Courses
Art and Craft Courses
Explore art through observation, practice, and creative expression.
Visual Arts courses at WEA Sydney combine appreciation, technique, and contemporary creative practice. Whether you are interested in understanding artworks, developing drawing and painting skills, or exploring digital and mixed media approaches, these courses offer a flexible and supportive environment for all experience levels.
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Observational Drawing - The Essentials
Observational Drawing - The Essentials
<p>In this course you will learn the fundamentals of observational drawing. You will be taken from a beginner or hobbyist to a high level of proficiency learning concepts and skills that can be used
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Caravaggio: The "Bad Boy" Genius of Italian Baroque
Caravaggio: The "Bad Boy" Genius of Italian Baroque
<p>Learn about the historical significance of Counter Reformation Art as propaganda, and how Caravaggio revolutionised Baroque Art in the late 16th early 17th century. We will discover that churches
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Calligraphy for Beginners: Flemish Script
Calligraphy for Beginners: Flemish Script
<p>Step into the world of historical calligraphy and learn the graceful Flemish script of the 16th century. This beginner-friendly course introduces essential tools and techniques. You’ll develop
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Stitch by Stitch: Continental Knitting for Continuers
Stitch by Stitch: Continental Knitting for Continuers
<p>Continue developing your continental knitting skills in a relaxed and supportive environment. This course is designed for students who already know the basics of knitting and would like more guided
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A Celebration of 400 Years of Women Artists
A Celebration of 400 Years of Women Artists
<p>In every century there have been outstanding women artists who have achieved a reputation that has tested time and sat well-earned, alongside their male colleagues. Often their life stories are
...Approximately 5 hours
From French Royalty to Empire - Art and decorative elegance from Louis XIV's Versailles to Napoleon
<p>French monarchs managed their images as carefully as any self-branded celebrity today. How did Louis XIV use the artisans and artists of the day through his patronage to enhance and dazzle his
...Approximately 4 hours
Portraits of Russia: Rublëv, Pushkin, Turgenev, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky
<p>This course, focussed on the life and work of some of Russia’s most outstanding personalities, will begin with the work of Andrey Rublëv, Russia’s most famous icon painter, and his circle, and the
...Approximately 6 hours
Romanticism to Realism: Friedrich, Menzel and Kollwitz
Romanticism to Realism: Friedrich, Menzel and Kollwitz
<p>This course follows the evolution of German art across three generations through Caspar David Friedrich, Adolph Menzel and Käthe Kollwitz. Together, these artists reveal a powerful shift from
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The Golden Age of British Landscape Painting (c.1750-1850)
The Golden Age of British Landscape Painting (c.1750-1850)
<p>No genre of art has defined Britain like landscape. Emerging at the very dawn of the Industrial Revolution, British landscape painters not only integrated the earlier stylistic conventions of the
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Create Tessellated Art: Inspired by M.C. Escher
Create Tessellated Art: Inspired by M.C. Escher
<p>Step into the fascinating world of tessellation and discover how artists create intricate, repeating patterns that transform across a surface. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn the core
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