VAA / Open Art Semester Two 2009

Drawing and Painting

Art for beginners
David Hodges
6-9pm on 15 Tuesdays from 7 July - $500
A course for the person who has always wanted to try drawing, printmaking or painting but felt uncertain about how to begin. Classes are structured around accessible & entertaining projects. There will be demonstrations of all techniques. No previous experience is necessary.
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Child art studio: (8-12 years old)
Kay Whitney
1-4pm on 10 Saturdays from 25 July - $335+$25 materials fee =$360-
In this exciting and fun-filled studio workshop, children will be introduced to four areas of art practice: Drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture. Demonstration of techniques will be included in the course and the topics explored will be engaging and based on the interests of the child. This workshop is designed to equip participants with the skills to express ideas and to create great masterpieces! An interest in art is essential.
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Colour for the Painter/Drawer
Felicity Green
Cancelled: 6-9pm on 15 Wednesdays from 8 July - $500-
This course will allow you to freely explore the methods of the colourists from Giotto to Kngwarreye. Our cultural and emotive responses to colour will be examined and applied to class exercises and finished works. Recommended for beginners to advanced
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Conceptual development/drawing from the imagination.
Philippa Hofgartner
9am – 12pm on 15 Thursdays from 9 July - $500-
Do you wish to build your skills in the area of conceptual development in visual art? The aim is to expand on the existing strengths and inclinations of the individual. Exploration of different techniques and materials will be employed to explore new possibilities. Prompts from literature, music and visual sources that relate to the individuals work will be used as tools to refine and extract greater awareness and a clearer direction with their work. The result will be a solid foundation in methods for building strong and consistent concepts in your future work.
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Contemporary techniques with acrylic painting
Cherylynn Holmes
Course Cancelled: 9.30am–12.30pm on 15 Mondays from 6 July - $500
An innovative course with acrylic painting techniques demonstrating the great versatility of the medium. Exciting ways of rendering in painting in contemporary art that extends skills and consider new ways with abstraction, symbolism and experimental approaches to bring forth a unique and personal visual language. Recommended: intermediate & advanced
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Creative drawing
Helen Shelley
6-9pm on 15 Thursdays from 9 July - $500
We will explore an exciting range of drawing approaches, mediums and subjects through a series of projects designed to develop your creative potential. Our explorations will encompass both traditional and non-traditional approaches to drawing. We will use a variety of materials and techniques such as charcoal, paint, collage and photocopy. Throughout the semester you will develop your own unique approach to art and expression.
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Drawing and painting One
Leeanne Crisp
Session Full: 9am-12noon on 15 Mondays from 6 July - $500
This is an excellent introductory course to drawing and painting. Develop the skills and confidence to draw, develop ideas and paint when you are ready. Class tuition covers different techniques in drawing and painting and also the use of colour and paint materials. Recommended for beginners, entry folios and continuing students
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Drawing and painting the model One
Leeanne Crisp
1-4pm on 15 Mondays from 6 July - $500
This is an excellent introductory course to drawing and painting from the life model. Develop the skills and confidence to draw, and paint the human image and portrait. Drawing and painting techniques are taught and also the use of colour and paint materials. Suitable for beginners, entry folios and continuing students.
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Drawing and the meaning of life
Franki Sparke
1.30–4.30pm on 14 Mondays from 6 July 2009 - $470
This is a practical, skill-based drawing course which also explores the extent to which the act of drawing influences — and is influenced by — a world view. For beginners or more experienced artists seeking to re-invigorate their practice with a fresh perspective. We will cover the formal elements of drawing, approaches to drawing, and the functions and effects of drawing.
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Drawing One
Leeanne Crisp
Session Full 6-9pm on 15 Tuesdays from 7 July - $500
This course will build confidence in using drawing as an effective means of communication. Exploring still life and the figure, students learn about materials, techniques, elements of drawing and composition. This course is excellent for beginners and also useful for people wanting to continue drawing. Suitable for beginners, entry folios and continuing students.
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Drawing people
Sue Taylor
9.30am – 4.30pm on 4 Sundays from 16 August - $320
A drawing course for students fascinated with drawing people. This course will include life drawing and portrait drawing and students will be encouraged to use a variety of drawing techniques and materials. Suitable for any level although some previous drawing experience an advantage.
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Folio preparation
Frank Thirion
6-9pm on 15 Thursdays from 23 July - $500+$50 materials fee = $550
The Portfolio Preparation classes are designed to assist students in developing their own working processes centered on visual creativity and the preparation of a portfolio for submission to an Art School or a similar course of study. The course is structured to cover the principle requirements to produce a balanced visual portfolio. Lessons are arranged to aid the student find their own voice in a wide variety of disciplines including; drawing from observation, life drawing, image processing, printing, painting and portfolio evaluation. Recommended: all levels
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From Degas to Chagall & Others. II
Michael Winters
1.30-4.30pm on 15 Wednesdays from 8 July - $510
Using these 2 artists as “creative role models” students will be introduced to the artists’ range of both technical and creative methods, students will then use these methods in their work. Classes will be at Straithnairn.
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Imagine if Picasso & Matisse Had Lived in Canberra?
