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Workshops

Classes are held at the CSIRO Discovery centre, Clunies Ross Street, Black Mountain Canberra.

Bookings are required for all workshops.

Course fees include individual tuition in small groups and a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Classes run from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm each day.

Following are the workshops on offer for 2009:

Botanical art for beginners

Christine Cansfield-Smith

CIBA-WS1

March 14th & 15th ($195)

Christine is the owner and Director of CIBA and BIBA. She established these teaching institutes as a way for students from Canberra and Beechworth and surrounding regions to be exposed to the very best tutors from around Australia. Christine has qualifications in graphic design and worked in advertising as an art director and production manager and has studied at Queensland University, the University of Virginia, Radcliffe College and the ANU. She has exhibited at ‘Botanica’ and ‘Canberra Botanical’. She is Director of CSIRO Discovery, Canberra. This workshop is for those people interested in botanical art as a hobby. It will take students from the very basics through to being able to paint a plant and finish a specimen in watercolour.

Botanical art for intermediate level

Helen Fitzgerald

CIBA-WS2

Workshop postponed to
November 28th & 29th ($215)

Helen has been travelling, teaching and exhibiting her work for over 30 years and is widely represented in Australian and overseas collections. Her strong interest in the preservation of Australian flora and fauna is reflected in her stunning botanical and zoological artworks. She has illustrated five books on Australian flora. She is a member of two Australian Societies of Botanical and Wildlife Artists and the American Society of Botanical Artists. Helen has taught and mentored many of the widely exhibited botanical artists from the ACT/NSW region. Her intermediate workshop is recommended for those who have already taken the introductory class. View more of Helen's work here.

Bugs, beetles and butterflies

Dolores Skowronski-Malloni

CIBA-WS3

July 25th & 26th ($215)

Dolores has exhibited widely and has received international awards for her paintings. She have moved from traditional watercolour painting on paper to pen and ink and watercolour on drafting film, a technique that took her four years to develop. Dolores incorporates skillfully her drawings of a botanically correct specimen with contemporary design, creating a unique and new form of botanical illustration. She regularly presents classes in Melbourne on the topic of beetles, bugs and butterflies and will share this knowledge with us in the Beechworth and Canberra workshops.

Camellias

Annie Hughes

CIBA-WS4

August 29th & 30th ($215)

Annie was born in Santiago, Chile. She has become a popular artist at many exhibitions around Australia. Her paintings have been exhibited at the BASA annual exhibition and at Canberra Botanical and have also been seen at the BASA Wildflowers exhibition at Parliament House in 2006 and ‘Botanica ‘2007. Her keen eye and sensitivity to texture has resulted in her being awarded the 1st Prize for Australian Natives and 1st Prize Peoples Prize both at BASA 2005. Her work is enjoyed in private collections in Australia, the USA and the UK. Her paintings demonstrate meticulous detail and an expert painting technique. This workshop will concentrate on Annie’s particular flair with painting camellias.

Watercolour and graphite

Belinda Biggs

CIBA-WS5

September 12th & 13th ($215)

Belinda is experienced at working with a large range of media: watercolour, pencil, graphite. She is a regular exhibitor in ‘Botanica’, Sydney. She is a keen member of the Botanical Art Society of Australia and has recently exhibited in other major Australian exhibitions. Belinda has won awards for her paintings and drawings. She has works in private collections in Australia, England, New Zealand and the United States. In this weekend workshop Belinda will share her secrets of botanical painting using a combination of watercolour and graphite.

Pen and ink and other techniques

Mali Moir

CIBA-WS6

October 31st & November 1st ($215)

Mali works on paper using traditional techniques but also aims for a fresh, contemporary look. She studied fine art at Prahran College and majored in printmaking. She also studied horticulture and botanical illustration at V.C.A.H. Burnley and has worked at the National Herbarium of Victoria since 1992 as a botanical illustration. Mali has a fascination for scientific detail and natural history. In Melbourne Mali conducts classes on botanical watercolour painting using microscopic dissection drawing and vellum painting. This will be an important workshop for any experienced botanical artist wanting to concentrate on more detailed work.

Pencil drawing

Susannah Blaxill

CIBA-WS7

November 21st & 22nd (TBC) ($380)
(maxium of 8 students)

Shirley Sherwood once said of Susannah Blaxill that ‘she is one of the very, very best’. Susannah was born in Armidale and now lives in the Southern Highlands. She does superb paintings using the media of pencil, ink, charcoal and watercolour. Her pencil drawing classes with CIBA were very popular in 2008. Susannah will repeat content from these workshops and demonstrate to students her expert method of drawing with charcoal and pencil. View more of Susannah's work here.

Further information and bookings:

To reserve your place for any of the workshops please download and complete the CIBA Workshop Booking form, or contact the workshop coordinator, Nilavan Adams, on 0422 357 441 or email CIBA at cibaworkshops@hotmail.com.

CIBA Workshop Booking form

Cancellations policy

Below is the policy of BIBA and CIBA on cancellation by prospective participants and the cancellation by our organisation of a workshop.

If a prospective participant who has booked and paid for a workshop wishes to cancel, we requires notification at least one week prior to the workshop. If such notice is given, we can then make a full refund.
If a prospective participant cancels from a workshop and provides short notice (less than a week) we reserve the right to only provide a full refund on a case-by-case basis, i.e. for ill health or in an emergency situation.
If a workshop is cancelled by CIBA or BIBA, a full refund will be made to each student.
If for any reason, an instructor is unable to conduct a planned CIBA or BIBA workshop, we will endeavour to provide a suitable alternative instructor. If no suitable instructor can be found, a full refund will be made to each student. However, in such circumstances, CIBA or BIBA will not compensate for transport, accommodation or other costs incurred by prospective participants.