JULY 2011

W0711MCF:  STEWART MCFARLANE:  Creating Narrative and Mood Using Colour and Form (Oils & Acrylics)  (MASTERCLASS)  Thursday 7 to Sunday 10 July 2011 (4 days)       9.30am to 4.30pm  Earlybird $429 due 7 June 2011.  Price $455 thereafter.  Daily price $120. Working from life where possible to produce small studies of landscapes, still life and figurative studies to be juxtaposed to a large canvas to create a narrative.  Suit students who prefer colourful, stylized paintings.

AUGUST 2011

No workshops scheduled

SEPTEMBER 2011

W0911LAW:  JAN LAWNIKANIS:  Coloured Pencils:  Focus on Textures 1.  ONE DAY ONLY:  Saturday 3 September 2011        9.30am to 4.30pm  Earlybird $97 due 3 August 2011.  Price $115 thereafter. This workshop will give students of all artistic abilities the skills to handle coloured pencils effectively and creatively.  Suitable for absolute beginners

W0911BYR:  KRISSTIE BYRNNE:  Alla Prima Portraiture (Oils).  Saturday 17; Sunday 18; Monday 19 September 2011 (3 days)        9.30am to 4.30pm.  Earlybird $320 due 17 August  2011.  Price $350 thereafter.  Daily price $125. Alla Prima or Direct Painting means finishing a painting in one sitting.  Learn about drawing, colour, values, edges and temperature changes.  Suitable for absolute beginners.  Acrylic painters are also welcome.

OCTOBER 2011

W1011LAW:  JAN LAWNIKANIS:  Flowers in Watercolour.  ONE DAY ONLY:  Saturday 15 October 2011        9.30am to 4.30pm.  Earlybird $97 due 15 September 2011.  Price $115 thereafter. This workshop will help you develop professional techniques unique to watercolour.  Suitable for absolute beginners

NOVEMBER 2011

W1111LAW:  JAN LAWNIKANIS:  Coloured Pencils:  Focus on Textures 2.  ONE DAY ONLY:  Saturday 12 November 2011        9.30am to 4.30pm  Earlybird $97 due 12 October 2011.  Price $115 thereafter. This workshop will give students of all artistic abilities the skills to handle coloured pencils effectively and creatively.  Suitable for absolute beginners

W1111BYR:  KRISSTIE BYRNNE:  Alla Prima Portraiture and Still Life (Oils).  Saturday 26; Sunday 27; Monday 28 November 2011 (3 days)        9.30am to 4.30pm  Earlybird $320 due 26 October 2011.  Price $350 thereafter.  Daily price $125. Alla Prima or Direct Painting means finishing a painting in one sitting.  Learn about drawing, colour, values, edges and temperature changes.  Suitable for absolute beginners.  Acrylic painters are also welcome.

TERM CLASSES – DAY and EVENING

MONDAYS

Classes on Mondays begin again February 2012.

THURSDAYS

TH211AM:  ALAN MORRISON:  Studio Painting & Mentoring.  Thursday 10.00am to 1.00pm (3 hours)  Dates:  18, 25 August; 8, 15, 22 September; 13, 20 October; 10, 17, 24 November 2011 (10 weeks)  No classes:  1, 29 September; 5, 27 October; 3 November 2011.  Earlybird $477 due 24 January 2011.  Price $505 thereafter. Assisting artists of all levels develop individual directions in painting in order to achieve personal art goals under mentorship and guidance.  Pro-rata available – start anytime.

TH211BYR:  KRISSTIE BYRNNE:  Painting from Photographs Using a Creative Approach (Oils/Acrylics)  Thursday 6.30pm to 9.30pm (3 hours)  Dates:  15, 22 September; 13, 20 October; 10, 17, 24 November 2011 (7 weeks) No Classes:  29 September; 6, 27 October; 3 November 2011. Earlybird $310 due 11 August 2011.  Price $360 thereafter. Learn how to develop interesting and colourful paintings by taking ideas from photographs.  All subjects.  Suitable for absolute beginners.  Pro-rata available – start anytime.

