Term 4, 2016 ESAP Program
Oct/Nov/Dec Tuesday evening sessions: Oct 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th, Nov 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th Dec 6th, 13th (No class on Melbourne Cup Nov 1st)
Time: 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Oct 4th General introduction to drawing/ Project session
Oct 11th General introduction to drawing/ Project session
Oct 18th General introduction to drawing/ Project session
Oct 25th Visit Gallery 314 for Marco Corsini artist talk/ Project Session
Nov 8th Short talk: The art of Zoey Frank, Project Session, Beginners painting from Still Life
Nov 15th Beginners painting from Still Life/ Project Session
Nov 22nd Short talk: The art of Graeme Drendel, Project session
Nov 29th Project Session, Beginners painting from Still Life, Introduction to colour theory.
Term 3, 2016 ESAP Program
Tuesday 7.00 pm – 9.30 pm Jul 12, 19, 26, Aug 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Sept 6, 13
(10 sessions)
Jul 12th General introduction to drawing/ Project session
July 19th General introduction to drawing/ Project session
July 26th Short talk: The art of Morandi, Composition and Space/ Project session
Aug 2nd General introduction to drawing/ Project session
Aug 9th Short talk: The art of Cezanne, Composition and Space/ Project session
Aug 16th General introduction to painting – Grisaille, Underpainting / Project session
Aug 23rd General introduction to painting – Dead colour painting, glazing / Project session
Aug 30th Short talk: Colour/ Project session
Sep 6th Project sessionGuest Artist talk: TBA
Sep 13th Guest Artist talk: Jesse Dayan
Term 1, 2016 ESAP Program
Tuesday 7.00 pm – 9.30 pm February 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, Mar 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd
(8 sessions)
Feb 2nd General introduction to drawing/ Project session
Feb 9th General introduction to painting/ Project session
Feb 16th Short Talk: A short history of the body In Art
Feb 23rd Project session
Mar 1st Guest Artist Talk: Irene Ferguson, award winning New Zealand portrait artist.
Mar 8th Project Session
Mar 15th Short Talk: Creativity, what is it and how do we use it?
Mar 22nd Project Session
You can view our previous term programs by clicking below:
Tuesday 7.00 pm. – 9.30 pm, October 6th – December 15th
(excluding Tuesday November 3rd which is Melbourne Cup Day)
Oct 6th General introduction to drawing/ Project session
Oct 13th General introduction to drawing/ Project session
Oct 20th Short Talk: Marco on his own recent work, Project session
Oct 27th Short Talk: The representation of space in the work of Masaccio (c. 1401-1428), Project session
Nov 3rd No Class, Melbourne Cup Day
Nov 10th Project Session
Nov 17th Short Talk: Colour, composition and emotion
Nov 24th Project Session
Nov 1st Project Session
Dec 8th Guest Artist speaker: Adrian Stojkovich, Project session
Dec 15th Project session
Tuesdays 7.00 pm. – 9.30 pm, July 14th – September 15th
Jul 14th General introduction to drawing, Project session
Jul 21st Short talk: The art of Vincent Desiderio, Project Session
Jul 28th Project Session
Aug 4th Short talk: Colour theory and colour mixing
Aug 11th Project Session
Aug 18th Project Session
Aug 25th Short talk: The question of Beauty. looking at the work of Jenny Saville
Sep 1st Project Session
Sep 8th Guest Artist: Jennifer Whitten, Project Session
Sep 15th Project Session
Tuesdays April 14th – June 23rd, 7.00 pm. – 9.30 pm
This term’s presentations will focus upon Post Colonial art.
Apr 14th General introduction to drawing for new students, Project session
Apr 21st Short Talk: The art of Sarnath-Banerjee, Anila Quayyum Agha, Khaled Jarrar, Alexia Webster and Yto Barrada
Apr 21st Short Talk: The art of Sarnath-Banerjee, Anila Quayyum Agha, Khaled Jarrar, Alexia Webster and Yto Barrada
Apr 28th Project session
May 5th Project session
May 12th Short Talk: The art of Shirin Nest
May 19th Guest Speaker: Damon Kowarsky
May 26th Short Talk: : John Singer Sargent’s painting technique, project session
Jun 2nd Project session
Jun 9th Project session
Jun 16th Guest Speaker: John Lee Joo For.
