The gallery runs an annual four term program of classes and workshops in art for adults and children. 
Each term runs for eight weeks, and subject matter ranges from watercolour to printing.

Weekend workshops are usually a one day workshop on either day, and these are a great opportunity to try something new.

 

A201 - WATERCOLOUR with Anne Brack
In this class all students from beginner to advanced, receive individual instruction from the tutor in all methods of watercolour including pen and pastels, two integral components of the watercolour medium.
Cost: $195 (8 weeks) + materials list
9.00am - 12.00pm Monday 3 May - 28 June

A202 - EXPERIMENTAL PAINTING with Charlie Trivers
This Masterclass is designed for artists (from advanced to beginner) who are looking for a learning adventure designed to develop individual visual art language. The student will need to be able to be open to unorthodox avenues and suggestions Charlie is a very experienced TAFE and University Lecturer who has taught tertiary students to explore personal signature by a series of experimental exercises. The students discover the uniqueness of their own interpretations and use these discoveries to build upon individual aesthetics. Teaching will be a combination of group and individually, personally designed exercises. Learning will be serious fun. Charlie will also explain how these exercises relate to Art History and Theory.
Cost: $345 (8 weeks) + materials list
9.00am - 2.30pm Monday 3 May - 28 June

A203 - MODERN PAINTING with Tony Tozer
This is a new class with the focus placed on working both on and with paper. An exploration of different ‘paper collage techniques’ as well as the development of working with various types of papers including all printed matter, stained and coloured paper, cardboard etc is taught. Drawing and painting will also be encouraged in association with the above.
Cost: $195 (8 weeks) + materials list
9.30am - 12.30pm Tuesday 27 April - 15 June

A204 - PORCELAIN PAINTING with Aileen McLeod
This class is for the beginner through to the advanced porcelain artist. The subject will be wildflowers and a sample will be provided. Aileen will guide you through the stages of sketching your design, mixing colours and applying brush strokes to form the design. Paints and brushes will be supplied for the beginners. Plates to be purchased from the tutor. All porcelain art must be fired between colour applications and a cost of $2 for firing can be paid to Aileen.
Cost: $85 (4 weeks) $5 materials paid to tutor
1.00pm - 3.30pm Tuesday 27 April - 18 May

A205 - EXPLORING THE ART OF DRAWING with Glenda Morgan
A new class that focuses on drawing with confidence. Each term focuses on a special aspect of drawing, building, developing skills and applying them to exciting and stimulating subject matter. This term is looking at ‘what makes a Portrait’, learning traditional skills while exploring various mediums of graphite, charcoals and coloured pencils. The fundamentals of techniques are taught and then developed in a modern manner. This is a creative and instructive class for beginners through to advanced.
Cost: $195 (8 weeks) + materials list
9.00am - 12.00pm Wednesday 28 April - 16 June

A206 - CONTEMPORARY AND EXPERIMENTAL DRAWING with Glenda Morgan
A class that combines drawing and painting into a mixed media artwork. You will learn to explore and combine a series of techniques such as gouache, stencilling, monotypes and collage to combine these with drawing techniques using charcoal, ink and graphite to develop a new approach to creating works on paper. Within each term a series of work is produced from a single subject resulting into a stimulating range of ideas for the individual and producing works of beauty and skill.
Cost: $195 (8 weeks) + materials list
12.30pm - 3.30pm Wednesday 28 April - 16 June

A207 - OIL PAINTING - STUDIO PRACTICE with Ingaborg Zotz
The emphasis is on one-to-one tuition. This class will be driven by your individual projects and how they can be developed over the term and beyond. Using oils, painting in any genre from abstract to figurative, this class is suitable for all levels of experience.
Cost: $170 (8 weeks) + materials list
6.30pm - 9.00pm Wednesday 28 April - 16 June

A208 - IMPROVING YOUR WATERCOLOURS with David Clarke
This class will take you through a series of exercises to explain tone, colour, design and edges on a range of diverse subjects. Class notes will be provided and attendees are invited to bring in their own paintings for appraisal and assistance in developing and enhancing their watercolour skills.
Cost: $195 (8 weeks) + materials list
9.30am - 12.30pm Thursday 29 April - 17 June

