Sundays; 9:30 am – 12:30 pm - Elgin Studio
2 February to 2 March 2025 (5 sessions)
29 March 2025 to 6 April 2025 (5 sessions)
Learn Drawing Fundamentals
This course combines both formal and informal approaches to drawing. Each week, Camila will guide the class through a unique drawing experience. Participants will work observationally from life in various contexts and settings, including studio-based work and street drawing. The course will emphasise drawing as both a skill and a tool for self-expression, helping participants discover and develop their personal style. Designed as a rolling program, participants will journey with Camila as their guide, exploring a range of drawing techniques and materials.
$380
Learn Drawing Fundamentals
Level: Beginner / Intermediate/Experienced
Ages: This course is designed for adults
5 Week Short Courses
Drawing serves as the cornerstone of artistic expression. In this course, we embark on a comprehensive exploration of drawing, with a strong emphasis on mastering its fundamental principles.
Led by Camila, each class offers an immersive drawing experience. Participants engage in observational drawing exercises that span diverse contexts—from studio settings to street scenes. Camila serves as a steady guide throughout this ongoing program, allowing participants to navigate various drawing techniques and experiment with different materials.
To ensure personalised tuition, class sizes are intentionally kept small. This intimate setting fosters one-on-one guidance, allowing Camila to provide individualised teaching and support to each participant as they progress on their drawing journey.
This course will be taught by experienced Artist and Teacher Camila Quintero. Camila Quintero (MA in Fine Arts from RMIT Australia, BA in Fine Arts from Universidad Nacional Colombia) specialises in painting and drawing.
In 2014 she was awarded the Best Thesis Project Of Arts at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, as well as the Nacional Art Residencies Open Call Winner from the Ministry of Culture, Colombia.
More recently, she has been awarded the Mary Oliphant Best Tutorial Award for her project Gut Stories At RMIT University, and the 2019 SITUATE studio residency award at the RMIT SITUATE studios in Melbourne.
Saturdays
8 March - 5 April 2025 (5 sessions)
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
union Studio
Drawing is fundamental to any artistic practice. This short course is designed for people who are looking to learn the fundamentals of observational drawing. Perfect for beginners or those looking for a refresher on drawing techniques.
$380
Tuesday 5 November, 2024 (Melbourne Cup Day)
9:30 am – 4:00 pm - Union Studio
Be introduced to some of the most powerful drawing techniques you will ever use. With a focus on the perception of a three-dimensional world this intensive is designed to re-train your brain to see.
Founder and Director of Melbourne Art Class, Marco Corsini will draw on his extensive experience of working with beginner artists to set the foundation for a new way of seeing and drawing from life. You will explore fundamental techniques and tools and refine your drawing skills with this extremely experienced tutor.
$230
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Wednesdays
29 January - 2 April 2025(5 sessions)
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Union Studio
Drawing the Figure and the Face short course will focus on the fundamentals of drawing through cast drawing and life drawing.
You will be introduced to various strategies and techniques for drawing the figure and the face. This course will assist beginner and intermediate artists in developing fundamental drawing techniques.
$380
Tuesdays
28 January - 15 February 2025 (5 sessions)
7pm -9:30pm
Elgin Studio
Melbourne Art Class welcomes leading Australian contemporary abstract artist Samara Adamson-Pinczewski to conduct an introductory course solely dedicated to abstract art practice. This course introduces the key elements and techniques of abstraction and will help beginner students, and artists who would like to revisit the fundamentals.
$380
Saturdays
11 February - 1 March 2025 (5 sessions)
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Union Studio
Take a deep dive into the landscape and the classical techniques used by contemporary painter Sam Leach. He will lead you though the fundamentals of Grisaille, and demonstrate how artists such as Da Vinci, Titian, Vermeer and Rembrandt created such memorable work. A great course for beginners and those that are wanting to improve their painting.
$380
22 August - 12 September, 2024 (4 sessions)
Thursdays, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm - Glenferrie Studio
Students will be introduced to basic gouache and watercolour illustration techniques including colour mixing, laying washes, colour glazing and lifting out, to set the foundation for watercolour painting. Olivia will also discuss the basic materials and equipment of watercolour such as a selection of basic colours in pans or tubes, brushes, watercolour papers, palettes and accessories.
$304
Coming Soon
12 November - 10 December, 2024 (5 sessions)
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm - Union Studio
How did some of the greatest artists of all time begin a painting? Contemporary painter Saffron Newey will lead you through the fundamentals of Grisaille, and demonstrate how artists such as Da Vinci, Titian, Vermeer and Rembrandt created such memorable work. A great course for beginners and those that are wanting to improve their painting.
$380
Coming Soon
Thursdays
30 January - 27 February 2025 (5 sessions)
and
6 March - 3 April 2025 (5 sessions)
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Glenferrie Studio
This is an introduction to watercolour and gouache short course taught by Catalina Leichner, Argentinian artist and Art Conservator who specialises in watercolour illustration.
Catalina will introduce students to key foundational techniques for using gouache and watercolour media. Catalina will offer personalised assistance informed by the participants individual illustration goals.
$380
If you can’t make it this time please provide us with your details and we will keep you informed regarding upcoming courses
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