Art Est. is delighted to welcome Ross Laurie as guest tutor for this Master Class. Ross captivates his students with his thought-provoking teaching style and warm rapport. This Master Class has a focus on observing images of landscape and ways to translate the landscape into art using oils or acrylics. The workshop is about drawing and painting from your own images and memory, and being exposed to ideas and influences that will assist in you reaching your full potential guided by...
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Join artist Tam Cao in this 4 week still life painting course as a great way for students to improve their skills. Learn about still life painting with a limited palette. Starting with primary shapes i.e. cube, cone, sphere etc. and further into more complicated shapes. As we arrange the objects in space you'll discover that composition of your still-life is a starting point to picture making. What students will achieve Expected course outcomes: understanding of primary shapes...
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Let award winning portraitist and contemporary artist Mathew Lynn be your guide in the process of critically assessing and transforming your painting and art making! Whether you’d like to go through a process of radical experimentation, or you’d like to fine tune aspects of your practice, Mathew can help you to better understand what you’re trying to achieve, and to help you look with a fresh perspective, and to explore new strategies in your work. Mathew likes to work one-on-one...
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$350Limited
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Painting | Transform the way you paint with Mathew Lynn
This course and is suitable for beginners who will gain confidence in using oils. Over this 4 week stage, you will learn to paint with oil paints through a range of exercises designed to teach you the fundamentals and gain confidence week by week. Students will learn to observe light, tone and proportion to bring a sense of reality and atmosphere to their work. This class is also for those wishing to refresh their skills. What to expect This oil painting course for beginners will...
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Oil Painting Essentials with Marie Mansfield | Intermediate
Learn portrait painting in oils with 2023 Archibald Prize finalist and winner of the 2021 Portia Geach Memorial Award, Marie Mansfield. This painting course is for students who want to learn how to paint portraits. Marie works with each student at their own level and works to progress each student's ambitions. Students will benefit from working on tonal studies and colour mixing and the course can cater for students who wish to improve their painting skills using oils. Students...
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See More>This class is for experienced oil painters and students who have completed Marie's introductory course or workshop. Apply to join this class or phone 95641519 to discuss your suitability.
Challenge yourself to look at portraiture from a variety of approaches. Starting with realism, Mathew can guide you through the process of acquiring the foundational skills of rendering a portrait, and how to give a portrait that intangible quality that makes it life-like, that is more than just technique. If you feel adventurous, Mathew can then take you on a journey of re-invention, looking at ways and strategies to re-prioritise how you view and receive messages from your...
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$275Limited
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Portraiture – Realism to Contemporary with Mathew Lynn
Let award winning artist Mathew Lynn be your guide on a journey exploring spaces in its widest definition; including interiors, landscape, seascape, even memories and imaginary. Whether through observation, experimentation, or towards abstraction, this class will be an opportunity for you to completely examine your perception of spaces as the primary way you inhabit the world. Students may wish to carefully examine and fine-tune their existing approaches, other students may like...
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This two day master class style workshop with Marie Mansfield is for students with prior oil painting experience who would like to improve their landscape painting skills. The focus of this two day workshop is painting tonally as it relates to painting landscapes en plein air (ie out in the field). Enjoy two days of working both in the studio and in the field at a nearby outdoor location. You will gain a solid understanding and observing tone and observing light - vital ingredients...
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$425Limited
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Landscape Painting in Oils | En plein air | Marie Mansfield
This 2 day master class is held outdoors en Plein Air. (In the event of inclement or extreme weather the workshop will be held in the studio.) Fee excludes materials.
This course is about exploring the landscape through drawing and painting. Students can following a step-by-step approach or continue painting at their own pace. We will cover different painting techniques - including tonal underpainting, glazing, scumbling, dry brushing and ‘alla prima’ (wet-in-wet). Students will also learn the basics of colour theory, tone and brush-work, and explore how to unearth their own creative instincts to capture the landscape. Your tutor Michael Simms...
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$350Limited
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Exploring the Landscape with Michael Simms
<p>This course is about exploring the landscape through drawing and painting. Students can following a step-by-step approach or continue painting at their own pace. We will cover different painting
This course teaches you the classical approach to painting whether you use oil or acrylic paints. Throughout the course you will be guided through a series of informative exercises designed to develop your painting skills. You can also work on your own projects under the mentorship of Jackson. You are encouraged to go at your own pace and to enjoy learning in a relaxed studio environment. Jackson has a Master of Cultural Materials Conservation, and his teaching is informed by his...
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$625Limited
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Classical Painting | Oils or Acrylics with Jackson Davies
<p>This course teaches you the classical approach to painting whether you use oil or acrylic paints. Throughout the course you will be guided through a series of informative exercises designed to