Drawing & Painting

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. 8 Tue, 7 Feb - 28 Mar 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Mullum Full Fee: $370 *Ace Program Fee: $0 see p. 4 (additional resource fee of $200 for all enrolments)

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. 8 Wed, 8 Feb - 29 Mar 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Mullum Full Fee: $370 *Ace Program Fee: $0 see p. 4 (additional resource fee of $200 for all enrolments) THE ART OF PAPER AND PRINT With Virginia Reid If you’d love to explore the creativity of print, this course could be for you. Discover this amazing technology that has shaped politics, science and culture. Using our newly acquired printing press, you will discover how to make beautiful printed goods and get your hands dirty – all while having a great time. 8 Thu, 9 Feb - 30 Mar 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Mullum Full Fee: $370 *Ace Program Fee: $0 see p. 4 (additional resource fee of $200 for all enrolments)

PAINTING LANDSCAPES WITH ACRYLICS with Chantelle Tranchina 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 the exact colours, using traditional design principles to create the illusion of depth and realism within your sketches and paintings. This is a fun transformative class suitable for any artistic level! 6 Thu, 23 Feb - 30 Mar | 6 - 9 pm Mullum Concession: $243 Full Fee: $270

WATERCOLOUR IN BLACK AND WHITE with Harry Westera ‘Tone does the work, colour gets the credit’ is an expression often used by artists. Learn to paint beautiful watercolours by painting tone with just one colour: Black! Create beautiful effects of light and dark; develop fresh, fluid wash effects and strong dynamic pictures. Demonstrations and guided exercises will improve your skills and confidence. Become better equipped to express the beauty of colour through this workshop in black and white. 2 Sat, 25 Feb - 4 Mar 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Byron Concession: $216 Full Fee: $240

ABSTRACT PAINTING with Chantelle Tranchina This innovative short course focuses on the practical art elements and principles of design required to produce a gorgeous abstract art work. This is heavily based on the practical side, with a small amount of theory explaining techniques. You will have time in class to focus on producing 3 or 4 small abstract pieces of your own. 5 Wed, 1 - 29 Mar | 6 - 9 pm Mullum Concession: $216 Full Fee: $240

PLAYFUL PAINTING WEEKEND with Melanie Dilday There will be dancing, splashing, spraying, scraping, dripping, laughing and a head-over-heels love affair with colour. Each of us will be painting on a large canvas, adding new layers, in a fun and encouraging environment. Rediscover your enthusiasm for life and uncover painting talents you never knew you had. Sat & Sun, 11 - 12 Feb 9:30 am - 4:30 pm Mullum Concession: $162 Full Fee: $180 PAINT WITH NATURAL PIGMENTS AND YOUR IMAGINATION with Yao Mikami Come and learn the basics of technique and painting materials, but with a strong focus on creativity and connecting with earth magic through the art-making process. For all levels, the painting technique is a combination of natural pigment and oil painting on canvas to build colour and texture from the earth. Sat & Sun, 18 - 19 Feb 9 am - 4 pm Mullum Concession: $234 Full Fee: $260

“This was my first painting class and it felt very special to have someone so inspiring, innovating and creative to bring the magic of my imagination onto canvas.”

Denise - Paint with Natural Pigments