Workshops

Mon 13 Jan to Tue 14 Jan
10.30am – 3.00pm

Designed for teens 12–17-year-old

Get creative and level up your art skills in 2025 with the Teen Intensive!

Over the 2 days, you will explore different approaches to drawing, painting, kite making and soft sculpture with artists Alex Beckinsale, Gabi Cirocco, Carly Snoswell and Kelly Reynolds. Each half-day workshop will focus on developing your skills in different materials and techniques. You will be encouraged to creatively explore your ideas and artistic expression.

Thu 16 Jan – Fri 17 Jan
9.30am – 4.30pm

This course offers a unique blend of traditional life drawing techniques coupled with exercises that introduce participants to the exciting world of character and costume design. Designed for adults, you’ll develop your drawing skills by working from a life model dressed in intricate handmade cosplay.

Mon 20 Jan to Wed 22 Jan
10.00am – 4.00pm

Designed for students commencing SACE Visual Arts in 2025

Embark on a creative journey this summer as you prepare for SACE Stage 2 Visual Arts! This dynamic workshop is designed to equip students with the essential skills and insights for success in Senior Secondary Art.

Thu 30 Jan – Sat 1 Feb
9.30am – 4.30pm 

This immersive three-day course is designed to strengthen your understanding of human anatomy and enhance your life drawing skills. Each morning, you’ll engage in focused
lessons on anatomy, exploring muscle structure and skeletal forms. In the afternoons,  you’ll apply this knowledge in hands-on sessions with a nude life model.

Mon 3 Feb – Wed 5 Feb
9.30am – 4.30pm 

This three-day course is designed to help artists tackle the most challenging and intricate aspects of the human form. Each morning, you’ll dive into targeted lessons on drawing complex features such as hands, eyes, feet, and facial details, learning key anatomical structures and techniques. In the afternoons, you’ll apply this knowledge to life drawing sessions with a live model.

Mon 24 Feb – Mon 7 Apr
excluding Mon 10 March | 4 - 5:30pm

This course invites Year 7–9 students to explore the dynamic world of contemporary drawing. Students will engage with a range of materials, techniques, and styles that redefine what drawing can be.

Mon 24 Feb – Mon 7 Apr
excluding Mon 10 March | 6 - 9pm

Suitable as next step for previous Drawing Fundamentals participants. Participants will be taken through step-by-step instructions on how to best construct a figure drawing. From looking at the skeleton to drawing the full figure, and working with gesture and tone, this course will introduce all the skills you need to create captivating drawings of people.

Wed 26 Feb – Wed 2 Apr
4 - 5:30pm

This course invites Year 7–9 students to explore the dynamic world of contemporary drawing. Students will engage with a range of materials, techniques, and styles that redefine what drawing can be.

Wed 26 Feb - Wed 2 Apr
6 - 9pm 

This structured course introduces participants to the basic techniques of drawing by observation. Moving from line drawings to tonal drawings, participants acquire the skills to achieve precision in their drawing and to accurately represent what they see.

Sat 1 Mar – Sat 12 Apr
9.30am – 12.30pm  

Are you ready to take your life drawing skills to the next level? Elevate your life drawing with this course, tailor-made to help you expand your figure drawing knowledge and extend your life drawing skills in new and exciting ways. Building on the techniques learnt in Figure Drawing Fundamentals, participants will be encouraged to experiment with different materials and approaches to use when drawing people.

Sat 1 Mar - Sat 12 Apr
1:30 - 4 pm

This course explores the diverse methods and expressive possibilities of contemporary figurative drawing. Students will dive into advanced techniques for depicting the human form, working with photographs, plaster casts and imagination to capture both physicality and emotion. Emphasis will be placed on experimenting with line, tone, and colour to push traditional boundaries.