Painting Classes

You will discover the unique pleasure of working in oils - a medium that enables even beginners to achieve a painting with a professional texture and finish.

These art classes are relaxed and friendly, with a good blend of demonstration, instruction and individual painting.

The goal of this class will be to support students in producing very fine, high quality, polished drawings and paintings studied from life.

Classes will include drawing and painting, and will have a variety of subjects to study.

If you have a solid foundation in painting, then portraiture is the ideal way to expand your skills.  Your tutors will help you to understand the importance of colour, composition and tone to achieve a realistic likeness of another person

Portraiture is an immensely rewarding experience and and this class will provide students with the skills necessary to depict something as complex as the human face, with the goal of capturing the soul of their subject in a way that surpasses the photographic image.

Please note - this art course incorporate the use of live models and model fees are included in the term tuition fee.

For new artists, watercolours help you to achieve a "painterly" quality to your art.

For experienced artists, watercolours can expand the options available to you to achieve the effects you want.

If you already have some basic art skills then you are ready to learn from  a tutor like Apple who is a master of technique.

Apple uses an unusually diverse palette and will teach you how to use a wider range of colours to create a unique richness in your paintings.

In the tradition of master astists, her classes are centred on portraiture but will explore figure painting, landscpaes, and still life to help you develop a completeness as an artist..

If you are new to art or extending your artistic skills there are many benefits in developing painting and drawing skills at the same time. You will find that improving your drawing ability will accelerate your progress in painting.

Drawing more accurately means you can move into the painting phase sooner, reducing distractions from trying to "fix" mistakes in the drawing, letting you focus more time on developing your painting.

This art class will introduce you to different approaches to the process of drawing and planning phase before you begin to paint. You will be taught how to develop your drawing into a painting and understand how the two skills come together to create a finished piece of art.

The Artists Open Studio Sessions give you the option to use to our professional facilities in a creative group environment outside of your regular face to face art course sessions.

Use this time to continue self directed development and expimentation of your skills in a collegiate environment with like minded art students. 

During the course you will learn the essential plein air techniques and approaches including;

• how to select and compose your subject,
• how to effectively manage value and colour,
• use deliberate brushmarks to communicate form and suggest texture, and
• create depth and atmosphere in your image.

The first class will be in the studio and will prepare you for the final three weeks of the course where we’ll venture out into the local landscape to paint “en plein air”.

Students will be notified of changes to the class plan and location in the occurrence of unfavourable weather.

This course gives you foundation information applicable to being an artist.   A range of topics will be explored and discussed covering the theoritical, practical and historical information that you need to become a better artist.

This course is for students preparing for the NSW HSC Visual Arts Course.

Learn from a tutor who knows what it takes to get a Band 6 result.

Enrollment in these sessions is eligible for the NSW Government Creative Kids $100 voucher.

During the course you will learn the essential techniques and information in using pastel pencils including;

• the material properties of pastel pencils,
• how to effectively manage value and colour with pastels,
• how to use pastels to communicate form and suggest texture, and
• create depth and atmosphere in your image.