John is generally regarded as one of the group of artists who shaped the new aesthetic of the sixties in Malaysia. He has also been considered one of Malaysia’s leading playwrights. John was honoured with a retrospective at the Penang State Art Gallery in 2008.
Jun 23rd Project session
Tuesdays 7.00 pm. – 9.30 pm, February 3rd – March 24th (8 sessions)
Feb 3rd Project session
*During project sessions experienced students work on their own projects and newer students are guided through set exercises.
Feb 10th Short talk: Cezanne’s quiet revolution, Project session
Feb 17th Short talk: Betty Edward’s, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Project Session
Feb 24th Project Session
Mar 3rd Guest Speaker: Hilmi Baskurt on Modernism, Space and Composition followed by a Project Session
Mar 10th Project Session
Mar 17th Guest Artist Talk: Hilmi Baskurt speaking about is work followed by Project Session
Mar 24th Project Session
Term 4 dates October 7th – December 9th excluding November 4th – Melbourne Cup Day
(9 sessions)
Oct 7th Short talk: The art of Neo Rauch, Project session
Oct 14th Projects session
*During project sessions experienced students work on their own projects and newer students are guided through set exercises
Oct 21st Short talk: Strategies and processes towards concept, composition and narrative, Projects session
Oct 28th Project session
Nov 4th NO CLASS because of Melbourne Cup Day
Nov 11th Short Talk: Tiepolo, Project Session
Nov 18th Project Session
Nov 25th Dec 2nd Life DrawingShort Talk: The art of Lucian Freud
Dec 9th
Term 3 dates July 15th – September 16th (10 sessions)
Jul 15th Short Talk: The art of Antonio López García, Project session*, Thematic exercises
*During project sessions experienced students work on their own projects and newer students are guided through set exercises
Jul 22nd Guest artist: Tony Irving on colour, Project session, Thematic exercises
Jul 29th Project session, Thematic exercises
Aug 5th Short Talk: Rembrandt’s painting techniques, Project session
Aug 12th Project Session
Aug 19th Short Talk: 10 Australian contemporary artists,
Aug 26th Life Drawing session
Sep 2nd Guest artist speaker: Emily Ferretti followed by a Project session
Sep 9th Project Session
Sep 16th Short talk: Odd Nerdrum’s ‘Kitsch’, Project session
Term 2 dates April 29th – June 24th (9 sessions)
Apr 29th Short Talk: Distortion, design and composition, Project session*, Thematic exercises
*During project sessions experienced students work on their own projects and newer students are guided through set exercises
May 6th Project Session
May 13th Short talk: The art of Andrew Wyeth, Project session
May 20th Short Talk: Bargue drawing techniques, Project session, Thematic exercises
May 27th Short Talk: Watercolour Painting, Project session, Thematic exercises
Jun 3rd Life Drawing session
Jun 10th Guest artist speaker: Tony Irving, Project session
Jun 17th Short talk: The Painter’s Palette, laying out and mixing, Project session
Jun 24th Costumed Model session
Term 1, 2014 ESAP program
Term 1, 2014 dates are Feb 4th – April 1st.
