8 Feb-29 Mar 2021
4-6 pm
Spend Monday afternoons developing your skills in this drawing fundamentals program, covering Still Life; Portraiture; and Experimental Drawing.
26 April-14 June 2021
4-6 pm
Spend Monday afternoons developing your skills in this Painting program covering styles such as Expressive Painting in Acrylics; and Contemporary Watercolour.
ONLINE: 22 April – 27 May 2021, Thursday 10am-1pm AEST. Early fee ends 22 Mar 2021.
Paul McDonald
Are you overwhelmed by the challenges of developing and completing a body of work, then planning an exhibition? Do you struggle with making sense of your ideas and want to develop them into a cohesive collection? And how much time and money do you need to invest in your professional art practice? This course provides you with a practical structure for researching creative concepts that can be used on any project
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15-16 May 2021
10am-4pm
Learn to use your sketchbook as a way of seeing and interpreting the world around you, working directly within the beautiful Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.
ON CAMPUS: 17 April – 5 June 2021, Saturday 10:00am-4:30pm. Early fee ends 22 Mar 2021
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: 15-16 May 2021, Saturday and Sunday 9:30am-4:30pm. Early fee ends 19 April
Deborah Kelly
Discover the witty art of collage as you play purposefully with pictures and acquire the technical skills to create your own high-quality works. Over two days, in an inspiring salon environment of storytelling, readings and conversation, Deborah Kelly will show you the cutting and composing practices of collage.
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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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ONLINE: 20 April – 8 June 2021, Tuesday 10am-1pm AEST. Early fee ends 22 Mar 2021
Sally Swain
Unleash your authentic expression and connect with creativity in community.
How might artmaking provide strength and sustenance in topsy-turvy times? In this experiential course, you will be gently guided to connect with your creative impulse, letting go of pre-conceived ideas about how an artwork should look, or whether it’s ‘good enough’. Art is literally at your fingertips and can be a powerful resource for resilience during challenging times. Sally Swain fosters a safe, non-judgemental, respectful environment within which creativity can flourish.
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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.