FRIDAYS

FR211HAN:  MAUREEN HANSEN:  Colour and the Masters (Oils)  Friday 10.00am to 2.00pm (4 hours) Dates:  9, 16, 23, 30 September; 14, 21, 28 October; 11, 18, 25 November 2011 (10 weeks)  Earlybird $630 due 1 September 2011.  Price $680 thereafter. A semester of study of light, depth and colour, with references such as the Fauvists and Impressionism will help you understand how colour can improve your paintings.  Pro-rata available – start anytime.

I will be exhibiting four of my still life paintings, along with Lesley Shelley, Bernard Bush, Michelle Caitens , Tricia Reust, Elena Ventura, Jo Cucchiaro, Maria Paterson, June McCotter , Sandra Kane, Victoria Fitzpatrick, Judith Rosenberg, Adrienne Fleming, Anna Gonzalez, Donna Norwood, Lynn Norris, Margaret Turner, Yoriko Flemming and Alicia Maroto.  It promises to be a very interesting exhibition showing the many and varied approaches to painting the Still Life, one of my favourite genres.

Exhibition Dates:  Thursday 6 January to Saturday 12 February 2011

Gallery Hours:  Monday to Saturday 10am – 4pm

Opening night:  Friday 14 January 2011.  6.00pm for 6.30pm

Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Unit 7, 199 Gympie Road, Strathpine (parking off Mecklem Street)

For more information phone 07 3205 0555 or visit www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au

Preferred Artist brands:  Atelier Interactive Acrylics or Winsor & Newton.  Other brands are okay – should list pigments used and be artist quality.  Please note you only need to buy one set of colours which can be all one brand or a combination.

Atelier Interative Acrylics – Basic  Colours

Titanium white (S1)

Tinting White (S2)

Arylimide Yellow Light (S3)

Arylimide Yellow Deep (S3)

Yellow Ochre (S1)

Raw Sienna (S1)

Napthol Red Scarlet (S3)

Permanent Alizarin Crimson (S4)

Ultramarine blue (S1)

Pthalo Blue (S1)

Indian Red (S1)

Raw Umber (S1)

Burnt Umber (S1)

Burnt Sienna (S1)

Mars Black (S1)

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* Portriature:  Fredrix Canvas Pads 14 x 18” or Portraiture grade linen Canvas or loose canvas taped to board.

* Alla Prima Still Life:  canvas should be no larger than 50cm on any side.

* Classic Still Life & Figure Long Poses – canvases can be larger.

* Mural painting – large to very large canvases

*Large Sta-Wet Palette with lid (highly recommended)

* 2 Painting knives

*Rags and good absorbent paper towels + plastic bag for own rubbish

* Mediums:  Fast Medium Fixer; Clear Painting Medium; Thick Slow Medium

*  Mediums Optional:  Impasto Gel; Modelling Paste

* Selection of brushes  – taklon – mostly filberts and flats (square shaped).  Some round taklon.

* Plastic Water container (old yoghurt container -large ok)

* note book and pen

Earlybird of $615 Extended or $125 p/day

The Room by Stewart MacFarlane

This workshop is suitable for all levels, particularly beginners.  Work in acrylics or oils and create a finished painting.  If you like to stylize figures and play with colour and manipulate reality to create drama and mood, this workshop will help you use a process to get your imagination firing.  If you like the look of 60’s pop art culture, and the paintings of artists such as Alex Katz, Chuck Close and Janet Fish, this workshop will help you to achieve your goals.  To read more vist http://www.brisbaneartworkshops.com.au/Products_Results.php?S_ProductName=macf&S_ProductPrice=&S_ProductPrice2=&Search=Search

Painting by Janet Fish

Dog At Duck Trap by Alex Katz

As Stewart is coming all the way from Tasmania, bookings must be received no later than close of business Thursday 7^th January.  Late bookings may be accepted depending on numbers.  To express your interest in attending this workshop fill out the booking form by clicking this link http://www.brisbaneartworkshops.com.au/book.php .   Limited places available.