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Exploring Abstraction Intensive returns!

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Come along to Merryn Trevethan’s popular EXPLORING ABSTRACTION INTENSIVE on Sunday 5th August!

This is a one day workshop where you will explore abstract strategies for creating work through a series of structured exercises for creating work and generating ideas. Working from unique still life setups you will incorporate some of the fundamental elements of drawing and painting to help push your perception towards a more abstract approach.

You will experiment with different types of lines, gesture and mark making, while considering the role of composition, scale and the picture plane in the creation of dynamic artworks. The importance of negative space in creating form and space will be explored.

Places are limited, book your spot HERE!

Life Drawing sessions this week!

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CASUAL LIFE DRAWING returns on Wednesday night and Saturday morning! Join us for a wonderful drawing session with a professional model with plenty of room to experiment and try new things! These sessions often book out so please reserve your easel online to avoid disappointment.

Monday inspiration by Saul Bellow

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Long pose Life Drawing

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LONG POSE LIFE DRAWING/PAINTING returns on Sunday 8th of July!

Draw all day from TWO models in the one pose giving you the opportunity to tackle more sustained paintings or drawings. You’re welcome to work in any medium you like – painting, drawing, sculpture (excluding toxic materials).

Places are limited, light lunch provided, please book your place HERE.

Life Drawing this week

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Pictured: Drawings by Theo

We have another two great CASUAL LIFE DRAWING sessions on this week – Wednesday night and Saturday morning! Please note that these sessions often book out so please reserve your easel HERE.

An important Monday reminder…

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So you want to be a photographer

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Ilona was recently interviewed by Gina Milicia for her podcast So You Think You Want To Be a Photographer! Ilona and Gina chat about art, photography and being a professional artist, and you can listen to it HERE.

The Life Drawing Experiment begins tonight!

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We have a couple of last minute places available for THE LIFE DRAWING EXPERIMENT with Nic Plowman which starts tonight! Book your place HERE.

Drawing as Language

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We’re excited to be hosting the next This Wild Song forum with artists Filomena Coppola, Lily Mae Martin and Charlotte Watson!

The artists will be speaking about their work and discussing drawing as language, and share their experiences of being a woman in the arts. Please bring along your questions and join us for a wonderful afternoon of conversations with fellow artists.

Book your seat HERE.

*All contributors to This Wild Song’s fundraiser through the Australian Cultural Fund receive a free ticket! Simply email hello@thiswildsong.com.au to reserve your seat. You can make a tax deductible donation HERE.

This weeks Life Drawing!

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CASUAL LIFE DRAWING returns with another two sessions this week! Join us on Wednesday 7:30-9:30pm and Saturday 10am-12pm in our spacious studio with a professional model.

Places are limited to ensure you have room to work with a variety of mediums, book your easel HERE.