Basketmaking is a craft that has been practiced around the world for centuries in virtually every country. Initially made as utilitarian objects to carry food and essential needs for survival, store goods, belongings and so on, baskets have also now become works of art and expression. In this workshop Kerrie will be teaching making coiled baskets with raffia. We will also look at how we can incorporate snippets of other recycled materials to create lovely vessels with colour and texture. We will look at how to start a basket, how to construct different shapes using the coiling method, how to build your basket form and finishing off and completing your basket. Join Kerrie for a relaxing and meditative day as you learn this gentle and addictive craft!

Cost: $140.00 includes all materials and morning tea. 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

Whether making a simple concertina book or constructing something more intricate, this workshop is all about bookbinding that only requires folding. No stitching, no difficult mechanisms and no expensive or complicated equipment. Just folding paper to make beautiful books that can be used for drawing, painting, nature journaling, collaging or recording your life story.

Join Kerrie and explore the many and varied book forms that can be made with a piece (or pieces) of paper. We’ll begin the day making simple book forms and slowly build our knowledge to develop more intricate forms to take our books to a whole new level. We’ll look at papers to select and use, how to create covers, simple tools and their alternatives, plus a whole lot more. We’ll use a variety of beautiful papers for our books and covers to create a small collection of handmade books for you to take home at the end of the day.

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

Cost: $140.00 includes morning tea. There is a $15.00 materials fee for this workshop – this is payable on the day of the workshop, in cash, to your tutor.

Workshop Hours: 10:00am – 4:00pm

Recording a small journey or large, a day in Rome or roaming around the Clarence, this workshop is about the travel diary, the everyday pictorial journal, and about how to take your sketchbook with you on your trip – without needing the whole art shop as well.

Using simple, inexpensive materials; with guided activities that, over the day, progress from easier to more difficult, participants will take an easy walk, or drive, around Cowper/Brushgrove: a travel day in miniature. The aim is to learn how to draw in the field en plein air, as well as more specifically: rivers, trees, buildings and people. But mainly it’s a day out doing a bit of drawing.

We’ll use pen and wash on watercolour paper that has been concertina folded – a book form that many find useful for travels. If you are unsure about watercolour don’t worry, this workshop is an excellent introduction to the media. For more experienced painters Christine promises you can be challenged, if that is your wont. Artists, emerging and experienced, as well as those with no experience are welcome. All levels will be catered for.

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

Cost: $150.00 includes morning tea. There is a $10.00 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 

During 2024 Kerrie challenged herself to draw every day of the year focusing on both a personal project exploring one theme for each month of the year; along with many other drawings created along the way in online challenges and just for the fun of drawing.

Join Kerrie for this workshop where she will share what she discovered over 365 days of drawing (plus a lifetime before!), along with helping you to explore a variety of drawing techniques and media. We’ll begin by looking at the basics of drawing, explore how to combine various wet and dry media in our drawings, try out some exercises to loosen up and hone our drawing skills, and have a whole lot of fun along the way!  We’ll be creating drawings using a variety of subject matter and themes, so compare prepared to try something new, take risks and learn some of the secrets of how to develop your drawing skills.

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

Cost: $140.00 includes morning tea. There is a $15.00 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 

Held over two Saturdays, this workshop with artist Harry Westera, focuses on creating a series of finished oil paintings that you can frame. From printed images, you will paint a variety of everyday objects in a realistic manner.  You’ll learn how to use light and shade to make your subjects look three dimensional. Harry will show you a simple way to accurately mix any colour that you need. All the materials and equipment will be provided (materials fee applies), so you just need to turn up on the day.

Please note – this workshop is held over two Saturdays and students attend both days. There is an additional materials fee for this workshop. See below.

Cost: $300.00 includes morning tea. There is a $30.00 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 each day