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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            

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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 28 September

Thursday 5 October

All BDAS members are welcome!

 

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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.

Listed below are upcoming weekend workshops at the BDAS in 2023

 

Footstool Upholstery workshop with Fiona & Steve - 17 February

Completed

Chair Repair School with Fiona & Steve - 18 & 19 February

Completed

Acrylic Plus Workshop with Kerry McInnis - 25 & 26 February

Completed

Impressionist Landscape & Florals with Mellissa Read-Devine

18 & 19 March Completed

Intermediate to Advanced Watercolour with Gillian Hook

25 & 26 March Completed

Portrait Drawing Workshop with Noel Thurgate - 15 & 16 April

Completed

Sculptural Weaving Workshop with Sarah Norton 15 April

Completed

Chair Repair School with Fiona & Steve - 29 & 30 April Completed

Sculptural Weaving Workshop with Sarah Norton 27 May Completed

Tonality Painting Workshop with Maryanne Wick  - 27 & 28 May Completed

Still Life Painting Workshop for Intermediate with Gilda Wilson

8 & 9 July

The Pastel Landscape with Amanda McLean - 15 & 16 July

Macro Flora Painting Workshop with Tracey Miller  -  30 July

Beginners' Art Taster - Graphite, charcoal, soft pastel & paint with Tracey Miller  -  13 August

Ink on Yupo Art Workshop with Tracey Miller - 27 August

Encaustic Workshop with Mo Godbeer 2 & 3rd September

Watercolour Workshop for Beginners with Gillian Hook

9 & 10 September

Chair Repair School with Fiona & Steve - 23 & 24 September

Life Drawing Workshop with Noel Thurgate  -  23 & 24 September

Spring Workshop Peter Wale - 21 & 22 October - details tba

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©  above image by Noel Thurgate

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Image by Mellissa Read Devine

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Sculptural Weaving by Sarah Norton

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©  above image by Maryanne Wick

©  above image by Kerry McInnis

©  above image from Tracey Miller's Macro workshop

Still Life Painting Workshop for Intermediate

with Gilda Wilson

 

8 & 9 July 2023      10am till 4:30pm

Cost:   $210 BDAS Members     $250 non-members  

This course is designed for participants with intermediate painting experience.

In this very small class, learn to paint a still life using a limited palette and understated composition. 

The weekend will start with a drawing working out tone and composition.  We will talk about colours, their relationship and how to obtain luminous colours.  Gilda will help you selecting colours as well as laying out your palette. Examples of other still life artist will be discussed; we will look at their techniques and composition style.

 

For more information and booking contact Gilda directly at gildawilson@yahoo.com or on 0403 813 873.

 

A list of materials will be sent at the time of booking.

©  images by Gilda Wilson

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The Pastel Landscape

with Amanda McLean

 

2 Day Pastel workshop

 

15 & 16 July 2023      9am till 4pm

Cost:   $220 BDAS Members     $270 non-members  

This workshop will give you a good grounding in Pastel whether you have worked in the medium before or not. We will do some basic exercises and then

participants are invited to work from their own reference material to create Landscapes in Pastel. This is not a “Paint by Numbers” class and participants are encouraged to develop or follow their own style.

Classes are run at Bowral Art Studios, 1 Short Street, Bowral.

Contact the office to book into Amanda's workshop.

 

Book: 4861 4093 or office@bdasgallery.com

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©  images by Amanda McLean

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Macro Flora Painting Workshop

with Tracey Miller

 

30 July  2023

10am - 4pm

$150 - you provide all your materials    

$250  - all materials provided

Create your own, beautiful, large-scale flora painting. Tracey has many years of art experience and will guide beginner and intermediate artists through the steps to create their own artwork.
When researching a reference image, you might consider all types of flora including seaweeds, fungi, seed pods like banksia, palms, fruits, flowers, etc Please do not copy another artist’s painting or drawing. Take your own photos or copy a photograph from the internet. Ensure it is not digitally manipulated. You are welcome to email me your selected flora and I’ll advise you if it’s going to easily translate into a painting.

Everyone bring your reference image, cloth to cover the table, an apron, lunch and coffee mug.
Materials:   Please wear old clothes and an apron.
We will follow safe Covid 19 guidelines.
Morning and afternoon tea are provided.
Reference: Bring an image of flora that you would like to paint.
Print one a 1/3 and another a ½ of an A4 page size on regular copy paper. The easiest way to do this is to copy and paste the image onto a word document and adjust the size accordingly.

To book in contact Tracey traceymillermail@gmail.com

www.traceymillerart.com

 

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Beginners' Art Taster Workshop

Graphite, Charcoal, Soft Pastel & Paint

with Tracey Miller

 

13 August  2023

10am - 4pm

$160  - all materials provided

Experiment with a variety of mediums to create drawings and paintings. After an introduction about materials and subjects, we will explore drawing using graphite and charcoal. Then we will use soft pastels on textured paper and conclude with an acrylic painting.

