April School Holiday Workshops - 13th - 15th April
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Thursday 8th April
10.00am - 12.00pm
Drawing Made Easy: Pastels (5 - 10 years)
Subject: Learn To Draw Wild Animals in Oil and Chalk Pastel
Workshop Description: Drawing Made Easy is a skills development workshop for young artists looking to learn new skills in the art drawing with pastels. Packed with useful tips and tricks used by professional artists, participants will learn how to create 2 detailed drawings of a wild animal using pastels on paper. Participants can expect to learn skills in the art of drawing, blending and layering, including:
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How to see and draw detail
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How to draw detailed features including eyes, snout, and fur
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How to enrich a drawing using layers and mark-making
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How to draw with chalk pastels
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how to draw with oil pastels
No prior experience necessary.
Participants Take Home: 1 x A4 Chalk Pastel Drawing on Toned Pastel Paper, 1 x A4 Oil Pastel Drawing on Toned Pastel Paper
Price: $60 - All materials provided in class
Thursday 8th April
1.00pm - 3.00pm
Drawing + Shading Master Class (9 - 16 years)
Subject: Wildlife Illustration with Graphite Pencil
Workshop Description: Drawing + Shading Master Class is a skills development workshop designed specifically for young artists looking to improve their skills in the art of drawing realistically. Packed with useful tips and tricks used by professional artists, participants will learn how to create detailed drawings using shading and mark-making techniques. Students will learn:
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How to see and draw detailed line drawings
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How to identify and apply tonal values
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Shading and mark-making techniques using a range of graphite pencils
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Drawing and shading detailed features including eyes, snout and fur
No prior experience necessary.
Participants Take Home: One hand-drawn illustration on rag-paper
Price: $60 - All materials provided in class
Tuesday 13th April
10.00am - 12.00pm
Cartoons Made Easy: Character Design (5 - 10 years)
Subject: Learn To Design and Draw your own Cartoon Characters
Workshop Description: Learn to design and draw your own cartoon characters for comics and books in this fun-packed workshop by illustrator Jonathan KB Park. During this workshop participants will learn simple techniques used by professional illustrators for designing and drawing characters, including:
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Drawing the head and face
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Inking techniques using illustrator pens
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Colouring techniques using illustrator markers
No prior experience necessary.
Price: $60 - All materials provided in class
Participants Take Home: How to design + draw templates, 1 x coloured doodling page, 1 x coloured character illustration
Tuesday 13th April
1.00pm - 4.00pm
Cartoon Master Class: Character Design (9 - 16 years)
Subject: Advanced Character Design For Comics + Storybooks
Workshop Description:
Learn to design and draw next level characters for comics and storybooks in this workshop for aspiring young illustrators. Packed with skills used by professional illustrators, participants can expect to learn advanced techniques for designing and drawing complex characters, including:
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Drawing dynamic poses and angles
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Detailing the head and face
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Emotions and expressions
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Clothing, weaponry and accessories
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Basic colour theory
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Inking and colouring techniques using illustrator pens and markers
No prior experience necessary.
Price: $75 - All materials provided in class
Participants Take Home: A set of coloured character illustrations, learn to draw worksheets
Wednesday 14th April
9.00am - 12.00pm
Watercolour Master Class (8 - 14 years)
Subject: Scenic Landscapes
Workshop Description: Water Colour Master Class is a skills development workshop designed to introduce advanced skills in the art of landscape painting for young artists. Packed with useful tips and tricks used by professional artists, participants will learn techniques for painting contemporary style scenic landscapes through a series of paintings of Western Australian natural landscapes, these include:
Painting One: The illusion of depth (mountain ranges)
Painting Two: One point perspective (waterfalls and gorges)
Painting Three: Layering, depth and distance (botanical gardens w/gouche layers)
No prior experience necessary.
