Classes - Members only
Term 2 Bookings Open at 10am on 10 April
You must be a Colour Circle member to book a class
Oil Painting with JOAN HUMBLE
10am - 1pm
Monday 3 May to Monday 28 June (public holidays excluded)
Cost: $144
These classes will cover the basics of good painting. These are tonal values, mixing and the use of colour, good composition, and different techniques of applying paint. These classes are suitable for students of all stages of learning and new students will be assisted to progress at their own level and pace.
Watercolour Painting with LYNNE BROWN
9.30 am to 12.30 pm
Tuesday 11 May to Tuesday 6 July
Cost: $144
Watercolour is a wonderfully transparent medium that can give you effects that no other medium can match. If you are new to watercolour painting, this course will introduce you to the materials and fundamental skills you need to enjoy painting in watercolour. If you have some experience, you will build on your skills and increase your repertoire of techniques and styles.
This term we will be exploring a variety of subjects including still life, wild life and the Tasmanian landscape and trying out different approaches, from the classic to the contemporary.
PAINTING with FRIENDS - All Media
1.30 pm to 4.30 pm
Tuesday 4 May - 6 July
COST $50
Painting with Friends group meet together in a supportive environment to continue their art, encouraging and learning from each other. These groups are untutored. Participants share their experiences and enjoy the company of fellow artists in an informal atmosphere.
Contemporary Painting in Oil and Acrylic
with AMBER KOROLUK STEPHENSON
9.30 am to 12.30 pm
Wednesday 5 May - 23 June
Cost: $144
These classes will focus on contemporary oil and acrylic painting techniques, encourage students to explore a variety of painting styles, considering ways that colour relationships, texture, form and perspective can make bold, playful and visually dynamic works. Classes will cover basic tonal values, colour theory and mixing, and ways different types of paint brushes and painting methods can create different effects.
Contemporary Painting in Oil and Acrylic classes are suitable for students at all stages of learning, and new students will be assisted to progress at their own level and pace as they develop their own approaches to painting.
Printmaking with DENISE HALLETT
1.30 pm to 4.30 pm
Wednesday 5 May - 23 June
Cost: $180 ( max size of class is 8 and the cost covers all ink and some other supplies)
This course is suitable for beginners and more advanced students.
The first four weeks of the course will start exploring the elements of relief printing with lino print or vinyl, including image transfer, tools, safety, cutting techniques, various ways to add colour, setting up a printing press, and presentation of your work for home or sale.
The second four weeks we will expand into intaglio print making, where we can use various substrates to etch into, such as acetate sheets or strawboards. This will enable us to investigate how to add various textures, collage elements and different ways to add colour variety to our prints.
PAINTING with FRIENDS - Mixed Media
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Thursday 6 May - 24 June 8 weeks
$30
Painting with Friends groups meet together in a supportive environment to continue their art, encouraging and learning from each other. These groups are untutored. Participants share their experiences and enjoy the company of fellow artists in an informal atmosphere.
PAINTING with FRIENDS - All Media
1.30 pm to 4.30 pm
Thursday 6 May - 8 July
Cost: $50
Painting with Friends groups meet together in a supportive environment to continue their art, encouraging and learning from each other. These groups are untutored. Participants share their experiences and enjoy the company of fellow artists in an informal atmosphere.
Pastel Painting with LINDY WHITTON
9.30 am to 12.30 pm
Friday 28 May - 16 July
Cost: $144
This course is suitable for beginners and more advanced students. Basics for beginners will be incorporated into the lessons as well as opportunities for more advanced students to stretch themselves.
This term we’ll revisit some of the building blocks that make for a strong pastel painting including mark making, composition, value and colour as well as techniques to tackle “difficult” subjects. Each week we'll look at the work of different pastel artists and learn from them as we explore the joy of pastel painting!
PRINTING with FRIENDS
1.30 pm to 4.30 pm
Friday 7 May - 16 July
No sessions on May 14, June 11, July 9
Cost: Full term $40
Single session $5
The Printing with Friends group meets to continue their printmaking using the press. This is an untutored group. Only those with previous printmaking experience using a press are able to enrol in this session. If you do not have previous experience with a press you should enrol in the tutored Printmaking class.
There is a minimum of 2 participants at each session for safety using the press and a maximum of 6 to ensure adequate time for each person on the press.
This group will not be able to use the studio on these dates this term . 14 May, 11 June , 9 July.
Bookings can be made for a the full 8 weeks at this stage and if the 6 places do not fill then we will open it up for individual session bookings after the initial booking period closes.