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April 2020 Art Workshops Postponed. Due to the convid-19 global crisis the art school workshops that were due to run from April 16 to April 20, 2020, inclusive have now been postponed to September 27 to October 1, 2020, inclusive. Due to the convid-19 global crisis the art school workshops that were due to run from April 16 to April 20, 2020, inclusive have now been postponed to September 27 to October 1, 2020, inclusive.

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Acrylics Workshop with Jenni Kelly

Acrylics Workshop with Jenni Kelly

Funtastic Acrylics Workshop

This acrylics workshop will introduce students to an unorthodox approach to painting. Be prepared to scrape, spray, throw and roll paint; and leave brushes to last. Working with warm and cool colours as well as transparent colours for glazing, exploring some mediums, starting with the abstract to impressionism, students will be encouraged to unleash their untapped…

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Georgia Mansur Acrylic Workshop

Georgia Mansur Acrylic Workshop

This acrylic workshop will offer you the opportunity to explore mixed media in a sensory way by ‘dipping a toe into your personal river’ of rich life experiences, memories and imagery to express yourself through creative experimentation.

Acrylic workshop open to all comers 18 years and over, no experience is necessary; Beginners very welcome. 

Georgia is very passionate about sharing her…

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Watercolour Workshop with John Lovett

2 vacancies in our April 2020 Watercolour Workshop with John Lovett #watercolour #artschool #workshop #graftonnsw

2 vacancies have opened up in John’s popular watercolour workshop for our April Art School. Make It Simple in Watercolour

There is often a tendency to include too much information in a painting. The result is usually conflict and confusion. In this watercolour workshop, we will carefully examine our subjects and decide just what is necessary, what is needed for support and what can be…

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PAUL MCDONALD SMITH OILS WORKSHOP

PAUL MCDONALD SMITH OILS WORKSHOP

It’s your Choice – Five days of fun with Still Life and Portraits in my Oils Workshop

Come and take advantage of the variety offered in this exciting oils workshop

Still Life and Portrait subjects will be the focus of this workshop, from the quick sketch to more completed work – you have the choice. Students of any level are welcome as the challenges of these exciting subjects will inspire…

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ACRYLIC WORKSHOP - GEORGIA MANSUR

ACRYLIC WORKSHOP – GEORGIA MANSUR

This acrylic workshop will offer you the opportunity to explore mixed media in a sensory way by ‘dipping a toe into your personal river’ of rich life experiences, memories and imagery to express yourself through creative experimentation.

Acrylic workshop open to all comers 18 years and over, no experience is necessary; Beginners very welcome. 

Georgia is very passionate about sharing her…

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Janet Matthews Birds in their natural setting in Colour Pencil

Janet Matthews Birds in their natural setting in Colour Pencil

Birds in their natural setting in Colour Pencil

King Parrots Gang Gang Cockatoos Branches, leaves and flowers.

This workshop we will concentrate on two different birds as well as creating their entire setting with background leaves, flowers and branches. Our aim is to complete two artworks as well as studies of different elements. Our two birds will be King Parrots and Gang Gang cockatoos. We…

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Judith White & Heidi Willis

Judith White & Heidi Willis 1 vacancy each for April 2020

Only 1 vacancy left in these two popular workshops for April 2020.

Book in Judith’s Workshop Book in Heidi’s Workshop

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Herman Pekel - Landscapes and Urbanscapes - Acrylics on Canvas

Herman Pekel – Landscapes and Urbanscapes – Acrylics on Canvas

Come with me on a fabulous painting workshop in Grafton. This is an abstract painting class, although students’ work could be semi-realistic. We’ll study in-depth the contrast and tonality of the various textures and colours working in acrylics, using fluid acrylics and textural mediums to create both visual and actual textures. We’ll study the horizon lines in our photos and start building our…

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Acrylics Workshop with Georgia Mansur

Acrylics Workshop with Georgia Mansur

This workshop will offer you the opportunity to explore mixed media in a sensory way by ‘dipping a toe into your personal river’ of rich life experiences, memories and imagery to express yourself through creative experimentation.

Using a wide range of prepared surfaces and materials combining acrylics, gels, pastes, digital grounds, fabric, fibre and other items to create hands-on (and like…

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Antoinette Blyth Watercolour Workshop

Antoinette Blyth Watercolour Workshop

“Fabulous Flowers and /French Village scenes – A brush with Water!”

This five-day watercolour workshop gives participants the opportunity to focus on drawing, composition, and the mixing of single pigments on the paper, to “catch the light” and achieve finished results that “sing”. The aim is to encourage creativity, consider the thought process, practise the skills and have some fun along the…

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Leonie Norton Botanical Art Workshop

Leonie Norton Botanical Art Workshop

Leonie will take you on a unique and exciting botanical art journey where you learn to create a large scale botanical painting with impact! Learn how to enlarge to any size from a photograph to create a contemporary botanical painting that will capture the characteristics and personality of any plant in botanical detail.

Your only limitation is your imagination of subject, size and…

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Travel Information added for April 2020 The travel information has been updated on our Getting to Grafton page for the April 2020 Art School.

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Mike Kowalski Watercolour Wild; learning when to tame it and when to let it be free!

Mike Kowalski Watercolour Wild; learning when to tame it and when to let it be free!

Mike Kowalski is delighted to offer a new exciting watercolour workshop, at Fay Boyd’s Fine Art School. We will begin by asking is watercolour all about control, or is it? To my mind watercolour pigments, more than any other painting medium, have live’s of their own. Each pigment has its own distinct personality.

My classes are filled with insight and a good dose of humour. Painting is much…

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Watercolour workshop with Paul Margocsy

Watercolour workshop with Paul Margocsy

“Walk on the Wildside” Watercolour Workshop

This watercolour workshop will show you the beauty and wonder of wildlife art. With the use of watercolour and other water-soluble mediums (e.g. gouache, pencil, ink, pastel, acrylic) it will enable you not only to paint feathers and fur but to paint attitude, character and photo quality about your subject.

It’s a fun watercolour workshop and a…

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WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP with Antoinette Blyth

WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP with Antoinette Blyth

“Fabulous Flowers and /French Village scenes – A brush with Water!” watercolour workshop

Coming in April 16 – April 20, 2020, an exciting watercolour workshop that will give participants the opportunity to focus on drawing, composition, and the mixing of single pigments on the paper, to “catch the light” and achieve finished results that “sing”.

The aim of this workshop is to encourage…

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October Art School Newsletter

October Art School Newsletter

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