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Contemporary Pictorial & Abstract Art

Free to express your artistic flow. An exciting diverse contemporary art class welcomes the development of all artistic styles expressing your creativity.

Ages

All levels

Monday

9:30am - 12:30pm

9 weeks

26 Jul to 20 Sep

Non member

$250.00

member

$220.00

MP01

6 spaces

Realistic Oil Portrait Painting

With Alvin Xiong

Paint realistic portraits in the style of the old masters using photo reference. Students will be introduced to oil painting techniques, and methods for correct lighting, shading and colour choices.

Ages

All levels

Monday

1pm - 3:30pm

9 weeks

26 Jul to 20 Sep

Non member

$255.00

member

$230.00

AX01

Class Full

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Monday Afternoon Clay Making

With Melissa Mead

Come join a dynamic three hour class tailored to share the passion of handbuilding, throwing and glazing. You will be guided and challenged to use a foundation of skills for creating functional or sculptural forms. Clay/glaze/firing not included in price. Suitable all levels.

Ages

All levels

Monday

12pm-3pm

9 weeks

26 Jul to 20 Sep

Non member

$325.00

member

$310.00

MM01

Class Full

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Monday Evening Clay Making

With Melissa Mead

Come join a dynamic class tailored to share the passion of handbuilding, throwing and glazing. You will be guided and challenged to use a foundation of skills for creating functional or sculptural forms. Clay/glaze/firing not included in price. Suitable all levels.

Ages

All levels

Monday

7:00pm - 9:00pm

9 weeks

26 Jul to 20 Sep

Non member

$220.00

member

$210.00

MM02

Class Full

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Fashion Drawing

With Nalini Nalini

Learn to draw the fashion figure in a step by step manner. You will experience the creative process of design development along with drawing and rendering garments on the fashion figure.

Ages

11 - 17 years

Monday

4:30pm - 6.00pm

8 weeks

26 Jul to 13 Sep

Non member

$180.00

young member

$165.00

NN01

2 spaces

Clay Clique

With Ricki Meaker

Build confidence and develop fine motor skills while we explore creativity using experimentation and clay construction techniques to create ceramic sculptures.

***Students must be within the stated age range.***

Ages

5 - 7 years

Monday

4:30pm - 6pm

8 weeks

26 Jul to 13 Sep

Non member

$200.00

young member

$185.00

RM01

Class Full

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Advanced Watercolours

With Ted Sherwen

A user-friendly class with excellent demonstrations for intermediate-advanced students. In-depth knowledge delivered with humour and plain speak. Relax, enjoy and learn.

Ages

Advanced

Tuesday

1:00pm - 4:00pm

9 weeks

27 Jul to 21 Sep

Non member

$290.00

member

$270.00

TS01

Class Full

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Tuesday Afternoon Clay Making

With Melissa Mead

Come join a dynamic three hour class tailored to share the passion of handbuilding, throwing and glazing. You will be guided and challenged to use a foundation of skills for creating functional or sculptural forms.Clay/glaze/firing not included in price. Suitable all levels.

Ages

All Levels

Tuesday

12pm - 3pm

9 weeks

27 Jul to 21 Sep

Non member

$325.00

member

$310.00

MM03

Class Full

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Tuesday Evening Clay Making

With Melissa Mead

Come join a dynamic class tailored to share the passion of handbuilding, throwing and glazing. You will be guided and challenged to use a foundation of skills for creating functional or sculptural forms.Clay/glaze/firing not included in price. Suitable all levels.

Ages

All levels

Tuesday

7pm - 9pm

9 weeks

27 Jul to 21 Sep

Non member

$220.00

member

$210.00

MM04

Class Full

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Intermediate Painting

With Estel Slabbert

This class will focus on drawing skills such as composition, perspective, drawing techniques and cartooning. Students will then use this as a basis to develop a painting.

***Students must be within the stated age range.***

Ages

11- 17 years

Tuesday

4:30pm - 6pm

8 weeks

27 Jul to 14 Sep

Non member

$180.00

young member

$165.00

ES02

2 spaces

Tuesday Introduction to Clay

With Yeonjae Choi

Get to know clay - how it works and what you can do with it. Learn basic techniques to help you bring your ideas to life.

***Students must be within the stated age range.***

Ages

8 -12 yrs

Tuesday

4:30pm - 6pm

8 weeks

27 Jul to 14 Sep

Non member

$200.00

young member

$185.00

YJ01

1 space

Tuesday Let's Draw & Paint

With Susannah MacDonald

We will have fun making art with paint, pastels, crayons, collage and mixed media. Children must have started school to be able to join this class.

***Students must be within the stated age range.***

Ages

5 -7 years

Tuesday

4:30pm - 6pm

8 weeks

27 Jul to 14 Sep

Non member

$165.00

young member

$150.00

SM01

Class Full

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Lively Sketching with Pen & Wash

With Michelle Male

Come and join Michelle for a Sketching and drawing course. Lets get that sketch book going and develop skills with pencil, pen, watercolour and charcoal creating lively drawing with expressive use of line and mark making. We will learn more about tone, contrast, colour and form, looking at genres such as landscape, botanical, objects, animals.

This is a fun experimental class with lots of tips and tricks along the way.

Suitable for beginners and intermediate

Tuesday

9.15am - 11.45am

9 weeks

27 Jul to 21 Sep

Non member

$225.00

member

$210.00

MMA01

Class Full

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Exploring Acrylics

With Estel Slabbert

A painting adventure designed for those who would like to extend their creative thinking. Different painting styles will be explored to develop an individual approach.

Ages

All levels

Wednesday

9:30am - 12:30pm

9 weeks

28 Jul to 22 Sep

Non member

$250.00

member

$220.00

ES05

Class Full

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First Steps in Watercolour

With Brian Millard

Learn step by step everything you need to know to produce saleable paintings under the guidance of one of New Zealand's most respected artists. This is a structured course that begins with the basics and builds towards proficiency through practice exercises and demonstration. If you are a total beginner or have some expertise already, this is the course for you.

Ages

Beginners - Intermediate

Wednesday

9.30am - 12.30pm

9 weeks

28 Jul to 22 Sep

Non member

$250.00

member

$220.00

BM03

2 spaces