A209 - MEANDERING THROUGH ART with Alicë Haigh
Anxious about acrylics? Worried about watercolours? Distressed about drawing? Perplexed about perspective? All these areas are covered and many more with tutor Alicë Haigh. The mysteries of perspective will be solved in an easy and simple way along with portraits, landscapes and exotic animals. This class is for the beginner or advanced student and is a fun but educational class. Come and advance your artistic abilities.
Cost: $170(8 weeks) + materials list
1.00pm - 3.30pm Thursday 29 April - 17 June

A210 - PASTELS with Kerry Elias Moore
A211 - PASTELS with Kerry Elias Moore
Learn different techniques and explore the beauty and versatility of drawing with pastels. Work from still life in the studio or from your
own photos, sketches and ideas. Students will learn basic drawing skills as well as the tools to discover their own expression.
Cost: $195 (8 weeks) + materials list 9.30am - 12.30pm
Cost: $195 (8 weeks) + materials list 1.00pm - 4.00pm
Friday 30 April - 18 June

LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS
EVERY THURSDAY EVENING RUNNING THROUGHOUT 2010
This is a drop-in group - no booking required
These sessions are excellent for students completing their Visual Arts subject in the HSC
$15 PER WEEK
6.30 - 9.00PM

Bookings essential. Payment to be made upon booking to secure place.
Payment can be made by credit card over the telephone on 4325 0056 or cash/credit card at the Gallery Reception.

 

 

 

 

 

Weekend workshops are usually a one day workshop on either day, and these are a great opportunity to try something new.

 

W201 - BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION with Belinda Biggs
This is a workshop for all levels of learning with the workshop will beginning with a full tonal drawing, then move on to a watercolour painting to complete a beautiful finished piece. This is a great art form that you will find very addictive!
Cost: $65 + materials list
10.00am - 4.00pm Saturday 1 May and Sunday 2 May

W202 - WATERCOLOUR WEEKEND with Ingaborg Zotz
Enjoy a colourful weekend with the exciting paint medium of Watercolour. Look at shapes and how they behave in the landscape and still life. Explore their colours and textures and learn how to create them.
Cost: $130 + materials list
10.00am - 4.00pm Saturday 15 May and Sunday 16 May

W203 - MINIATURE PAINTING with Aileen McLeod
Painting miniatures goes back over 500 years and a revival has begun throughout the art world! Aileen will teach you how to apply watercolour and gouache paint on watercolour paper. You will produce a delicate and intricate art form of a ‘special’ miniature portrait. This workshop is suitable for the beginner through to the professional artist. Paints and brushes will be provided while paper can be purchased.
Cost: $65 + $5 materials paid to tutor
10.00am - 4.00pm Saturday 22 May

W204 - PAINTING WITH WOOL with Catherine Stanley
Discover the rich and decorative process of felt making. Students will develop an understanding of the felt making process as you explore a variety of methods of colour mixing and forms with the highly tactile and magical technique of making felt fabric. The first day will involve making simple projects eg bags and mats. The second day there will be more complex works to create eg seamless felt, hats, shoes and musical instrument covers.
Cost: $130 + $20 for materials paid to tutor
10.00am - 4.00pm Saturday 29 May and Sunday 30 May

W205 - INTRODUCTION TO DRYPOINT ETCHING with Luke Shelley
This introductory printmaking course that will enable students to explore the processes involved in creating Drypoint etchings on Perspex. This workshop will be guided by Luke Shelley who studied printmaking at the National Art School. Students can create a suite of etchings and learn the techniques involved in creating limited edition prints.
Cost: $65 + $25 for materials paid to tutor
11.00am - 3.00pm Saturday 13 March

W206 - LIFE DRAWING with Anna Collins
Life drawing is diverse and Anna will encourage the use of different mediums from pencil, charcoal, conte crayons and pen to inks and watercolours. We will talk about the many forms of life drawing by many different artists and consider the many techniques they have applied. Anna will show how to truly ‘see’ the human body, by studying the techniques of form, line, tone and positive and negative shapes. Above all, Anna will show you how enjoyable life drawing can be.
Cost: $105 (cost includes model) + materials list
10.00am - 4.00pm Saturday 20 June

CENTRAL COAST BOTANICAL ART GROUP (CCBAG)
NEW MEMBERS ARE VERY WELCOME
This group aims to foster members’ learning and
experimentation in the genre of botanical art. Members will gain knowledge and skills through sharing and discussion.
Members meet weekly to draw and paint together.
No formal tuition is provided.
9.30am - 12.30pm
20 April - 22 June
$85 per 9 week term

Bookings essential. Payment to be made upon booking to secure place.
Payment can be made by credit card over the telephone on 4325 0056 or cash/credit card at the Gallery Reception.

