The Bowral Art Gallery is open during exhibitions from 10am to 4pm
Please check calendar for current exhibitions.
The office is open on Monday to Friday from 9am till 4pm
The BDAS follows all NSW Government Covid stay-safe-rules.
WORKSHOPS 2023
For workshop hire enquiries & other information contact Fiona or Vivienne on 4861 4093
Note: All students, teachers and tutors in all courses must be financial members of the BDAS
Contact tutors to find out more information and to book directly into their classes.
Open Studios
Thursdays
Studios 1 will be open to the BDAS members on Thursdays during the holidays from 9am until 4pm
Thursday 13 April
Thursday 20 April
All BDAS members are welcome!
This is a chance to join other BDAS members in the holidays and to paint and draw in the studios.
These sessions are non tutored and you can come for the whole day or a morning or afternoon session.
2023 Weekend Workshops
Please scroll down through all the information below:
Listed below are upcoming weekend workshops at the BDAS in 2023
Footstool Upholstery workshop with Fiona & Steve - 17 February
Chair Repair School with Fiona & Steve - 18 & 19 February
Acrylic Plus Workshop with Kerry McInnis - 25 & 26 February
Impressionist Landscape & Florals with Mellissa Read-Devine
18 & 19 March
Intermediate to Advanced Watercolour with Gillian Hook
25 & 26 March
Portrait Drawing workshop with Noel Thurgate - 15 & 16 April
Amazing Autumn with Peter Wale 29 & 30 April
Footstool Upholsterey Workshop with Fiona & Steve - 28 April
Chair Repair School with Fiona & Steve - 29 & 30 April
Tonality Painting Workshop with Maryanne Wick - 27 & 28 May
Watercolour Workshop for Beginners with Gillian Hook
9 & 10 September
© above image by Noel Thurgate
Image by Mellissa Read Devine
© above image by Maryanne Wick
© above image by Kerry McInnis
© above image from Tracey Miller's Macro workshop
Footstool Upholstery
workshop
With Fiona Edmeades & Steve Thomas
From Chair Repair School
17 February 2023
5 pm – 9pm
Cost $420
Learn how to upholster a beautiful and unique artisan made footstool frame to take home.
Our footstool frames are crafted using traditional joinery methods, and made from reclaimed timber, in a variety of timber species and upholstered by you!
Included are all the materials required to upholster and button your stool (does not include top fabric. Please bring your own at 50x60cm minimum, or visit our fabric-box shop on the day).
Allow your design and creative skills to flourish and experience the delight of making something by hand. This four hour workshop will give a wonderful taster into the traditional and practical craft of upholstery.
You will style and upholster your own unique footstool made from recycled timber to take home. Just bring fabric of your choice (50x60cm) or shop from our Fabric Box Shop on the day. All upholstery materials and the beautiful footstool frames are included and tools will be provided for use during the class. PLUS you can make your own custom buttons or choose from our large selection.
Get your creative juices flowing and have some fun, whilst you create a beautiful and unique piece of furniture for your home.
No previous experience required. Minimum age 12 years old.
For more information and booking contact Fiona
Classes are run at Bowral Art Studios, 1 Short Street, Bowral.
2 day chair upholstery course
with Fiona Edmeades & Steve Thomas
18 & 19 February 2023
Cost: $560
Chair Repair School is run by a collaboration between two makers. The pair: Fiona Edmeades artist and upholsterer (Reign of Chairs) and Steve Thomas woodworker (Creek Furniture), share an affinity for rejuvenation of old wares, the use of reclaimed materials and the process of the handmade.
This course offers a wonderful introduction to the practical and traditional craft of upholstery. Experience the delight and satisfaction that creating something by hand brings to your life.
Learn new skills and have some fun during this two-day, bring-your-own-chair upholstery workshop. You will be taught the techniques required to restore a chair of your own during the course and acquire the confidence to tackle new projects on your own.
There will be the opportunity to fix wobbles and other minor repairs on chair frames as well as tuition and guidance on various timber finishes.
Tuition is tailored to each individual project, however, demonstrations will be offered to the group for every technique covered during class: in this way, you will be introduced to a broader set of skills, above and beyond the techniques needed to complete your own project.