Michael Winters
Cancelled: 6-9pm on 15 Mondays from 6 July - $500
Imagine if Picasso & Matisse had lived in Canberra. A course that sets out to explore Canberra from different points of view. Using these 2 artists as role models, how can students paint “their Canberra”?
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Introduction to oil
John Vance
6–9pm on 15 Tuesdays from 7 July - $500
This is an introductory class that covers a range of different themes including landscape, still life and figurative painting. Students will be shown different techniques and ideas, including colour theory, and also introduced to the formative ideas that have been responsible for the development of painting in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Recommended: all levels welcome.
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Landscape painting intermediate/advanced
Frank Thirion
10.30am to 3.30pm on 8 Saturdays from 25 July - $445
This course is aimed for continuing or new students interested in developing their painting and observational skills further within the landscape genre. The lessons are structured to reinforce student’s abilities as well as expand on their practical knowledge. While some lessons will be given in the studio, others will be on location within the natural environment. A motor vehicle will be required for participating in field study painting trips.
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Life drawing 1
Philippa Hofgartner
Session Full 6-9pm on 15 Thursdays from 9 July - $500
This introduction to life drawing will provide the opportunity to develop your observational and technical drawing skills in the tradition of drawing the human figure. It is an intensive class, and you will be surprised by how much you improve over the semester.
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Life drawing 2
Waratah Lahy
Session Full: 6-9pm on 15 Wednesdays from 8 July - $500
This course builds on the skills developed in Life Drawing 1 or a previous life drawing experience. You will continue to refine your observational skills, working with a variety of approaches and media. Recommended for intermediate/advanced.
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Life drawing 3
Felicity Green
Session Cancelled: 9.30am-12.30pm on 15 Mondays from 6 July - $500
This course is designed to extend your observational and compositional skills in relation to the human figure. Emphasis will be placed on the positioning of the figure/s within a created space; actual or imagined. ie: landscape or interior. Recommended for intermediate to advanced
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Life drawing workshop weekend (a or b)
Leeanne Crisp
(a) 1-4pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday 12 & 13 September - $115
(see b in October listings)
This workshop provides a concentrated life drawing session for beginners and professionals alike to enjoy a relaxed weekend of Life Drawing. Tuition will be provided in materials and methods and time will be spent looking at good drawing. Participants will be supported in their own work and all media and any scale of work is encouraged. Some basic materials available.
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Looking at landscape
Michael Winters
Session Full: 9.30am-12.30pm on 15 Wednesdays from 8 July - $510
A course that sets out to explore landscape from different points of view, one point of view is landscape as shape, another is tone, another is texture and another is colour. Classes will be held at Straithnairn.
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Mosaics madness
Janet Meaney
9.30-12.30pm on 15 Mondays from 6 July - $500
Mosaics is fun and this class is designed to maximise your enjoyment while learning to work either two or three dimensionally using cracked broken smashed and fractured materials. No previous experience is necessary.
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Portrait and figure painting
Bernard Hardy
SESSION FULL: 6-9pm on 15 Mondays from 13 July to 2009 - $500
Participants in the course will be taught the elements of colour, pictorial composition and paint manipulation to enable them to record their observations of the face and figure in an interesting and expressive way. Students may choose to work in oil, acrylic or gouache, and in addition to these materials will require charcoal or pencil for drawing studies. Recommended for all levels of experience.
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Sculpture for mosaics
Janet Meaney
Session Full: 6-9pm on 15 Wednesdays from 8 July - $500
Learn to build a sculptural form of your choice beginning with a wire armature and then model the outer form in cement. You will then learn how to apply the mosaic finishing with the grout. For examples of this art form google Niki de Saint Phalle, and Antoni Gaudi, Alhambra, Ravena and Kaffe Fassett.
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The art of illustrating children’s books
Franki Sparke
Session Cancelled: 9.30am–12.30pm on 14 Mondays from 6 July 2009 - $470
This course will focus on the particular skills required for the illustration of children's books — including observation and invention, creating and sustaining characters, and storyboarding. We will also look at techniques, professional practice and the structure of the picture book. Recommended: those with some drawing experience & confidence, intermediate or advanced.
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Beginners watercolour (a or b)
Noel Ford
(a) 9.30am -12.30pm on 15 Mondays from 20 July - $500
(b) 6-9pm on 15 Tuesdays from 21 July - $500
This class will give you a complete grounding in the medium of water colour. A complete explanation, materials and techniques will be given to you along with simple still life projects that give insight and expertise to the beginner or those who would like to “brush up” on basic watercolour skills.
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Intermediate watercolour
Noel Ford
6-9pm on 15 Wednesdays from 22 July - $500
This class is the next step on from the beginners class, and would also be ideal for those who already have watercolour skills and would like to further their knowledge of water media techniques. This class deals with supplementary elements to transparent watercolour, gouache (opaque watercolour) combining both transparent opaque, pen and ink plus aquarelle pencils.
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Advanced watercolour (a or b)
Noel Ford
(a) 6-9pm on 15 Mondays 20 July - $500
Session Full: (b) 6-9pm on 15 Thursdays from 23 July - $500
This class is the next choice for those people who have completed both beginners and intermediate courses and would be ideal for those who already have advanced water media skills and would like to develop their painting and conceptual skills.
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