Upcoming workshops
Workshops for 2009
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13-14 February
Jean-Francois Rochecouste - Foundations to improve your paintings
Jean-Francois Rochecouste has been painting and drawing from an early age in a large family which include artists, photographers and writers. He believes that learning the fundamentals is the key to presenting a consistency of work and setting a base when working towards new areas. He maintains that painters work their emotions, and for this reason regardless of experience they wil get stuck. The only way out is to review your fundamentals to see where you went wrong. This workshop covers tha foundation of composition, drafting the main elements, building the base colours and finishing off. The main medium used is acrylic and pastel, but this can also apply to many other art media. Getting the foundations right will significantly improve the quality of your work if you are already painting or save you a lot of heartache if you are a beginner.
27-28 March
Cees Sleidrecht - Watercolour, line & wash
Cess is well known for his excellent drawing skills combined with pen, watercolour and mixed media. His preferred style is semi abstract, drawing and painting people, landscapes, streetscapes, waterscenes and natural objects. Cess' passion is to give joy to the viewer through a unique combination of energy, life, light, movement, texture, rhythm and mood. Cess teaches art at TAFE, the Brisbane Arts Academy and conducts frequent workshops in both Queensland and New South Wales. Cees was the chief judge at the AFTM exhibition, Brisbane Festival 2008/09. He encourages the students to develop their own style and interpretation.
17-18 April
Terry Wilkinson - Exciting Paintings in Pastel
A Brisbane born artist, Terry works in both pastels and oils. Her work covers a broad range of subjects, everything intrigues her. At age nine, she was privileged to win a scholarship to the old Brisbane Art Gallery at Bowen Hills to be tutored by the late Vida Lahey for 5 years. After marrying and raising a family of 3 sons, she resumed painting in 1977 and has worked with a number of tutors including pastellist Les McDonaugh. She joined the Pastel Society of Australia in 1984 and was encouraged by Les to turn professional in 1985. In 1988, Terry was awarded the title of Master Pastellist. In 1988 she studied at Mt Gravatt TAFE and recieved a Cert. in Art and Design and also a Cert. in Painting. A Master Pastellist since 1988, Terry loves to paint the bush, sky, ocean, still-life and flowers...anything and everything. In this workshop you will be shown how to use and become confident enough to try and subject in pastel. Pastels are a very tactile medium; vibrant, instant and easy to use. This workshop will suit all levels of experience.
22-23 May
Don Milner- Oils
Murray's Art and Framing regrets the cancellation of Lyn Fraser-Roberts class and has booked Don Milner - Oils as a replacement for this class. Details to be confirmed
19-20 June
Mike Grice - Graphite drawing
30 July
Lorraine White - Manga (rending in colour pencil)
A Toowoomba artist and qualified secondary teacher, Lorraine works in a variety of media to express her artistic vision. Completing her BArts/BEducation at USQ with majors in Visual Arts (Textiles) and Geomorphology, Lorraine went on to teach Visual Art in high schools, until 2007 whe she joined Murray's Art and Framing. She has been a practising artist since then and is preparing for her first large collaborative exhibition. A regular Feature Artist at the Myart Gallery, Lorraine has also exhibited with Craft Queensland, IWOPF Sydney and the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery.
With a keen interest in hand drawn Japanese animation and a collector of anime cels, Lorraine will show workshop participants techniques to render your own characters in the Manga animation style. Prepare to layer, burnish and blend with the humble, yet versatile medium of colour pencil. Participants should have an understanding of the media style and basic character drawing skills.
Please note that this workshop is restricted to participants aged 15+
Murray's Staff Run Workshops
Watercolours with Roslyn - Beginners/intermediate classes
Drawing with Debbie - Intermediate class
Day classes are currently being scheduled for 2010 with the above staff tutors.
Contact
Murray’s Art & Framing
326 Ruthven Street
Toowoomba Q 4350
Ph: 07 4632 2727
Fax: 07 4638 4640
Email: art@myart.com.au