Drawing & Painting

ACRYLIC ADVENTURES with Ri Fraser Standing in front of a canvas can feel daunting. Ri shows how to jump in and experiment with brushwork, colours, textures and shapes - allowing a painting to appear before your eyes. Then it’s just a matter of taking it in the direction you like, whether abstract or impressionistic. Great for beginners and also experienced. You will come away with something you’ll be proud to hang on your wall. Fri, 4 Dec | 10am - 4pm Mullum Concession: $101 Full Fee: $112

ELEMENTS OF WATERCOLOUR with Ri Fraser It’s easy when you know how! Watercolour is a gorgeous, luminous medium which allows for surprise, adventure and expressiveness. During the course we will explore the basic elements of landscape: sky, trees, rocks, water. Ri demonstrates each class and shows how to trust the playfulness of watercolour and how to express your creative self with ease. Additional material fees apply. 5 Fri, 23 Oct - 20 Nov 10am - 1:30pm Mullum Concession: $265 Full Fee: $294 INTRODUCTION TO

WATERCOLOUR MAGIC with Lucille Campeanu Learn basic techniques for creating watercolours. In this class you will accomplish a series of projects that will teach you step by step the magic of watercolours. It becomes not only finished projects, but a little reference you can use in future project. 3 Sat, 24 Oct - 1 Dec | 10am - 3pm Online Concession: $89 Full Fee: $99

WATERCOLOUR MAGIC

FESTIVE CARDS with Lucille Campeanu

NEW Learn some basic watercolour techniques for creating beautiful festive cards to send to family and friends. Once learnt this is a skill you can use for ever and never have to buy a store bought card again, plus its heaps of fun getting your creative juices flowing. Sat, 21 Nov | 10am - 1pm Online Concession: $40 Full Fee: $45

DREAMING IN COLOUR 1 with Virginia Reid Have you often imagined you might like painting but not been sure how to start? If you are a complete beginner, if you have painted in the past but want a refresher course or if you simply want to be making art with the camaraderie of colleagues, this course will cover the basics - how to mix colour and understand hue, value, saturation and temperature to compose satisfying images. Week by week this class will step you through a process to help you paint expressively and develop your own painting signature. Tues, 20 Oct – 8 Dec | 9:30am – 3:30pm Full Fee: $270 Subsidised Fee: $0 see p. 4 (additional resource fee of $130 for all enrolments)

PLANT LIFE DRAWING 2 with Virginia Reid

NEW This 8-week course will extend our focus from Plant Life Drawing 1. We will continue to explore the work of significant artists as we study plants and natural forms through a variety of mediums and processes. Experimenting with a range of drawing and painting techniques, exploring composition, mark-making and materiality, students will be guided through working on both small format to large scale compositions. You do not need prior experience for this course - it is for anyone (from complete beginners to experienced artists) who is inspired by the natural world of plants and. Mon, 19 Oct - 7 Dec | 9:30am – 3:30pm Full Fee: $270 Subsidised Fee: $0 see p.4 (additional resource fee of $130 for all enrolments) THE ART OF JUXTAPOSITION 2 with Virginia Reid The Art of Juxtaposition 2 will extend the 2D graphic collage explorations of The Art of Juxtaposition 1 and provide an opportunity to consider collage as the basis for making paintings and sculptures. During this course we will look at the work of various artists known for their use of Collage and gain inspiration to construct new images for ourselves. It is not necessary to do The Art of Juxtaposition 1 and 2 courses in chronological order. Collage is easy and relies only on a willingness to play with possibilities. Students will be individually supported to develop ideas that come from this practice and build a body of work. Wed, 21 Oct - 9 Dec | 9:30am – 3:30pm Full Fee: $270 Subsidised Fee: $0 see p. 4 (additional resource fee of $130 for all enrolments)

BREATHING THE LAND 1 with Virginia Reid Do you want an opportunity to join a small group in an experiential research project focusing on deepening our relationship to the landscape we inhabit? This 8-week art practice will incorporate a range of modalities including meditation, walking, observation, drawing, painting and assemblage. We will make use of materials from the landscape to respond to country, drawing with local ochres, dyeing paper with local botanicals, fuelling our visual responses with local research. The course will combine time out in the landscape with time spent in the Laneway Studio and participants will be encouraged to work expansively with nature over the duration of the course to refine ideas and bring them to resolution. Thur, 22 Oct – 10 Dec | 9:30am – 3:30pm Full Fee: $270 Subsidised Fee: $0 see p. 4 (additional resource fee of $130 for all enrolments)

I am lucky to live a life immersed in art. After studying at the College of Fine Art in Sydney, I did postgraduate study in Canberra and completed a Masters of Art in Melbourne after returning from a two year scholarship in New York.

Over the years I’ve balanced studio life with teaching and have had the opportunity to work in a variety of settings working and exhibiting internationally and within Indigenous communities in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. In early 2020, I immersed myself in a three-week residency in far western NSW.

Having taught at the College since 2011, I love the safe and welcoming environment and the diversity of students my courses attract. Some of my students are complete beginners, some are professional artists seeking to practice, and others are simply allowing themselves permission to be creative. There is always an interesting range of students and life situations presented including students with disabilities.

People are very kind, supportive and get a lot of camaraderie from the group. Some go on to further study and others have made their life expressive in a new way.

We use varied materials and techniques, including drawing, painting, print making, photography, assembling, dying, weaving and clay. In my classes, art does not have to be a certain way. My courses are exploratory, experiential and fun.

To anyone considering an art course at the College do not be put off if you have little or no experience. I encourage you to try things you haven’t before and simply stay open to being curious.