ON CAMPUS: 17 April – 5 June 2021, Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm. Early fee ends 22 Mar 2021.
Paul Higgs
Paul Higgs shares his passion for process and experimentation with papers, surfaces, drawing and painting by transforming the real world into abstract, unified, mixed media artworks. Learn how to utilise found objects from your own collections, as these materials will expand the range of possibilities when unexpected objects are layered and juxtaposed on different surfaces combined with drawing and painting techniques.
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ONLINE: 21 April – 9 June 2021, Wednesday 6:00pm-9:00pm AEST. Early fee ends 22 Mar 2021.
Tanya Baily
Learn how to paint expressive, contemporary watercolour paintings with structured classes around specific themes, practical exercises, demonstrations and interactions with a lecturer in a live studio environment. Tanya Baily guides you through the skills and thrills of colour mixing, palette organisation, compositional ideas, pigments and different mark-making techniques. She introduces you to the many qualities between different watercolour papers and gives tips in how to make quick sketches and plan for more complex finished artworks.
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ON CAMPUS: 21 April – 9 June 2021, Wednesday 10:00am-2:00pm. Early fee ends 22 Mar 2021.
Rachel Fairfax
Do you want to learn practical drawing techniques and encourage your creativity to emerge in a supportive studio environment? Discover how to see and draw with proportion and perspective, and how to work from small studies to larger, sustained drawings. Learn about the importance of line, tone, composition and mark-making as you explore the mediums of graphite, charcoal and ink.
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ON CAMPUS: 17 April – 5 June 2021, Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm Early fee ends 22 Mar 2021
Cameron Ferguson
Do you want to learn practical drawing techniques and encourage your creativity to emerge in a supportive studio environment? Discover how to see and draw with proportion and perspective, and how to work from small studies to larger, sustained drawings. Learn about the importance of line, tone, composition and mark-making as you explore the mediums of graphite, charcoal and ink.
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ON CAMPUS: 15-16 May 2021, Saturday and Sunday 9:30am-4:30pm. Early fee ends 19 April
Damian Gascoigne
Any drawing can animate, find out how in this exciting new course! With a focus on artistic approaches to animation and the wonderful imperfections of analogue mark-making, you’ll learn ways to bring the vitality of the drawn and painted line into the online sphere. Discover how to make loops of raw, hand-drawn animation on paper and choreograph them into digital timelines.
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ON CAMPUS: 21 April- 9 June 2021, Wednesday 6.00-9.00pm. Early Fee ends 22 March 2021
Damian Gascoigne
Any drawing can animate, find out how in this exciting new course! With a focus on artistic approaches to animation and the wonderful imperfections of analogue mark-making, you’ll learn ways to bring the vitality of the drawn and painted line into the online sphere. Discover how to make loops of raw, hand-drawn animation on paper and choreograph them into digital timelines.
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ONLINE: 20 April – 8 June 2021, Tuesday 6:00pm-9:00pm AEST. Early fee ends 22 Mar 2021
Fran O’Neill
Are you keen to improve your ability to see and draw the human body from the privacy of your own home? This dynamic new drawing course lets you work directly with live models in an online studio, within a safe digital environment and an intimate group of students. Fran O’Neill teaches you to develop your observational drawing skills in form, volume and gestural awareness.
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ON CAMPUS: 21 April – 9 June 2021, Wednesday 6:00pm – 9:00pm. Early Fee ends 22 March
Luke Thurgate
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ON CAMPUS: 17 April – 5 June 2021, Saturday 10:00am-2:00pm. Early fee ends 22 Mar 2021.
Noel Thurgate
Work directly from the nude figure to explore and develop observational skills, perceptual awareness and an understanding of the balance between observed figuration and abstraction. Elements fundamental to drawing are considered, including compositional issues of the human form, space and structure, and attention will be given to dynamic and gestural expression of the figure.
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Concession price is available to holders of a current Centrelink concession card, a NSW travel concession as defined by Transport for NSW, or are Alumni of NAS as defined:
Graduates of the NAS holding a degree, diploma or certificate of the NAS, including graduates of the art department of East Sydney Technical College, Sydney Technical College and Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education (between 1975-1977); and former students who have successfully completed at least one year of full-time study on any of the award courses included above.
Eligible concession card holders must bring their proof of eligibility to their first class. Alumni eligibility will be checked by the Alumni Coordinator prior to the first class.