2025 term 2
Understanding oils – layering techniques
In person class at 84 Cardigan St Camperdown
Mondays 9:30 -12:30
5th May – 30th June (no class on 9th June public holiday)
8 x 3 hour classes $550
This class is an introduction to classical layering techniques for oil painting. Working from life from a still life subject, students will learn methods for building up a painting in layers, including underpainting methods, dead colouring, glazing and scumbling. Students will produce three still life paintings over the term.
Week 1 – Classical compositional principles for still life. Grisaille underpainting
Week 2 – The finishing layer. Introduction to glazing and scumbling.
Week 3 – Transparent monochrome underpainting.
Week 4 – ‘Dead colouring’, maniera lavata
Week 5 – Finishing techniques
Week 6 – Monochrome underpainting heightening with white.
Week 7 – Unusual underpainting techniques, texture and counter colouring
Week 8 – More on finishing techniques
Planes and Perspective
Tuesday 9:30 -12:30
6th May – 24th June
ONLINE – 8 x 3 hour sessions $550
This class covers the fundamentals of one, two and multipoint perspective and the perspective of light and shade but adapted to be used by artists on the run, rather than the more formal technical drawing processes. Through a series of quick drawing exercises each week, the aim is to build the student’s confidence with those essential concepts, so that they can be approximated accurately when working from life.
The second half of the class will cover mass conceptions, plane changes and understanding the simple volumes from which all objects are made and the way light behaves on them.
Painting Mentorship Program
Thursdays 9:30 -11:30
8th May – 26th June
8 x 2 hour sessions $500
Max class size – 8 students
All classes are held in person at 84 Cardigan St Stanmore
This class is for students who already have an established painting practice and wish to extend their painting as well as connecting with other artists. The class will take the form of a group critique session – each person bringing any paintings in progress they would like to discuss, with any demonstrations or theory being discussed as applicable. The class is limited to just eight students to ensure everyone receives detailed individual feedback.
Painting the portrait – head and hands
9th May – 27th June
Fridays
10:30 am – 2:00 pm
8 x 3.5 hour sessions $670 (fee includes a life model for 6 sessions)
The first two classes will be online via zoom
All subsequent classes are held in person at 84 Cardigan St Stanmore
This class is a continuation of term 1, focusing on portrait painting. The first two weeks will introduce some theory on painting hands – anatomy, proportion and massing of the hands . These two sessions will be recorded and made available to students for reference during the term.
Students will then spend the remaining six sessions painting from a live portrait model. There will be two three week sessions, allowing students to work on developing their own approach to figure painting. Each student will produce two finished paintings of the head and hands.