Explore the art of watercolour landscapes in this introductory workshop designed to build confidence and practical skills. Participants will learn essential techniques, including an overview of materials, composition and planning, paint application, and the effective use of tone, colour, and shadow to create atmosphere and depth. Your tutor will demonstrate foundational watercolour washes and provide step-by-step guidance in developing a vibrant landscape painting. All materials are provided, and participants will take home a sketchbook along with their completed works on paper.

This workshop is suitable for participants at beginner to intermediate levels.

Please note – there is an additional materials fee for this workshop. See below.

Cost: $150.00 includes morning tea. There is a $25.00 materials fee for this workshop – this is payable on the day of the workshop, in cash, to your tutor. This fee includes a sketchbook which you will take home at the end of the day.

Please bring your own lunch – our fridge and microwave will be available for you to use along with any cutlery and crockery you may need.

Workshop Hours: 10am – 4pm

SOLD OUT – waitlist available

Working with and understanding colour is a magical process but one that many people struggle with. Mixing paint can feel intimidating, frustrating and confusing, but it doesn’t need to be. If you struggle with mixing paint and often end up with ‘mud’; if you mix a beautiful colour but can’t remember how to get it again; if you feel like you’re wasting time and lots of money buying more and more tubes of paint; then this workshop is for you!

In this intensive workshop you will not only learn the theory of colour but also how to use colours that create confidence in your art making process. We will spend two days doing a deep dive into understanding how paints work, how to simplify your paint choices to create any colour you desire (and save money!), how to work with colour to create successful and confident palettes and how to love mud – yes mud is beautiful when you know how to use it correctly!  At the end of this workshop, you will have a whole lot of resources and information to look back at when working with colour, and a whole lot of confidence in achieving the colour mixes you want. Join Kerrie for two days of colourful fun!

Please note – there is an additional materials fee for this workshop. See below.

Cost: $300.00 includes morning tea on both days. There is a $30.00 materials fee for this 2 day workshop – this is payable on the first day of the workshop, in cash, to your tutor.

Please bring your own lunch – our fridge and microwave will be available for you to use along with any cutlery and crockery you may need.

Workshop Hours: 10am – 4pm 

POSTPONED to a future date TBA – please send an email to express your interest and we’ll let you know when the date is set.

It’s time to get our printmaking classes rolling again and in this first class in our freshly renovated studio, we’ll be exploring relief printing. Traditionally the most common forms of relief printing are printing with lino and woodblock.
Students will use traditional lino in these classes as the substrate for their work, with other substrates being discussed along the way. Over the six weeks students will be guided on how to design art for prints; learn correct methods of carving blocks and looking after tools; learn how to print multiple-coloured blocks, how to register the prints for accuracy; how to add colour in various ways by hand and print; learn how to use a printing press and how to print at home without a press; learn about the intricacies of printing editions of prints; and much, much more.
Join Kerrie for six weeks of relief printing and you’ll be well on your way to gaining the skills needed to continue printmaking on your own.

Please note – there is an additional materials fee for these classes. See below.

Cost: $240.00 There is a $10.00 weekly materials fee for these classes – $60.00 in total. This is payable each week, in cash, to your tutor.

Class Hours: 10am – 12noon

A crusty loaf of bread, a fresh green apple, a beautiful teapot, a bunch of flowers and a glass of wine to finish off! We will paint these – and more – over six weeks, a different object each session. You will learn to simplify your subject, to create the look of solid, three-dimensional objects using light and shade and paint the illusion of transparent glass. You will also learn to mix every colour you need from just three base colours.

You just turn up and all the materials will be supplied. At the end of each session – no clean up! Just leave your dirty brushes and palette and they will be clean and ready for you at the next week’s lesson.

Please note – there is an additional materials fee for these classes. See below.

Cost: $240.00 There is a $10.00 weekly materials fee for these classes – $60.00 in total. This is payable each week, in cash, to your tutor. 

Class Hours: 9am – 11am

1 spot left – grab it now!