Steve and Fiona love to share their skills and they delight in helping others to learn new skills and seeing them experience the joy that can be had from making something by hand.
For more information and booking contact Fiona
Acrylic Plus Workshop
with Kerry McInnis
25 & 26 February 2023
9am - 4pm
$220 BDAS Members - Class full waitlist available
$270 Non members
The aim of this workshop is to encourage attendees to loosen up their approach in representing a subject in 2-D. By using a broad and rather “wild” technique, a painted colour base is established upon which, at various stages, some refining of the subject is done using drawing media. We want to capture the elements of a subject that have engaged the artist without becoming trapped by our effort to represent the physical “exactness” of
the subject. The idea is to work quickly with energy and spirit.
The workshop attendees will be working from A4 size images of anything they are passionate about (landscape, portrait, still life, interior) (definitely no smaller please! If you can’t enlarge on your home computer, take your photos to a photocopy place and have them made into A4 – at least! It is preferable not to work from an image on your phone. It is too small and you need to keep refreshing it, which breaks the flow of your work. You could work from a laptop, but make sure the image is locked in!
Kerry will demonstrate at intervals during the
workshop.
Contact the office to book into Kerry’s workshop.
We require all those who attend our workshops to be fully vaccinated
Book: 4861 4093 or office@bdasgallery.com
© above images by Kerry McInnis
Impressionist Landscapes & Florals
With Mellissa Read-Devine
2 Day Workshop
18 & 19 March 2023
10am – 4pm
$220 for BDAS Members
$270 for Non Members
Learn to enjoy painting with acrylics in a contemporary impressionist way.
Mellissa is keen to help you be able to find your own style and will encourage you to paint bolder and brighter, with an emphasis on clear vibrant colour combinations. The weekend will be spent painting both the landscape and the flora within it.
Day 1 will be spent interpreting the landscape from photos and colour mixing for paintings that glow
Day 2 will be all about the flowers. A garden landscape will be demonstrated, and colour mixing and brush techniques will be covered.
Mellissa Read-Devine is a Fellow of the Royal Art Society of NSW and is the Acrylics tutor at the RAS Art School.
To book contact the office at
4861 4093
Workshops will take place at the BDAS Studios at 1 Short Street, Bowral
Pictured artworks by Melissa Read Devine
with Gillian Hook
For intermediate & advanced students
25 & 26 March 2023
9am - 4pm
$220 for BDAS Members
$270 for non-members
Watercolour painting has always been a special medium for Gillian – the beautiful work of Andrew Wyeth, John Singer Sargent and David Taylor providing a constant source of inspiration.
She enjoys sharing the magic of this medium with others, ensuring students can work at their own particular level - rediscover the excitement of the ”flow” & create fresh and vibrant work.
In this workshop students can explore some new innovative techniques using mixed media with watercolour, and fully explore the dynamic effects of light and darks to make paintings “sing”.
Gillian has been exhibiting and teaching for 45 years and holds a B.A.VA. Dip Ed.
Contact the office to book into Gillian’s workshop.
Book: 4861 4093 or office@bdasgallery.com
© images by Gillian Hook
Portrait Drawing Workshop
with Noel Thurgate
15 & 16 April 2023 9:30am till 4pm
Cost: $260 BDAS Members $290: non-members
This includes 2 day model fees
Discover the connection between the ‘character’ and the ‘face’
This 2 day portrait drawing class explores facial structure as well as the body dynamics that give character and life to your subject.
Using basic mediums of pencil, charcoal and wash, participants will investigate their subject via the powerful and effective elements of line and tone.
Workshop begins with quick warm up sketches to explore general proportions and structures of the human skull, followed by a look at some compositional possibilities that the sitter and surroundings may offer; Day 2: more sustained and in depth studies of the head and/or whole or part figure.
Noel has been exhibiting and teaching for 30 years, including 9 years as head of the Drawing Department at the National Art School, Sydney
Contact the office to book into Noel's workshop.