For Children Aged 6-15

Download an enrolment form.
Enrolment Form (pdf)

Draw-in at the Garden
7, 8, 9 April from 10.30am - 12pm daily
This relaxing and enjoyable workshop is an excellent way to
learn about the beautiful Gosford/Edogawa Japanese Garden.
Materials including oil pastels and art paper will be provided, as
well as light refreshments. Artworks will be placed on display
in the Garden Tea House the following weekend (10/11 April).
Younger children accepted if accompanied by a parent.

Symbols and Meanings in Aboriginal Art - Annette
Kennedy
12 April from 10.30 - 12.30pm (WS01)
and from 1.30pm - 3.30pm (WS02)
Children will be introduced to Aboriginal symbols and
meanings to produce Aboriginal designs using templates.
The designs will then be transformed into a painting. A home
sheet of the symbols will be provided to use and keep.

Stories and Stitches - Catherine Stanley
13 April from 10.30 - 12.30pm (AC01)
In this art class children will explore hand stitching, fibres and
threads to tell an imaginative, textual story.

Ned Kelly - Wendy Bills,
14 April from 10.30 - 12.30pm (AC02)
This entertaining art class is based on the colourful works of
Sidney Nolan, one of Australia’s best known artists, famous
for his paintings of Ned Kelly and the Australian Outback.
Children will make their own sketches of bushrangers
followed by vibrant paintings to reflect Nolan’s strong images
of the outlaw on horseback.

Portraits - Wendy Bills
14 April from 1.30 - 3.30pm (AC03)
In this fun art class children will sketch and paint the human
face. After exploring techniques and observing the work
of master artists, line and colour will be used to creatively
produce portraits from life.

Jewellery Making - Sue Godwin
15 April from 10.30 - 12.30pm (WS03)
Children will love this workshop where they will learn to
create a treasured item of jewellery, a special gift for someone
or a precious keepsake for themselves.

Textural Drawing - Beverly Clarke
15 April from 1.30 - 3.30pm (AC04)
A drawing class designed to push children’s creativity using
graphite sticks, coloured pencils, oil pastels and watercolours.
Children can choose their own subject and will explore
their ideas with the assistance from the tutor to create an
imaginative artwork.

Mask Making Mega Fun - Max Stuart
16 April from 10.30 - 12.30pm (WS04)
Come on kids, surprise your parents…...startle your friends.
Don’t pull a face…..make one at the gallery where all mask
makers will be creatively revealed.

Collaging - Anna Collins
16 April from 10.30 - 12.30pm (AC05)
Join this class to create a collage using paper and objects of a
family member, a self portrait or representation of someone
interesting. Children can either work from photos or use their
imagination to create a fantasy portrait.

Bookings essential. Payment to be made upon booking to secure place.
Payment can be made by credit card over the telephone on 4325 0056 or cash/credit card at the Gallery Reception. Minimum of five students needed for class to commence otherwise activity will be cancelled.

ART BASICS (ages 6 – 11) with Sandra McArthur
Monday 3 May - 28 June (C201 )
‘Art Basics’ will improve your drawing and painting skills
by exploring the basics of art making with a variety of
materials. Learn about the elements of art through the
exploration of line, colour, texture, tone and shape.

EXPLORING MIXED MEDIA FOR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN
with Wendy Bills. Tuesday 27 April - 15 June (C202)
This exciting, diverse class will assist students develop
confidence and creativity in drawing and painting. Children
will learn techniques and observational skills using a variety
of mediums. Inspiration will be taken from master art works,
the world around us and real life objects.

ART BASICS (ages 12 - 16) with Sandra McArthur
Wednesday 28 April - 16 June (C203)
‘Art Basics’ will improve your drawing and painting skills
by exploring the basics of art making with a variety of
materials. Learn about the elements of art through the
exploration of line, colour, texture, tone and shape.

BUDDING ARTISTS with Alice Haig
Thursday 29 April - 17 June (C204)
Developing artistic techniques in painting and drawing to
help students gain confidence in their art making.
Children’s classes commence at 4pm and finish at 5.30pm.
Classes are for students aged 6 years and up.
Cost: $130 per child including materials.
* First child pays full price, second child only pays $100.

Bookings essential. Payment to be made upon booking to secure a place.
Payment can be made by credit card over the telephone on 4325 0056
or cash/credit card at the Gallery Reception.
A minimum of five students is needed for class to commence.