Let's Dive Into Acrylic Painting

Tutor:

Maxine Thompson

Date:

Saturday 23 Sunday 24 May 2026

Time:

9am - 4pm

Cost:

Members $166. Non Members $186.

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Open 10am Wednesday 25 March

Maxine will guide you through pastel application exercises and fundamental drawing skills to achieve accurate likeness. The aim is to create either a realistic or more artistic interpretation of your choice of subject. All skill levels welcome.

Tutor:

Rehann Vazid

Date:

Saturday 6 Sunday 7 June

Time:

9am - 4pm

Cost:

Members $167. Non Members $187.

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Open 10am Wednesday 8 April

This workshop guides participants into the nuances of glow, that magical sense of light emerging from within a painting. Through structured demos and exercises, artists will explore colour theory, blending, edge control and the restraint needed to not overwork and let your watercolour shine. All skill levels welcome.

Tutor:

Dr Deborah Eddy

Date:

Saturday 27th June

Time:

10am - 1.30pm

Cost:

Members $62. Non Members $82.

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Open 10am Wednesday 29 April

Join Dr Deb for a morning of hands-on printing making, where you will learn the value of negative space, and how to make the best use of it, to carve a piece of easy carve lino.
Suitable for all levels.
All materials provided.

Tutor:

Karol Oakley

Date:

Saturday 18 Sunday 19 July

Time:

9am - 4pm

Cost:

Members $180. Non Members $200.

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Open 10am Wednesday 20 May

In this workshop you’ll discover the best ways to utilise a tonal underpainting, combining tone and colour to create the mood for realistic but painterly artwork. Some pastel experience and preferably an understanding of colour theory is required.

Tutor:

Jane Blundell

Date:

Saturday 22 Sunday 23 August

Time:

9am - 4pm

Cost:

Members $109 per day. Non Members $129 per day.

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Open 10am Wednesday 24 June

Join Jane for either 1 or 2 days as you explore various pens and discover how to use them for hatching, cross hatching, stipple, with watercolours, with inks and with Chinese ink. Use lines to create ink drawings and paintings from life. Work from a collection of objects including drift wood, stones and pebbles, dried leaves and flowers, mushrooms and fungi etc.

Tutor:

Dee Jackson

Date:

Sat 19 & Sunday 20 Sept 2026

Time:

9am - 4pm

Cost:

Members $165 / Non-members $185

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10am Wednesday 22 July 2026

Join award winning Sydney based artist Dee Jackson as she teaches you how to create life like portraits.

This fun and innovative workshop will teach you the important of observation – looking at Shadows (Value) and Shapes (Proportion) and (Placement) composition. All skill levels welcome.

Tutor:

David Hinchcliffe

Date:

Sat 17 and Sunday 18 October 2026

Time:

9am - 4pm

Cost:

Members $415 / Non-members $435

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David Hinchcliffe has been painting and selling his work from the age of 12 and has more than 110 exhibitions across the globe. David will demonstrate his technique and explain his unique process of working from dark to light. You will learn to be interpretive in your approach, painting step-by-step with David as he works individually with all participants and explains how you can get the most out of your source images. All skill levels welcome.