Book: 4861 4093 or office@bdasgallery.com
© image by Noel Thurgate
Amazing Autumn
A Workshop
with Peter Wale
29 & 30 April 2023 10am till 4pm
Cost: $210 BDAS Members $260: non-members
Imbibe the beauty of amazing Autumnal colours and textures with Nature Artist and Tutor: PETER WALE
Experience the vibrancy and versatility of Coloured Pencils, Watercolour Pencils and/or Watercolour whilst engaging with nature in this stimulating two day workshop.
Comprehensive guidance will be given using each of these increasingly popular mediums, also showing how they might be used together for maximum effect.
Demonstrations and lots of personalised tuition will be given.
Beginners are very welcome, as are more experienced artists.
Autumnal reference material will be provided, although you are invited to bring your own if you prefer.
Book: 4861 4093 or office@bdasgallery.com
Workshop will take place at the BDAS Studios at 1 Short Street, Bowral
Contact the office to book into Peter's workshop.
Book: 4861 4093 or office@bdasgallery.com
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© images by Peter Wale
Tonality
with Maryanne Wick
Oil and acrylic painting workshop
27 & 28 May 2023 9:30am till 4:30pm
Cost: $220 BDAS Members $260: non-members
From Rembrandt to Whistler, Meldrum to Beckett, Rees to Wakelin, artists throughout the years have brought a sense of mood and atmosphere into their compositions through their exploration of tonal colour.
With an emphasis on observation and the still life subject, this workshop invites oil and acrylic painters of all levels, to explore the beauty and subtlety of working in tonal colour.
Be prepared to enjoy two full and focused days of practising tonal painting. This workshop includes group exercises, discussions on art and artists, tuition and personal feedback. This is also a good opportunity for those wanting to try painting with oil!
Contact the BDAS administration office for more information and receive the required Materials List when you book.
Contact the office to book into Maryanne's workshop.
Book: 4861 4093 or office@bdasgallery.com
© images by Maryanne Wick
Watercolour Workshop
with Gillian Hook
For beginners
9 & 10 September 2023
9am - 4pm
$220 for BDAS Members
$270 for non-members
Watercolour painting has always been a special medium for Gillian – the beautiful work of Andrew Wyeth, John Singer Sargent and David Taylor providing a constant source of inspiration.
She enjoys sharing the magic of this medium with others, ensuring students can work at their own particular level - rediscover the excitement of the ”flow” & create fresh and vibrant work.
In this workshop students can explore some new innovative techniques using mixed media with watercolour, and fully explore the dynamic effects of light and darks to make paintings “sing”.
Gillian has been exhibiting and teaching for 45 years and holds a B.A.VA. Dip Ed.
Contact the office to book into Gillian’s workshop.
Book: 4861 4093 or office@bdasgallery.com
© images by Gillian Hook
weekend workshops at the BDAS in 2022 and 2023
2 Day Upholstery Workshop with We Us and Stuff on
30 & 31 July Completed
Intermediate to advanced Watercolour with Gillian Hook –
6 & 7 August Completed
Acylics Bold and Bright with Mellissa Read Devine
13 & 14 August Completed
Making Sense of a Place with Tara Axford - 20 & 21 August Completed
Ink on Yupo with Tracey Miller - 27 August Completed
Macro Floral Painting with Tracey Miller - 28 August Completed
Collage Workshop with Tracey Miller -10 September Completed
Beginners Art Taster with Tracey Miller -11 September Completed
Life Drawing workshop with Noel Thurgate - 8 & 9 October Completed
Celebrating Spring with Peter Wale - 15 & 16 October Completed
Abstract Art Workshop with Sue Meredith 29 & 30 October Completed
Macro Flora Painting with Tracey Miller 27 November Completed
Macro Flora Painting workshop with Tracey Miller - 15 January
Completed
Still Life Painting Workshop with Gilda Wilson - 21 & 22 January
Completed
BDAS TUTORS:
Tony Ameneiro
Walter Brecely
John Brain
Wayne Davis
Tony Deigan
A-F Fulgence
Jenny Hawkins
Patti Jones
video about Patti's class
Sue Meredith
Tracey Miller
Elaine Musgrave
Kim Shannon
Deborah Stokes
Denise Sumner
James Ting
Dave Thomas
Libby Wakefield
Gilda Wilson
video on Gilda's class
Slavica Zivkovic
