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Workshops

Classes are held at the Wooragee Centenary Hall, 1011 Beechworth-Wodonga Road (next to Woragee Primary School) and approximately 10 minutes from Beechworth.

Bookings are required for all workshops.
A $25 deposit for each workshop is required to book a place. Payment for balance of tuition fees should be received prior to class date.

Following are the workshops on offer for 2012:

Botanical art for beginners

Christine Cansfield-Smith
February 11 and 12 ($215)*

10% discount for students who enrol in both the Beginners and the Intermediate workshops

This introductory workshop will ease you into botanical art. It is designed for those people interested in botanical art as a hobby and will take students from the very basics through to being able to paint a plant and finish a specimen in watercolour. 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 formal qualifications in graphic design and worked in advertising as an art director and production manager. Christine also studied and graduated from Queensland University, the University of Virginia, Radcliffe College (Harvard) and the ANU. She has exhibited in Botanica , Sydney and Canberra Botanical.

Composition and drawing

Jenny Phillips
March 31 and April 1 ($240)

This workshop is a must for all botanical painters, both beginners and those more experienced. It will offer both a learning experience as well as a refresher course for those who have painted for some years. Jenny will take students through the steps to compose your painting in the most pleasing way and to then draw your specimen. Jenny is the owner and Director of the Botanical Art School of Melbourne. She has focussed her drawing, watercolour skills and love of gardening on botanical art since 1971. In so doing, she has developed her skills and knowledge to a remarkable level. www.jennyphillips.org

Advanced coloured pencils

Rita Parkinson
April 21 and 22 ($215)

Rita is a contemporary botanical illustrator based in Melbourne. She graduated in Fine Arts from Central St Martins School of Art, London and in Art History from the Courthauld Institute, London University. She has exhibited widely in Australia and overseas. Her chosen media is gouache, tempera, watercolour and coloured pencil. This class follows Rita’s introductory coloured pencil workshop in 2010 and is a chance for Rita to demonstrate to students even more tips and techniques in the effective use of coloured pencil in botanical art. www.illustrita.com
Also offered through CIBA in Canberra on April 14 and 15.

Intermediate workshop

Christine Cansfield-Smith
June 16 and 17 ($215)

10% discount for students enrolling in both Beginners and Intermediate workshops

This workshop is highly recommended for those students who have completed Botanical Art for Beginners. More tips and techniques and expert knowledge and individual tuition will be provided from Christine as she takes you through the steps needed to create a botanical painting at the Intermediate level. Highly recommended for those students wishing to move into more advanced BIBA or CIBA workshops.

Camellias

Annie Hughes
July 21 and 22 ($215)

Originally from Santiago, Chile, Annie Hughes has become a popular botanical artist in Australia. Her paintings have been exhibited at the BASA annual exhibition twice, at Canberra Botanical and have also been seen at the BASA Wildflowers exhibition at Parliament House in 2006 and Botanica 2005, 2007, 2008. 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. Annie’s Camellia paintings are almost perfect in their technique and presentation. This workshop is a wonderful chance to learn how to paint Camellias the ‘Annie Hughes way’.

Layering with drafting film

Dolores Malloni
October 20 and 21 ($215)

Dolores Skowronski-Malloni is an Argentinean Australian who has been practising as a botanic artist since 1993. Her work develops in a themed format, always searching for a new subject to challenge her audience. Three of Dolores original works are held in the State Botanical Collection at the National Herbarium of Victoria. Dolores has been recently commissioned to complete a series of pictures of Argentinean trees for the Argentinean Embassy in Canberra. This exciting workshop follows on from Dolores’ recent success with a series of Bonsai created by her using layers of pen and ink and watercolour on drafting film. Dolores will demonstrate this unique and new method so that students may apply it to their own botanical paintings. The workshop will possibly use a local collection of Bonsai plants as specimens for the paintings.

Eucalypts

Marta Salamon
November 24 and 25 ($215)

This Eucalypt workshop will be a brilliant way to understand and to interpret correctly the colours and form of Eucalypts. Marta spends much of her time painting Australian natives. Her beautiful Eucalyptus erythrocorys was the signature painting for Canberra Botanical 2010. Since 1996 she has been painting and exhibiting as a botanical artist. While Marta completed a Bachelor of Education degree with a major in Fine Arts her skills as a botanical artist were developed in classes with Jenny Phillips. Marta’s interest is predominantly in Australian plants particularly those which have originated in Western Australia and are now featured in streets and parks throughout this country. Eucalypts are a favourite not only for their stunning flowers but also for their fruits and bud forms. Marta’s medium of choice is generally a mixture of watercolour and gouache but she also uses pencils when working outdoors.