Description

Painting + Drawing

Four hours, once a week, with nowhere else to be.

The Studio Program offers a calm, thoughtful studio environment where you can experiment, explore ideas and develop your own creative practice.

Come with your own direction. Start with some warm-up drawing. Sessions are structured around the room — bring a piece you’re already partway through, printed reference material or photos you want to draw or paint from, or simply an idea you haven’t started yet.

Guided by Kate Coyne — National Art School-trained (MFA Painting) — you’ll develop confidence with colour, materials and composition while exploring contemporary and traditional approaches to drawing and painting.

The emphasis is on experimentation, observation, visual thinking and expressive mark-making, with practical studio-based exercises and individual guidance along the way.

The aim is to help you discover what interests you, take some creative risks and gradually develop a style and practice that’s genuinely your own.

Suitable for beginners, returning artists and experienced makers alike. Held upstairs in the event space at The Imperial, Clifton.

Booking is essential. Book early to guarantee a place.

Places are limited to 10 participants per session.

Price

10-week program at a discount, paid in advance
$792 incl GST + booking fee
CSA members $742 incl GST + booking fee

5-week program at a discount, paid in advance
$440 incl GST + booking fee
CSA members $396 incl GST + booking fee

Although it is preferable to book five consecutive sessions, we understand that life gets in the way. We’re flexible about when you take your five/ten sessions — simply select the date you propose to begin when booking.

Not sure yet? Try one Casual Session first, with no commitment beyond the day.

Casual Session
$99 incl GST + booking fee
CSA members $88 incl GST + booking fee

On booking, select the date you can begin your session/sessions. START ANYTIME. Booking is essential. Book early to guarantee a place. Places are limited to 10 participants per session.

Dates + Locations

The following classes will be held upstairs, Level 1, The Imperial Hotel,

315 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Clifton NSW 2515:

October 12, 19, 26

November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

December 7, 14

Time

10 am – 2 pm

(with a short break for lunch at 12)

What to bring

Your own materials/anything you like to work with — e.g. small canvas, canvas board, or heavy paper (2–3 supports to start), your own brushes and paint, a water tub, a pencil, eraser, charcoal and sketchbook, and any reference material you’d like to work from. An apron or old shirt is a good idea. Something to wrap your palette/brushes in for clean up at home.

Contact

Kate Coyne

Mobile: 0419 012 106

Host

The Studio Program

Website: www.thestudioprogram.com.au

In association with Clifton School of Arts

About us

The Studio Program is presented in association with Clifton School of Arts, a home for the arts, learning and community in the Northern Illawarra since 1880. Our workshops support their fundraising efforts.

This association matters to us. CSA is one of the region’s most significant cultural organisations, managed entirely by volunteers and sustained by the generosity of its members and supporters. The Studio Program is proud to contribute to that community — bringing a new generation of participants through its doors and supporting the ongoing life of a place that has always believed in the importance of creativity.

To join Clifton School of Arts, sign up here: https://artsclifton.org/support/membership/