Immerse yourself in the pleasure of sketching landscapes and scenes from life in this engaging introductory workshop, thoughtfully designed to build confidence and develop practical skills. Participants will be introduced to essential techniques, including materials and tools, composition and visual planning, and the effective use of tone, colour, and shadow to convey atmosphere and depth. Your tutor will demonstrate foundational watercolour washes and show how these techniques can be applied with a walk around Cowper to do some en plein air painting. All materials are provided, and participants will take home a sketchbook and drawing materials to continue their creative practice beyond the workshop.

This workshop is well suited to participants at beginner to intermediate levels.

Please note – there is an additional materials fee for this workshop. See below.

Cost: $150.00 includes morning tea. There is a $25.00 materials fee for this workshop – this is payable on the day of the workshop, in cash, to your tutor. This fee includes a sketchbook which you will take home at the end of the day.

Please bring your own lunch – our fridge and microwave will be available for you to use along with any cutlery and crockery you may need.

Workshop Hours: 10am – 4pm 

SOLD OUT – waitlist available

Rhonda and Kerrie have designed a new two-day hands-on workshop introducing experimental ways to work with block printing and stenciling techniques to create graphic prints reminiscent of Mid-Century, Pop and Japanese printmaking and design styles.

Working around the theme of ‘The Object” participants will design up to three blocks and then use these blocks in combination with experimental stencilling and printing techniques similar to those used by Japanese printmakers, to create bold, graphic prints.

Day 1 with Kerrie – Working around the theme of ‘The Object” participants will design up to three blocks using an object as your focal block – a camera, bottle, vase, skull, tool, shell, face, ornament…….etc. You will then design one or two smaller secondary blocks to use in combination with your focal block. You’ll be guided through a process from photo to design, using some simple design tools and apps such as Stampmeister and the photos editing tools on your phone, learning how to simplify and plan your design for carving. We’ll be inking up with traditional printing inks as well as Stampin’ Up and Japanese Tusenko stamp pads, exploring exciting ways to combine these to create graphic designs ready for further exploration and experimentation with Rhonda on day two.

We will be using Ezy Carve for our blocks – unlike traditional lino blocks, Ezy Carve is an easier material to carve for anyone with difficulties in hand strength whilst still enabling beautifully detailed prints.

Day 2 with Rhonda – day two will explore how to print your blocks in ways to create completed graphic prints. You’ll learn roller and brush stencilling to creating monotone prints, gradation rolling like Japanese Bokashi and shown how to add drama to your object. You’ll integrate these techniques with your blocks in experimental ways to create varied editions of prints. Rhonda will discuss the work of artists, such as Andy Warhol as inspiration for your own work. Everyone will go home with lots of prints and plenty of new skills to continue working in this exciting way.

Please note – there is an additional materials fee for this workshop. See below.

Cost: $300.00 includes morning tea. There is a $40.00 materials fee for this workshop which covers both days – this is payable on the first day of the workshop, in cash, to your tutors. This fee includes all materials used during the workshop, some tools to take home with you, all papers for multiple prints, carving material for your blocks, etc.

Please bring your own lunch – our fridge and microwave will be available for you to use along with any cutlery and crockery you may need.

Workshop Hours: 10am – 4pm each day

We will paint a still life set set-up composed of several everyday objects such as you might find in an ordinary kitchen. We will think about lighting, shading and tone to give the illusion of three-dimensional colour; composition which makes for an interesting design; colour mixing to give an overall harmonious effect, as well as brushwork, texture and more. Sounds like a lot to consider for a one-day workshop. It is, but you can do it! You will take home a finished oil-painting artwork.

All materials are supplied and there will be no cleaning up to do the end of the day!

Please note – there is an additional materials fee for this workshop. See below.

Cost: $150.00 includes morning tea. There is a $20.00 materials fee for this workshop – this is payable on the day of the workshop, in cash, to your tutor. 

Please bring your own lunch – our fridge and microwave will be available for you to use along with any cutlery and crockery you may need.

Workshop Hours: 10am – 4pm 

3 spots available

FREE FOR EVERYONE!