Feb 4th Short talk: Tracing Van Gogh’s discipline and development, project session and associated exercises on theme.*
*During project sessions experienced students work on their own projects and newer students are guided through set exercises
Feb 11th Short Talk: Rendering forms and textures, project session, thematic exercises
Feb 18th Short Talk: Oil painting – an introduction, project session, thematic exercises
Feb 25th Guest Artist Talk: Andrea Smith, is trained in the academic painting tradition in Florence. Founder of art schools in New York and Rome. Smith has exhibited in Europe, the U.S.A and Australia. Followed by a project session
Mar 4th Short Talk: Enigma within the work of Odilon Redon, project session, thematic exercises
Mar 11th Life Drawing
Mar 18th Short talk: What is contemporary art? project session, thematic exercises
Mar 25th Project Session
Apr 1th Painting/drawing session with costumed model in one pose
Oct 8th Short talk: Composition and Movement, project session and associated exercises on theme.*
*During project sessions experienced students work on their own projects and newer students are guided through set exercises
Oct 15th Short talk: The perception of space and its representation, project session, thematic exercises
Oct 22nd Guest artist talk: Maree Woolley – multi award winning illustrator and animator, project session, thematic exercises
Oct 29th Short talk: The technology and techniques of Acrylics, project session
Nov 5th No Class, Melbourne Cup Day
Nov 12th Short talk: Expressionism, project session, thematic exercises
Nov 19th Life Drawing
Nov 26th Short talk: Surrealism, The work of Kirsty Mitchell, project session, thematic exercises
Dec 3rd Project session with costumed model, classical garment
Dec 10th Short talk: Drawing the head, feet and hands, project session with model
Jul 16th Short talk: What is Drawing?, project session*
*During project sessions experienced students work on their own projects and newer students are guided through set exercises.
Jul 23rd Short talk: Fundamental Drawing Techniques and the ‘Drawing Toolbox’, project session
Jul 30th Short Talk: Fundamental Drawing Techniques – Representing Space, Perspective and Tone, project session
Aug 6th Short Talk: Kurt Schwitters & Matthias Weischer, Space and Composition, project session
Aug 13th Guest artist talk: David Palliser, project session
Aug 20th Short talk: The Elements and Principles of Design, project session
Aug 27th Life Drawing session
Sept 3rd Short talk: Comparing oil painting techniques, Venetian and Northern Renaissance, project session
Sept 10th Short talk: Fundamentals of portraiture, project session with model
Sept 17th Project session with model
Apr 16th Project session (During project sessions experienced students work on their own projects and newer students are guided through set exercises.)
Apr 23rd Talk: Francisco Goya (The second part of a talk on Goya looking at the the artist’s work after 1800). To by followed by a project session.
Apr 30th Project session
May 7th Life Drawing
May 14th Project session
May 21st Guest Artist Talk: Graeme Drendel, figurative painter and printmaker.
To be followed by a project session.
May 28th Project session.
Jun 4th Guest Speaker: Kevin Brennan on Berger’s, Ways of Seeing. Kevin Brennan has twenty five years experience in arts management and public policy. He currently lectures at the VCA and RMIT.
To be followed by project session.
Jun 11th Project session.
Jun 18th Geoff Stuart on the human brain, illusions, colour and art. Geoff Stuart (Assoc. Prof. at Latrobe and Melbourne Universities) has worked in neuroscience and psychology for 30 years. He has a PhD in visual illusions and a longstanding interest in colour perception.
To be followed by a project session.
Jun 25th Project session
Jan 29, Feb 1 Introduction to term work briefs followed by a project session*. Participants have an option of following one of three work briefs for the term’s project sessions.
Feb 5, 8 Talk: Goya, followed by a project session
Feb 12, 15 Project session
Feb 19, 22 Life drawing with a focus on mark, tone and texture
Feb 26, Mar 1 Project session
Mar 5, 8 Guest talk: Kevin Brennan, VCA Lecturer, followed by project session
Mar 12, 15 Project session
Mar 19, 22 Talk: Gordon Bennett, colonialism and identity followed by project session
Mar 26 Project session
*During project sessions experienced students work on their own projects and newer students are guided through set exercises.
Oct 9 Project session*
Oct 16 Talk: Universal and personal themes in the art of Artemisia Gentileschi
Oct 23 Project session
Oct 30 Workshop: Drawing feet and hands (with model)
Nov 6 No class due to public holiday
Nov 13 Life drawing
Nov 20 Guest artist talk followed by project session
Nov 27 Talk: Colour, mark and myth in the work of Cy Twombly followed by project session
Dec 4 Project session
*During project sessions experienced students work on their own projects and newer students are guided through set exercises.
