Make a creative start to the New Year at Art Est. Art School’s annual Summer Art School for adults. Our annual Summer Art School for Adults runs from 5 January 2019 including weekends 5-6, 12-13 and 19-20 January, and weekdays 7-11 January.
One and two day workshops to enjoy over the week
Workshops for all skill levels and interests
Experienced and award winning tutors
Painting, drawing and printmaking classes in a wide range of media and across different genres are available in our 4 spacious and dedicated teaching studios
Pottery wheel and ceramics classes in our purpose built ceramics studio that includes 8 pottery wheels, spacious and fully equipped hand building studio, 3 kilns and glazing studio.
A maximum 12 students per class (8 for pottery wheel classes) for optimal learning
All Summer Art School workshops suitable for HSC and senior school students
Try something new to kick off the new year, or if you are a visitor to Sydney try something fun and different.
Course Overview This one day acrylic painting class is for anyone who would like to give painting a try. Anyone can learn to paint and in this relaxing, friendly and supportive class you can learn the practical methods and techniques required to paint a simple subject on canvas. Take home a finished painting and a new found confidence to continue. No experience is necessary and all painting materials are included in the fee. What to expect Students will learn the basics of planning...
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$180Limited
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Acrylic Painting Essentials for Beginners | One Day Workshop
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Acrylic Painting Essentials for Beginners | One Day Workshop
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Course overview Have you always wanted to tackle portrait painting in oils, but you’re not sure where to start? Then this one day primer is for you. Award winning portrait artist Marie Mansfield will show you techniques of portrait painting through studying proportion and how to paint features by observing tone. Students will work from a model and get an introduction to the proportions of the head and facial structures how to paint the features of the face by studying light and...
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$180Limited
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Intro to Portrait Painting in Oils One Day Workshop Marie Mansfield
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Course overview Travel sketching or holiday sketching is a great way to record your travel experiences. You can sketch on the spot or bring your travel photos to life with sketches. In this fun class learn the tips, tricks and secrets of travel sketching class with popular watercolour tutor Susie Murphie. This class is conducted in the studios working from reference photos. Bring along your favourite travel photos/postcards for reference or use Susie’s reference material. What to...
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$160Limited
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Learn Travel Sketching with Watercolours One Day Workshop | Susie Murphie
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Learn Travel Sketching with Watercolours One Day Workshop | Susie Murphie
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Course overview This one day drawing class is an introduction to some fundamental principles of drawing with charcoal. It’s a class for absolute beginners to give drawing a go! In a relaxed and friendly environment students will: learn how to approach drawing simple still life subjects with charcoal be introduced to some fundamental drawing concepts including composition, proportion, perspective learn about simplifying what and how you see Is this course right for me? This drawing...
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$170Limited
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Drawing Essentials for Beginners | One Day Workshop
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Course overview Join Mellissa Read-Devine for this big, bold and colourful landscapes workshop. Bring a canvas minimum 24"x24" or as big as will fit in your car and paint an expressive landscape from your own photos in acrylics. Explore ways to simplify shapes and keep your colours bold and bright, learn about colour mixing, composition and much more. Bring along photographs of landscapes/gardens that you might like to paint. Mellissa is known for her impressionistic style of...
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$170Limited
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Acrylic Painting | Larger than Life Landscapes | Mellissa Read-Devine
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Course overview This watercolour painting class is perfect for absolute beginners or those who have previously enjoyed Susie’s workshops and wish to learn tips and techniques for painting with the tricky medium of watercolour. You will come away with a feeling of wonder and addiction to this extraordinary watery paint and be confident that you can tackle anything. What to expect In this course you will: learn how to keep watercolours transparent and beautiful learn about painting a...
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$180Limited
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Watercolours for Beginners and Beyond Workshop with Susie Murphie
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Watercolours for Beginners and Beyond Workshop with Susie Murphie
<h3 id="Courseoverview">Course overview </h3><p>This watercolour painting class is perfect for absolute beginners or those who have previously enjoyed Susie’s workshops and wish to learn tips and
This is a wide ranging class for anyone who would like to get a taster and brief overview of three different paint media | Acrylics, Oils, Watercolours. Whether you have used one, two or absolutely none, you will have a great day learning about this history of each, how to apply each, what tools are available to you to use with your media (such as mediums) and much more. If you’ve ever wandered through an art store and been overwhelmed with the range of materials on show but have...
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Course Overview Learn how to approach drawing animals in this new drawing workshop with Dominique Millar. Students will draw a variety of animals, from man’s best friend to any animal of your choosing. In this workshop, students will learn with reference to classical drawings techniques of Leonardo Da Vinci, Albrecht Durer and Thomas Gainsborough how to articulate the overall masses of any animal, how to depict the texture of hair, fur, scales and feathers and more. _images top Cat...
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Course overview Learn palette knife painting techniques to achieve tone, depth and texture in your paintings. The workshop is taught by award winning artist Ashley Frost who is known for his palette knife paintings with compositions that use light to capture a fleeting moment in time. Students will paint up to two large paintings using a palette knife while also learning about composition, colour selection and colour mixing. This class will transform the way you paint! Suitable for...
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This new Chinese Brush Painting workshop focusses on flowers and birds in traditional Chinese brush painting. You will be taught how to apply basic strokes to express these elements in nature and begin to understand the basic structure of Chinese brush painting. At the end of the workshop you will feel relaxed, have completed a scroll artwork and have an understaning of the Chinese classical 4 Treasures. This is for anyone new to the art of Chinese Brush painting or for those who...
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