Collection: Short Courses

Learn fundamental welding skills and complete small-scale welded steel sculptures. With demonstrations and techniques for using arc and MIG welders and oxyacetylene to cut, shape and bend steel, as well as ways to grind steel and use surface treatments suited to steel.

Work 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.

Are you inspired by photography and eager to take your skills to the next level? This immersive workshop will help you move beyond your camera’s automatic settings, develop creative and technical control and build the confidence to create photographs that reflect your personal vision. 

Curious about drawing but unsure where to start? This course is designed for beginners and those wanting to refresh their skills, offering an entry point into the fundamentals of drawing. Practical exercises will introduce you to the expressive possibilities of different media, including graphite and charcoal. 

Learn to see beyond the bewildering details of your subject to gather the colour information you need to get your painting off to a great start! Discover how to think of colour in a way that enables you to mix the exact colour that you want confidently and directly, every time. The course assumes no prior knowledge and has given great results with students from beginner to advanced levels.

Learn the fine art of copper plate etching, a medium both steeped in tradition and one that allows for exciting approaches to contemporary art making. Discover the wonderful array of marks, tones and working processes that are possible in this alluring and engaging art form. 

Are you curious about working with clay and eager to try the pottery wheel? This course offers an immersive, hands-on introduction to wheel-throwing, designed especially for beginners to build a strong foundation in traditional techniques while exploring the creative forms. 

This painting intensive draws inspiration from two major exhibitions at the Art Gallery of NSW. Through guided gallery visits and studio practice at the NAS campus, students will develop new perspectives in concepts, colour and depth in their paintings and mixed media. 

Enrol in an immersive and dynamic workshop that explores three-dimensional slab construction with terracotta clay. The emphasis is on developing experimental slab forms with an orientation towards vessel structures. An extensive variety of in-depth surface embellishment techniques will be explored.

Ready to take your drawing skills to the next level? This course is designed to deepen your observational and expressive abilities, expand your perception and unlock new possibilities in your drawing practice. 

Are you eager to move from being an arts enthusiast to a practising, exhibiting and sustainable artist? Learn what it takes to become a professional artist; how to research and understand the investment of time, money, planning, energy and creativity it requires to survive in the arts. 

This 5-day intensive is a hands-on introduction to the art of film photography. Designed for beginners and enthusiasts alike, the course covers the fundamentals of shooting with manual film cameras, understanding exposure, composition, darkroom printing, and the unique characteristics of film photography. 

Explore a range of monoprint, papermaking and bookmaking techniques; transforming existing papers into surfaces for drawing, painting, printing and collage to create artists’ books; incorporate various materials to reimagine and repurpose visual ideas.   

Join a comprehensive, foundation course in figure drawing to develop your technical skills and gain confidence in capturing the human form in dynamic poses in the drawing studio and in real-world environments.