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Seascape in Oils for Beginners | Marcel Desbiens
Learn to paint the frozen moment of a gentle rolling wave on the beach with a view on the background environment, grassy headland and textured sand. Capture the transparency, colour and texture of the water movement by using the right brush strokes and variation between translucence of colours and opacity of the white. In this one day workshop, you will learn a quick and easy way to paint a realistic representation of water and grass – still and in motion. Marcel’s expertise and...
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Finding your Voice – Abstraction and the Landscape | Anita West
This is a 3-Day Workshop but you must come in the night before to set up your studio area What will I learn? Anita will discuss concepts around finding and trusting your own voice and making art that is authentic. Although she will give some demonstrations and tips on techniques such as experimenting with charcoal on canvas, wet/dry rags, mediums, colour, glazing and compositional ideas, her aim is to steer you towards moving through your comfort zone and reaching your potential....
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Exploring the Sensory Landscape in Watercolour | Libby Derham
About the workshop This watercolour workshop will begin with a basic introduction to the watercolour medium, concentrating on becoming familiar with the tools you will be using on Day 2. On the second day, you will walk across the road to Newstead Park where Libby will guide you in selecting a scene to sketch so you can capture the 'sensory landscape' around you. Among other materials, you will be using: Wax Crayons, a selection of Daniel Smith and Winsor & Newton colours, Taklon...
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Watercolour Impressionism | Greg Allen
About the workshop Land and Seascape painting is one of Watercolour’s most satisfying and popular genres. We know this because our fundamental love of countryside can be combined with the thrill of achieving real depth for a change of sometimes miles - not metres - and with a watery medium that is absolutely perfect for achieving haze and distance. But we need to be able to do it reliably, with an understanding of the land and sea’s colours and tones that can change and make it...
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The Abstracted Landscape | Mark Gawne
About this workshop Let go of your ‘blank canvas’ fears and free up your mind! This workshop guides you through the processes essential in creating an abstract landscape piece of art. Mark draws from his experience in the Australian Outback. Camping beside rivers of North Queensland Mark would sketch with pencil and paint with acrylics to fine tune his colour palette and gain knowledge of the outback; escarpments, billabongs, rivers, creeks, rocky outcrops and the abundant...
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Still Life in Oils | Bronwyn Searle
Paint With Canvas Pack Available for $80 Due to popular demand, we are thrilled to have Bronwyn Searle join us once again with a Still Life in Oils workshop! About this workshop In this workshop Bronwyn will show how to set up a still life using lights to change the mood, taking note of shadows and teach how to best capture the light. You will also learn how to take ordinary everyday scenes and interpret them into your own style. What will I Learn? In this workshop participants...
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Painting A Flower Still Life in Oils | Bronwyn Searle
About this workshop In this workshop Bronwyn will show how to set up a still life of a single rose using lights to change the mood, taking note of shadows and teach how to best capture the light. What will I Learn? Participants will be shown how to capture the delicate nature of flower petals and be given a reference image of a single rose in a bottle. Bronwyn will also show how to grid up the image onto the canvas and how to mix and prepare colour. If you have a grid on a clear...
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Skin Tones in Oils - 2 Days | Marcel Desbiens
Painting skin tones has been very important in traditional painting. There have been many variations on techniques developed by artist trying to achieve a realistic impression as well as economy of time and labour. What will I learn? Learn how to paint skin tones with a Chiaroscuro effect. This technique can be used for painting portraits, nudes and general composition of the human body. Marcel will guide you with a step-by-step demonstration, followed by a “hands on” painting...
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Botanical Illustration In Watercolour | Heidi Willis
Heidi is back in 2026! Whether you’re a curious beginner or a seasoned painter looking to refine and elevate your work, there’s so much to learn, explore and enjoy in this beautifully focused subject. Australian born, Heidi Willis is an entirely self-taught Natural History watercolour artist, specialising in botanical illustration and bird painting. Her work intricately illustrates our native and exotic plants, flowers, fruits and seed capsules, whilst her powerful and distinctive...
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From Dark to Light in Acrylics | David Hinchliffe
About this workshop Students will be shown how David works from darker background colours into light by painting the negative space to produce paintings that radiate. Each participant will be guided by David in producing 2 paintings. What will I learn? You will learn the Hinchliffe technique - how to paint quickly and fluidly to produce paintings with energy and atmosphere. David does not paint in a traditional way. This represents a new way of painting. Special Instructions! And...
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