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Week Day Classes July to November 2008
Commence Mondays (10am to 5pm) 6 October 2008 (8 weeks)
ANNA NIBLIC HEGGIE: Fundamentals of Drawing and Painting – A Dynamic Approach
An intensive course that increases technical knowledge and develops thought processes. A systematic investigation of the subject matter is made using art references, drawing on the traditional teaching methodologies of the fine arts, incorporating a strong grounding in both drawing and painting using a dynamic approach. Visual awareness is increased with the freedom to express more creatively, working from a solid foundation of tonal analysis and colour mixing with technical demonstrations in glazing, scumbling and other paint applications. Anna has won the first prize of the Southern Cross Arts Festival, Ballina several times, exhibits internationally, working from her studio in Lennox Head.
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Earlybird (Pay in full before 6 September 2008) $589 for direct deposits Full cost $707
8 wks Half day Earlybird (Pay in full before 6 September 2008) $309 for direct deposits 8 wks Half day Full Price $371
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NOW COMMENCES 24 JULY 2008 (16 weeks)
ALAN MORRISON and KRISSTIE BYRNNE: Fundamentals of Drawing and Painting – Level 1
This 16 week course is focused on the traditional foundation of fine art; technique, which is the keystone of the traditional method of painting. Drawing is fundamental to all aspects of Art and Design practice, & is the primary tool for analysis, understanding, and the communication of visual ideas. The Fundamentals of Drawing and Painting is an introduction to good practice in representational drawing and painting, with special emphasis on the use of light, tonal values and the subtleties of colour mixing. This course of study is recommended for beginners, or for those students wishing to build a solid foundation of skill in the use of traditional techniques. Alan recently emigrated from Scotland where he studied fine arts, winning the coveted Newbury Medal, & his portrait painting has been shown in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Foundation Drawing and Painting Term Class (Full Day)
Earlybird Price extended (pay in full before 21 July 2008) $1110
Full-day Thursdays – 8 weeks only
Earlybird Price extended (pay in full before 21 July 2008) $550
Half-day Thursday: Foundation Drawing (Mornings) 16 weeks
Half-day Thursday: Foundation Painting (Afternoons) 16 weeks
Earlybird Price extended (pay in full before 21 July 2008) $610
Half-day Thursday: Foundation Drawing and Painting Morning or Afternoon only - 8 weeks only
First block of 8 weeks: Earlybird Price extended (pay in full before 21 July 2008) $336 Full Price: $403
Second block of 8 weeks (commences 2 October 2008) Earlybird Price (pay in full before 2 September 2008) $336 Full Price: $403
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Commence Friday Mornings 1 August 2008 (10.00am to 1.00pm) (6 weeks)
MAUREEN HANSEN: Colour and Still Life
Dates: 1; 8; 15; 29 August and 5; 12 September 2008.
Immerse yourself in the art of seeing colour.. and using it to enhance your painting. Popular Australian contemporary colourists such as Margaret Olley, William Robinson and Davida Allen will inform Maureens lectures, and she can effectively demonstrate new ways to draw out the form of the objects and create light and dark through using the spectrum of colour. Matisse, Bonnard, Cezanne and the German Expressionists such as Kirshner or Nolde have informed generations of artists who seek to enrich their experience of colour: Maureen can unlock the secrets to why these artists are deemed the MODERN MASTERS and share their insights to successful composition and quality painting through the medium of Still Life. Maureen recently won the prestigious 2008 Tattersalls Art Prize.
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Earlybird price EXTENDED $325 for direct deposits
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Commence Friday Afternoons 25 July 2008 (1.30pm to 4.30pm) (16 weeks)
CERNAK: A Metaphysical Modernist Approach
Working from a combination of figure and landscape, the central concept of identifying oneself with where you are in time and place, will help to connect your art practice to your life. Using various genres such as Still Life, Figure work, Metroscape and Fantasy will help expand your creative development and evolution as an artist, as you cover aspects such as contour in context of space, deconstruction, identifying colour and its emotional relationship, allegory, symbolism, myths and archetypes. Cernak is a Metaphysical Modernist with experience in East European as well as East Coast Australian art developments.
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Earlybird price EXTENDED $571 for direct deposits.
8 weeks only Earlybird price EXTENDED $300 for direct deposits.
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Evening Workshops No.7
Date: Thursday 7 August 2008 (6 weeks)
Title: Capturing the Atmosphere of the Landscape
Teacher(s): John Bell & Krisstie Byrnne
Synopsis: This workshop will focus on painting the landscape with particular emphasis on the sky at dusk, working from reference photos in either oils or acrylics. Demonstrations using oil paint and interactive acrylics, these classes are suitable for the beginner to intermediate student.
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Earlybird price EXTENDED $193 for direct deposits
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Evening Workshops No.8
Date: Monday 29 September 2008 (6 weeks)
Title: Retaining Spontaneity
Teacher(s): Alan Morrison
Synopsis: Alan recently emigrated from Scotland where he studied fine arts, winning the coveted Newbury Medal, & his portrait painting has been shown in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Working from a model, learn to retain that rawness & fresh feel of the original idea by exploring composition, the spontaneity of brushmarks, with an emphasis on the underpainting.
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Earlybird (Pay in full before 29 August 2008) $252 for direct deposits Full cost $302
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Evening Workshops No.9
Date: Commences Thursday 23 October 2008 (6 weeks)
Title: Imagination in Illustration
Teacher(s): Dr. Cameron Stelzer
Synopsis: Cameron is a highly qualified and experienced artist, illustrator, author and publisher, founding the independent publisher Daydream Press. Throughout the classes he will share advice on the entire process of creating a book to having it published. Discover the exciting world of picture book illustration and learn how to create unique characters and backgrounds using watercolours as well as how to link the pictures together to form a narrative.
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Earlybird (Pay in full before 23 September 2008) $204 for direct deposits Full cost $245
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