ON CAMPUS: 29 April – 24 June 2023, Saturday 10:00am-4:30pm. Early fee ends 20 March 2023
Clara Hali
Discover the mystery of bronze, from planning a sculpture to casting in bronze. Model a figurative sculpture in wax, then make the ceramic shell casting, including sprueing the waxes, burning out the ceramic moulds, pouring the metal, and using metal chasing and patina techniques.
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ON-CAMPUS: 29 April – 24 June 2023, Saturdays 10am-2pm . Early Fee ends 20 March 2023
Alexandra Standen
Transform lumps of clay into unique, hand-built vessels and sculptural forms with faster and more forgiving coiling and pinch techniques. Learn how to hand-build efficiently and develop the confidence to push the ceramics form to the create beautiful clay objects.
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ON CAMPUS: 27 April – 15 June, Thursdays 6pm-9pm. Early fee ends 20 March 2023
Tonee Messiah
Learn about the fundamental principles of colour-mixing and discover how colours change and move in a picture plane. Be introduced to painting approaches from modernist abstraction to the present day and discover how to translate subject matter using colour as a powerful expressive tool.
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ON CAMPUS: 2 May – 20 June 2023, Tuesday 6pm-9pm. Early fee ends 20 March 2023
Deborah Marks
Discover the highly creative realm of collage, while learning the art of visual composition. Use the elements and principles of design and colour to investigate compositional structures and stimulate your imagination with the many approaches, styles and techniques inherent in this art form.
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On Campus – 29 April – 24 June 2023 , Saturdays 10am-3pm. Early Fee ends 20 March 2023
Michelle Cawthorn
Building a body of work, by exploring an idea or subject, is an excellent way for an artist to deep-dive into their painting practice and expand their technical and material skills. Whether you are relatively new to painting or have years of experience, Michelle Cawthorn will guide you to develop new approaches to your practice that aim to both challenge and augment established ways of painting.
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ON CAMPUS: 24 April – 26 June 2023*, Monday 6pm-9pm. Early Fee ends 20 March 2023
Tanya Baily
Ignite your understanding and enjoyment of watercolour drawing and painting by learning traditional methods and contemporary mark-making techniques. Learn to paint the colours of changing light and to capture its beauty with transparent watercolour painting methods, both in the studio and at outdoor locations.
*Please note there will be no class on Monday 1 May 2023
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ON CAMPUS: 2 May – 20 June 2023, Tuesdays 6-9pm. Early Fee Ends 20 March 2022
Glenn Lockitch
Learn how to ‘see’ and take great photos in and progress from using the camera’s automatic settings to learning the fundamentals of manual exposure for creative shooting. Discover how to achieve accurate exposures, make strong compositions, and control lighting in professional photographic studios and on-location outdoors.
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ON CAMPUS: 29 April – 24 June 2023, Saturday 10am-2pm. Early Fee ends 20 March 2023
Dr David Briggs
Do you want to learn to draw in a way that’s responsive to the unique qualities of your subject? and to the expressive effect of your drawing’s abstract elements? Discover how to draw with graphite pencils, chalk and ink from subjects such as the still life, the life model and on-location at the historic NAS campus
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ON CAMPUS: 26 April – 14 June 2023, Wednesday 6pm-9pm. Early Fee ends 20 March 2023
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.
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