 

Beginners will have fun learning about “how to see” and how to use art materials to create images on paper. You will take home four artworks.

 

What to bring: A cloth to cover the table, an apron, lunch and a coffee mug. Please wear old clothes and an apron. Morning and afternoon tea are provided.

To book in contact Tracey traceymillermail@gmail.com

www.traceymillerart.com

 

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Ink on Yupo Art Workshop

with Tracey Miller

 

27 August  2023

10am - 4pm

$160  

Included:        Tuition, inks, yupo, gloves, masks, morning tea & coffee.

Alcohol inks create vibrant transparent colour unlike any other medium form interesting patterns within your painting.  The vibrant colours of the ink intermingle creating unique textural effects, often leading to unexpected results.

Each participant will leave with several experimental pieces.

Tracey has many years of experience guiding beginner and intermediate artists in creating pieces they proudly cherish. This workshop is perfect for those who just don’t have the time to commit to a full class term OR want to try something new.

Please bring: Your own apron, coffee cup, lunch and enthusiasm.

To book in contact Tracey traceymillermail@gmail.com

www.traceymillerart.com

 

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Encaustic Workshop
with Mo Godbeer

2 -3 September

Cost $250 members, $290 non members

Beginners Welcome – All Materials Provided!

Encaustic collage is an exciting and fun way to unleash your creative potential. In this two-day workshop, we will be paper rusting, bleaching, mono printing, embedding, image transferring, and much more!

You will learn how to combine objects, images and words, with encaustic, to capture a mood, tell a story or express a feeling to bring your artwork to life.

Encaustic medium is the perfect partner for collage.      It is not only the glue to bind things together, but also can be worked on top of, scratched and embedded into. It can be painted on, textured onto and so much more!

There will be lots of unique materials, objects, vintage imagery and handmade papers provided for you to use. Mo will show you how to find inexpensive and beautiful materials to incorporate into your collage.

Contact the office to book into Mo’s workshop

Book: 4861 4093 or office@bdasgallery.com

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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

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Life Drawing

Workshop

with Noel Thurgate

 

23 & 24 September 2023      9:30am till 4pm

Cost:   $260 BDAS Members     $290: non-members  

This includes 2 day model fees

Leonardo da Vinci famously said… “anyone can look, but only an artist truly sees”

DYNAMIC LIFE DRAWING

 

The ability to “read the pose” is a key factor in bringing “life” to your life drawings.

This two day workshop will explore the inner dynamics of the human form to discover the connection between ‘gesture’ and ‘structure’.

 

Via quick sketches and sustained studies using a variety of mediums, a greater understanding of the expressive qualities of line and tone will be developed; so too basic concepts of proportion and volume will be covered. These are fundamental elements employed by the great artists for centuries.

 

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

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Chair Repair School

2 day chair upholstery course

with Fiona Edmeades & Steve Thomas

 

23 & 24 September 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

chairrepairschool@gmail.com

www.chairrepairschool.com.au

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Completed Workshops

Sculptural Weaving

Workshop

with Sarah Norton

 

Gift yourself time to create and ignite your creativity through your intuition

27 May 2023   10am till 1pm   Studio 3 Completed

Cost:   $180

Sculptural Weaving with Bangalow Palm Inflorescence

This class will connect you with you, with nature and your creativity. You’ll leave with your very own sculptural creation, possibly two, as you explore form and fibre in the age old technique of weaving.

 

The weaving process will deliver a deeper understanding of nature's magic but most deliciously, an expansion of your own creativity and intuition as you discover there really are no wrong moves.

 

Sarah Norton will walk you through her processes beginning with a series of mindful practices to access stillness and creativity, to the practical know-how of working with fibre of Bangalow Palm inflorescence and how to have your work hold form over years to come.

 

All materials will be supplied including morning tea.

Just bring yourself and an apron.

For more information and booking contact Sarah

sarah@sarahnortoncreative.com or click on the link below.

Scan the code to go directly to the website

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Tonality

Painting Workshop

with Maryanne Wick

 

Oil and acrylic painting workshop Completed

 

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

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©  images by Maryanne Wick

Acrylic Plus Workshop

with Kerry McInnis

 

25 & 26 February 2023   -  completed

9am - 4pm

$220 BDAS Members 

$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

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©  above images by Kerry McInnis

Impressionist Landscapes & Florals

With Mellissa Read-Devine Completed

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.

www.readdevine.com
 

To book contact the office at

4861 4093

office@bdasgallery.com

 

Workshops will take place at the BDAS Studios at 1 Short Street, Bowral

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Pictured artworks by Melissa Read Devine

Watercolour Workshop

with Gillian Hook  Completed

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

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Portrait Drawing Workshop

with Noel Thurgate

Completed

 

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

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©  image by Noel Thurgate

Listed below are completed

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

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