Drawing & Painting

PLANT LIFE DRAWING 2 with Virginia Reid Following on from Plant Life Drawing 1, we will continue to explore plants and natural forms through a variety of mediums and processes. Experimenting with a range of drawing and painting techniques, exploring composition, mark-making and materiality, students will be guided through working on both small format to large scale compositions. This course is perfect for anyone who is inspired by the natural world of plants and flowers Mon, 26 Apr – 7 June | 9:30am – 3:30pm Full Fee: $370 Subsidised Fee: $0 see p.4 (additional resource fee of $130 for all enrolments)

DREAMING IN COLOUR 1 with Virginia Reid Have you often imagined you might like painting but are not sure how to start? If you are a complete beginner or have painted in the past but want a refresher, this course will cover all the basics. How to mix colour and understand hue, value, saturation and temperature to compose satisfying images. Week by week this class will step you through a process to help you paint expressively and develop your own painting signature. Tue, 27 Apr – 15 June | 9:30am – 3:30pm Full Fee: $370 Subsidised Fee: $0 see p.4 (additional resource fee of $130 for all enrolments) ART OF JUXTAPOSITION 2 with Virginia Reid The Art of Juxtaposition 2 will extend the 2D graphic collage explorations of The Art of Juxtaposition 1 and provide an opportunity to consider collage as the basis for making paintings and sculptures. Collage is easy and relies only on a willingness to play with possibilities. During the course students will be individually supported to develop ideas that come from this practice and build a body of work. Thu, 29 Apr – 17 June | 9:30am – 3:30pm Full Fee: $370 Subsidised Fee: $0 see p.4 (additional resource fee of $130 for all enrolments)

BREATHING THE LAND 1 with Virginia Reid This art course will focus on deepening our relationship to the landscape we inhabit. We will make use of materials from the landscape to respond to country and incorporate a range of modalities including meditation, walking, observation, drawing, painting and assemblage. Students will be encouraged to work expansively with nature over the duration of the course to refine ideas and bring them to resolution. Fri, 30 Apr – 18 June | 9:30am – 3:30pm Full Fee: $370 Subsidised Fee: $0 see p. 4 (additional resource fee of $130 for all enrolments)

INTRODUCTION TO WATERCOLOUR MAGIC with Lucille Campeanu Learn the basic techniques for creating beautiful watercolours as you work your way through a series of projects and watch the magic appear. These become not only finished projects, but little references you can use in your future projects. All materials provided. Sun, 6 June | 9 am - 4 pm Mullum Concession: $112 Full Fee: $125

PAINTING LANDSCAPES WITH ACRYLICS with Chantelle Tranchina NEW Capture the beauty of a landscape through an exploration of mediums, elements and principles of design! With a primary focus on acrylic painting and sketching, this class aims to teach a range of techniques from how to capture the perfect composition, mixing colours, and creating the illusion of depth and realism within your sketches and paintings. This is a fun transformative class suitable for any artistic level! 5 Thu, 20 May - 17 June 6 pm - 9 pm Mullum Concession: $179 Full Fee: $199 OIL PAINTING BASICS with Harry Westera Keep it simple! Learn to paint from real objects, not photos. Concentrating on tone, we will paint a few simple, single objects: an apple, a cup, a teapot - or bring your own object. We will use light and shade to give a strong illusion of reality. This will provide a solid foundation for good still-life, portrait or landscape painting. 2 Sat, 5 Jun - 12 June 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Byron Concession: $170 Full Fee: $189