Short Courses
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A Weekend on the Wheel
$400.00ON-CAMPUS: 13-14 May 2023, Saturday and Sunday 9.30am-4.30pm each day. Early Fee ends 3 April 2023
Tania RollondBe introduced to the basic skills of wheel-throwing clay, including how to centre the clay, lift, shape and trim the form. Tania demonstrates, encourages and guides you to develop techniques and confidence to make cups, bowls and sculptural forms.
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Abstraction and Landscape Painting
$490.00ONLINE: 8 February – 5 April 2023, Wednesday 2-5pm AEST. Early fee ends 2 January 2023
Fran O’NeillInvigorate your painting practice and expand your visual vocabulary of abstraction and landscape painting. Learn how to draw out the abstract from within the conventions of landscape, looking backwards and forwards, and constantly exploring the rich potential of the painted image.
* please note there is a one week break on 22 February
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Abstraction and Landscape Painting
$490.00ONLINE: 8 February – 29 March 2023, Wednesday 10am-1pm AEST. Early fee ends 2 January 2023
Fran O’NeillInvigorate your painting practice and expand your visual vocabulary of abstraction and landscape painting. Learn how to draw out the abstract from within the conventions of landscape, looking backwards and forwards, and constantly exploring the rich potential of the painted image.
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Abstraction and Landscape Painting
$440.00ONLINE: 26 April – 14 June 2023, Wednesday 10am-1pm AEST. Early fee ends 20 March 2023
Fran O’NeillInvigorate your painting practice and expand your visual vocabulary of abstraction and landscape painting. Learn how to draw out the abstract from within the conventions of landscape, looking backwards and forwards, and constantly exploring the rich potential of the painted image.
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Big Picture Thinking for Artists
$490.00ONLINE: 11 February – 18 March 2023, Saturdays 10am-2.30pm AEST. Early fee ends 2 January 2023
Kelly-Ann DentonFiguring out what to create is fundamental to creative success in the arts and creative industries. In this short course we learn key principles in developing and building concepts. Methods include visual thinking, drawing out ideas, visual learning maps and more.
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Big Picture Thinking for Artists
$440.00ONLINE: 29 April – 17 June 2023, Saturdays 10am-2.30pm AEST. Early fee ends 20 March 2023
Kelly-Ann DentonFiguring out what to create is fundamental to creative success in the arts and creative industries. In this short course we learn key principles in developing and building concepts. Methods include visual thinking, drawing out ideas, visual learning maps and more.
Full details below: course outline, course delivery, lecturer profile, home-studio requirements and art materials
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Bronze Casting
$1,221.00ON CAMPUS: 29 April – 24 June 2023, Saturday 10:00am-4:30pm. Early fee ends 20 March 2023
Clara HaliDiscover 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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Coils, Coils, Coils: Introduction to Handbuilding Techniques
$880.00ON-CAMPUS: 29 April – 24 June 2023, Saturdays 10am-2pm . Early Fee ends 20 March 2023
Alexandra StandenTransform 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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Colour, Abstraction and Expressive Painting
$735.00ON CAMPUS: 9 February – 30 March 2023, Thursdays 6pm-9pm. Early fee ends 2 January 2023
Tonee MessiahLearn 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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Colour, Abstraction and Expressive Painting
$660.00ON CAMPUS: 27 April – 15 June, Thursdays 6pm-9pm. Early fee ends 20 March 2023
Tonee MessiahLearn 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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Contemporary Painting: Body of Work
$1,100.00On Campus – 29 April – 24 June 2023 , Saturdays 10am-3pm. Early Fee ends 20 March 2023
Michelle CawthornBuilding 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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Contemporary Watercolours
$735.00ON CAMPUS: 6 February – 27 March 2023, Monday 6pm-9pm. Early Fee ends 2 January 2023
Tanya BailyIgnite 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.
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