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Life Drawing Club at NAS
On Campus
20 Jul - 7 Dec 2023 (Thu, Thu)
5:30pm - 8:30pmSpencerEnliven your life drawing skills and join a friendly community of people who love drawing from life models. The NAS Life Drawing Club is a drop-in style workshop, where you draw at your own pace, but no formal tuition is provided. The Life Drawing Club is held weekly throughout the NAS academic semesters on Thursday evenings from 5:30-8:30pm.Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
RADIANCE: the Art of Elisabeth Cummings Exhibition Catalogue
Radiance is a celebration of the work of Elisabeth Cummings OAM, one of Australia’s most exceptional and esteemed painters, and a distinguished/ alumna of the National Art School. This exhibition focuses on her primary medium, working in oil paint, with major works from the last 30 years featuring the artist’s distinctive painterly language and revelatory colour. Cummings’ art practice is grounded in the experience of her surroundings distilled into visual form. Vibrant, semi-abstract compositions in themselves, most artworks emerge from the artist’s memory of and response to specific landforms and ecologies, as well as beloved internal spaces.
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Dobell Drawing Prize #23 Exhibition Catalogue
The catalogue for the Dobell Drawing Prize #23 celebrates the 2023 iteration of the prize held at NAS Galleries. The publication includes forewords by Steven Alderton, National Art School Director and CEO and Michelle Belgiorno-Nettis, Sir William Dobell Art Foundation and an essay by Dr Maryanne Coutts, National Art School Head of Drawing. The 64 finalists have a spread each with an image of their work and accompanying artist statement.Regular price $25.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Art Club Term 4 - Expanded Drawing
On Campus
10 Oct - 28 Nov 2023 (Tue)
4:30pm - 6:30pmLuke Thurgate, Stephanie EatherSpend Tuesday afternoons developing your skills in this expanded drawing program. You’ll explore what drawing can be in the studio with a range of projects including collaborative floor drawings, still life studies, portraiture, and more.
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Wheelforming Techniques (6 Weeks Only!)
On Campus
9 Oct - 13 Nov 2023 (Mon)
6:00pm - 9:00pmJoseph PurtleLearn how to throw pots with a strong architectural form to create objects of simplicity and beauty. Explore the basic structures, movements and techniques of wheelforming in this hands-on course and become proficient on the potter’s wheel.
*Please note this course runs for 6 weeks only
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Landscape Drawing and Painting
Residential Art Camp
5-9 Nov 2023 (Sun - Thu)
9:30am - 4:30pmMichelle HiscockA 4-day Residential Art Camp at Mystery Bay. Capture the richness of colour, light and atmosphere in the medium of oil painting at beautiful Mystery Bay on the south coast of NSW.
With unlimited access to pristine beaches, rocky outcrops, mountains, flora and fauna, this lush countryside will delight your senses and invigorate your paintings. Accommodation and catering costs are additional to course fee.
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Life Drawing (Daytime)
On Campus
7 Oct - 25 Nov 2023 (Sat)
10:00am - 2:00pmNoel ThurgateWork directly from the nude figure to understand the balance between observed figuration and abstract formal qualities. All fundamental drawing elements are considered, including compositional issues of the human form, space and structure.Regular price $980.00Regular priceUnit price perSOLD OUT -
Painting Fundamentals: Acrylic and Oils
On Campus
9 Oct - 27 Nov 2023 (Mon)
6:00pm - 9:00pmKevin McKayHave you always wanted to paint but haven’t known where to start? Designed for complete beginners, this course will give you a solid and practical foundation in painting using acrylics and oil paints. Learn simple processes for colour mixing, composition, and perspective, to produce a suite of finished paintings.Regular price $735.00Regular priceUnit price perSOLD OUT -
Expressive Painting for Beginners
On Campus
9 Oct - 27 Nov 2023 (Mon)
10:00am - 2:00pmAnnabel ButlerLearn to paint expressively with an individual approach while increasing your knowledge and understanding of the importance of colour, composition and form. Using acrylic or oil paint, students will learn how to mix and experiment with colour and will be encouraged to paint quickly and loosely and to develop expressive brushwork.Regular price $980.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Portrait Painting Masterclass with Jude Rae
On Campus
23-24 Sep 2023 (Sat & Sun)
9:00am - 5:00pmJude RaeThis Masterclass in portrait painting with renowned artist Jude Rae, is a unique and immersive weekend course for intermediate to advanced students who wish to expand their portraiture and painting skills.
Photo Credit: Portrait of Jude Rae by Maria Stoljar from Talking with Painters
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Abstraction and Landscape Painting
Online
11 Oct - 29 Nov 2023 (Wed)
10:00am - 1:00pmFran O’NeillInvigorate your painting practice and expand your visual vocabulary of abstraction and landscape painting. Learn how to draw out the abstract from within the conventions of landscape, looking backwards and forwards, and constantly exploring the rich potential of the painted image.Regular price $490.00Regular priceUnit price perSOLD OUT -
Colour, Abstraction and Expressive Painting
On Campus
12 Oct - 30 Nov 2023 (Thu)
6:00pm - 9:00pmTonee MessiahLearn about the fundamental principles of colour-mixing and discover how colours change and move in a picture plane. Be introduced to painting approaches from modernist abstraction to the present day and discover how to translate subject matter using colour as a powerful expressive tool.Regular price $735.00Regular priceUnit price per