OUR SPRING HOLIDAY PROGRAM WILL BE LAUNCHED LATE AUGUST

Our school holiday art program offers a fantastic range of art activities to keep your children creatively entertained.

Each activity is a 3 hour workshop from 10.00am-1.00pm or 2.00pm-5.00pm. The workshop fee is $50, including all materials unless otherwise indicated below. If you would like to book in for two courses on the one day, children are welcome to bring their lunchbox and will be supervised between classes during the lunch break.

Classes are structured for two age groups: 5-9 years and 10 years and over. 'Mix and Match' five sessions or more between your children to receive a 10% discount!

Best to call first on 9564 1519 or email to check availability in your preferred workshops. Book early so you don't miss out!

Click here for details on enrolling.

Click here to view the timetable of holiday courses.

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Avatars are your alter-ego, the character that represents you in another form such as a computer game character or your Facebook identity. Give yourself super powers. Be half-human, an animal, a monster, a funny character. Learn new illustration and animation techniques, and explore your ideas in a fun and creative way to develop your own avatar. It’s a great introduction to character development for beginner animators.

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Explore the world of cartooning and develop your own characters and cartoon drawing style with Ginger Meggs Cartoonist Jason Chatfield. While investigating legendary and contemporary cartoon characters, you’ll learn how to create comics, cartoons and other types of humorous illustration. Emphasis is placed on originality and line drawing using pens and markers.

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A painting class with a sculptural twist! Think of your painting as a 3D artwork as we build up layers of colour and texture using materials such as string, fabric, glue, wool, paper to construct an imaginative work of art on canvas. You’ll enjoy painting, drawing and assembling to transform every day objects into incredible artworks!

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Ever wanted to turn yourself into something different? Mask making can give you that chance. Will your mask be smiling, sad or ferocious? It is up to you to create anything you like. Adorn your mask with feathers or intricate patterns, give it horns, a big nose or perhaps something more angelic. You will be inspired by different cultures and artists and have fun creating your mask using mod roc.

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This class is designed for kids who like to experiment with art materials and love variety in creating art. Mixed Media encourages artistic exploration using a wide range of art mediums including paint, inks, pastels and charcoal. Through painting, drawing, layering and assembling, students become aware of the limitless choices available to them in the creative process.

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Do you love pretty, delicate things? In this class you will do painting, drawing and collage using acrylics, pen, glitter, ribbon, to design an artwork on canvas or paper. This class is particularly suitable for girls who wish to create something beautiful for their bedroom.

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Fancy capturing your furry, scaly or feathered friend in paint? This is a fun-filled course where you will learn how to paint a portrait of your favourite pet. Bring along photos of your dog, cat, goldfish, guppy or guinea pig and we’ll help you transform your ideas into a work of art. Through sketching, experimentation with paint and an investigation of the different ways animals have been captured in art, you’ll create an artwork as individual as your pet!

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This is a practical printmaking class for kids which introduces a variety of simple and effective techniques. Students will learn how to create imaginative printworks on paper using foamcore, glue prints, or collage on card. Print on an etching press to creative beautiful cards, bookmarks, or artwork ready to frame.

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A charging elephant, a prowling tiger or a squawking parrot are just a few of the wild and wonderful animals you can choose to create in this workshop. We will explore ways to create your animal sculptures using paper, tape and mod roc, a versatile and fun medium to use. Students will gain an understanding of proportion and an appreciation of the work of other artists.

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An Avatar is your virtual image, alter-ego, or the character that represents you in another form such as a computer game character or your Facebook identity. Give yourself super powers. Be half-human, an animal, a monster, a funny character. Learn new illustration and animation techniques, and explore your ideas in a fun and creative way to draw your own avatar. It’s a great introduction to character development for beginner animators.

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Explore the world of cartooning and develop your own characters and cartoon drawing style with Ginger Meggs Cartoonist Jason Chatfield. While investigating legendary and contemporary cartoon characters, you’ll learn how to create comics, cartoons and other types of humorous illustration. Emphasis is placed on originality and line drawing using pens and markers.

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Discover the world of Illustration from book illustration, fashion, magazine to greeting cards and much more. This course is an introduction to illustration and ways to successfully communicate ideas visually. You will develop your drawing skills, explore a range of media and be inspired by historical and contemporary illustrators. Sally will guide you through a set project, all you need is your imagination.

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Do you have a passion for fashion? Ever wanted to learn to how to get all your fashion ideas to look professional? Through a series of drawing activities you will gain an understanding of proportion, ways to pose the figure and make the clothes look fabulous! Inspired by a range of illustrators historical and contemporary you will be ready to hit the fashion world. Bring along fashion pictures from magazines or photos of yourself in your favourite clothes.

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This class is designed for kids who like to experiment with art materials and love variety in creating art. Mixed Media encourages artistic exploration using a wide range of art mediums including paint, inks, pastels and charcoal. Through painting, drawing, layering and assembling, students become aware of the limitless choices available to them in the creative process.

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Join us in a fun exploration of Pop Art, an art movement in the late 1950s and 60s where the art of Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and Roy Lichtenstein reflected everyday life and common objects and blurred the line between fine art and commercial art.  We’ll be using everyday objects, photographs, repetition, colour, fluoro and metallic paints to paint your own work of Pop Art on a canvas. Workshop fee includes a small canvas (30x30cm), but if you wish to paint a larger scale work, please bring your own canvas.

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This is a practical printmaking class which introduces a variety of simple and effective printmaking techniques. Students will learn how to create imaginative printworks on paper using foamcore, drypoints, glue prints, or collage on card. They will print using an etching press to creative beautiful cards, bookmarks, or artwork ready to frame.

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A charging elephant, a prowling tiger or a squawking parrot are just a few of the wild and wonderful animals you can choose to create in this workshop. We will explore ways to create your animal sculptures using paper, tape and mod roc, a versatile and fun medium to use. Students will gain an understanding of proportion and an appreciation of the work of other artists.

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