Price: $75 - All materials provided in class
Participants Take Home: Painting One: The Illusion of Depth, Painting Two: One Point Perspective, Painting Three: Layering, Depth and Distance
Wednesday 14th April
10.00am - 12.00pm
Drawing + Painting Made Easy - Watercolour Zoo Animals (5 - 9 years)
Subject: Learn to Draw and Paint Zoo Animals
Workshop Description: Drawing + Painting Made Easy is a fun, fast-paced drawing and painting workshop designed specifically for young artists to learn basic skills in the art of drawing and painting with watercolour paints. Participants can expect to explore their own unique creative outcomes as they draw and paint an original workbook of favourite zoo animals. Participants will learn:
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Step-by-step animal drawing techniques
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Watercolour painting techniques
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Techniques for embellishing and detailing
No prior experience necessary.
Participants Take Home: One illustrated animal zoo booklet, how to draw take-home worksheets
Price: $60 - All materials provided in class
Wednesday 14th April
1.00pm - 4.00pm
Oil Painting Made Easy - Perfect Portraiture (10 - 16 years)
Workshop Theme: Learn to Draw and Paint Perfect Portraiture
Workshop Description: Oil Painting Made Easy is an introduction to oil painting workshop designed specifically for young artists looking to learn skills in the art of painting realistically. Packed with useful tips and tricks used by professional artists, participants will learn how to create a detailed portrait painting of a famous artist using water-based oil paints on board. Participants can expect to learn basic drawing and painting techniques used by professional artists, including:
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How to draw for painting
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Advanced colour theory
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Mixing skin tones
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Basic oil painting techniques
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How to paint detailed features including eyes, nose, mouth, skin and hair
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How to enrich a painting with layers and detailing
No prior experience necessary.
Price: $75 - All materials provided in class
Participants take home: One oil painted portrait on canvas
Wednesday 14th April
1.00pm - 3.30pm
Drawing Made Easy: Pastel Landscapes (6 - 12 years)
Workshop Theme: Impressionist Landscapes in Oil Pastel + Impressionist Landscapes in Chalk Pastel
Workshop Description: Drawing Made Easy is an introductory course for young artists looking to develop new skills in the art of drawing with pastels. Packed with useful tips and tricks used by professional artists, participants will learn how to create two impressionist landscape drawings using oil pastels and chalk pastel on toned pastel paper. Participants can expect to learn skills in the art of drawing, blending and layering, including:
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Application and mark-making
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How to capture the essence of a scenery
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How to draw with chalk pastels
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How to draw with oil pastels
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How to enrich a drawing using layers and blending techniques
No prior experience necessary.
Price: $60 - All materials provided in class
Participants take home: 1 x A4 Chalk Pastel Drawing on Toned Pastel Paper, 1 x A4 Oil Pastel Drawing on Toned Pastel Paper
Thursday 15th April
10.00am - 12.00pm
Clay Made Easy: Sculpture Workshop (5 - 10 years)
Subject: Clay Head Plant Holder
Workshop Description: Explore the beautiful art of clay during this fun, creative and slightly messy workshop. Participants can expect to learn a complete set of hand-building skills, including:
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How to prepare clay for hand-building
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How to build with clay using the coil method
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How to shape, arrange and join clay pieces
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How to use a selection of clay tools
No prior experience necessary.
Participants Take Home: Clay Head Plant Holder, Watercolour Kit (for painting at home)
Price: $75 - All materials provided in class
Thursday 15th April
1.00pm - 4.00pm
Clay Master Class: Sculpture Workshop (10 - 16 years)
Subject: Sculpting the Head and Shoulders
Workshop Description: Explore the beautiful art of clay during this fun, creative and slightly messy workshop. Participants can expect to learn a complete set of hand-building skills, including:
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How to prepare clay for hand-building
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How to sculpt with clay using the addition method
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How to shape, arrange and join clay pieces
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How to sculpt eyes, ears, nose, mouth and hair
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How to use a selection of clay tools
No prior experience necessary.
Participants Take Home: One fired ceramic clay head
Price: $75 - All materials provided in class