15
On dirait un Monet !
It looks like a Monet!
- 16
La perspective est pas bonne.
The perspective isn't right.
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Tiens ton crayon légèrement.
Hold your pencil lightly.
- 18
Laisse sécher avant de continuer.
Let it dry before you carry on.
- 19
Je vais l'encadrer.
I'm going to frame it.
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Il y a une expo au musée ce week-end.
There's an exhibition at the museum this weekend.