Art and Craft
Art is the sensual medium of combining colour and texture to produce things of beauty and utility. Art is about the inner vision being unleashed into outer expressions be that through appreciating the art of others or creating your very own art works.
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Animal Comparative Anatomy and Composition
<p>Explore the works of renowned Italian animal painters, Jacopo Bassano and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Learn how to draw and compose animals in a work of art. Gain a knowledge of the anatomy of
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Oil Painting for Beginners to Intermediate / Life Model for Advanced Students
<p>Contrary to popular myth, oil painting – much like drawing and watercolour - is a medium that anyone can gain proficiency at. Gain confidence by being initially introduced to a very limited number
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Calligraphy for Beginners: Foundational Hand
<p>This course is designed to introduce people to the Art of Calligraphy, its rich history and an understanding of the development of our Modern Alphabet. This module the focus will be on Foundational
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Intermediate Calligraphy: Visigothic Script
<p>Visigothic is a medieval script that originated in Spain and Portugal and was in use from 8th to late 11th century. We will start by examining traditional manuscripts so as to get an understanding
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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
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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
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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
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Olive Cotton and her Influences - Home and Abroad
<p>Olive Cotton gave definition to Australian photography in the 1930s and 1940s with such loved images as the Tea Cup Ballet. During this time, she was both a life and artistic partner to Max Dupain
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Olive Cotton and her Influences - Home and Abroad
<p>Olive Cotton gave definition to Australian photography in the 1930s and 1940s with such loved images as the Tea Cup Ballet. During this time, she was both a life and artistic partner to Max Dupain
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Colour and Collage: Beginners and Continuers
<p>Collage is a foundation for our cut and paste digital present day and remains popular as an art making activity across all age groups and cultures. This is a creative and engaging course with
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Advanced Colour and Collage Artist Studio
<p>Continue with the highly creative realm of collage and the art of visual composition. Use elements and principles of art & design to investigate and explore the possibilities of collage.
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