Cost $130 per student. Workshops run from 9am til 4pm and are held subject to numbers (minimum of 5 students required), a deposit of $30 is required to confirm your attendance.
- Workshop 1 Saturday 9th February
- 'Watercolour Portraits' Learn the skills required to recognise and mix accurate colours for different skin types. Studies of facial parts will be included before working on a full portrait. Students will leave this workshop with increased knowledge and confidence for future paintings of the human face and form.
- Workshop 2 Saturday 9th March
- 'Ink Illustrations' There are certain advantages to using ink instead of watercolour or other water soluble media and this workshop will explore pigment based coloured inks as well as India ink. A range of surfaces will be employed for different techniques.
- Workshop 3 Saturday 11th May (Mother's Day Weekend)
- 'Lovely, Lively Florals' Treat yourself and/ or your mother to this special day of painting colourful flowers with watercolour in a looser style. Jan will supply materials if you don’t already own some and you will be spoilt with home-made special delicacies to celebrate the honour of motherhood! Please be sure to book ahead and of course, you don’t have to be a mother yourself to attend.
- Workshop 4 Saturday 8th June
- ‘Creative with Teabags’ Save those used tea and coffee bags for some amazing creative ideas. We will work with mixed media and even some encaustic (Jan will supply the materials for that), along with other transparent papers, collage and found materials. Fun!
- Workshop 5 Saturday 13th July
- ‘Graphite Grisaille & Coloured Pencils’ A grisaille is a painting executed entirely in shades of grey. Starting with graphite to create a tonal drawing grisaille, you will then add coloured pencils in select areas to give your artwork a whole new appearance. Jan will help you choose references that ideally suit this style.
- Workshop 6 Saturday 10th August
- ‘Coloured Pencils on Drafting Film’ Transparent surfaces work extremely well with coloured pencils, but there are a few tricks to learn to make a successful artwork. This workshop will explore and compare drafting film with other alternative surfaces and the media that can be incorporated.
- Workshop 7 Saturday 14th September
- ‘Experimental Nature in Watercolour and Ink’ This is a ‘play and see what happens’ workshop, where different mediums applied to a combination of watercolour and ink will result in lovely surprises. These explorations will then develop into paintings of the natural world. Techniques are based on the work of UK artist Ann Blockley.
- Workshop 8 Saturday 9th November
- ‘Animals and Birds in Watercolour’ Learn some different styles of painting creatures with fur and feathers. Studies of eyes, noses, mouths, beaks and ears etc will be included so that students will gain a greater understanding of painting these features..
- Workshop 9 Saturday 14th December
- ‘Alcohol Inks - Explore The Possibilities’ Find out why these inks are becoming so popular and have a great day playing with all the potentialities. You will be introduced to a variety of techniques and inspiration is sure to flow. All skill levels are welcome. Inks, most mediums and painting surfaces provided, so this is a great introduction to a new art form!.
Jan Lawnikanis has taught regular art classes on the Gold Coast for the past 22 years and tutored over 60 workshops in various locations around Queensland and NSW. Students in all mediums have praised Jan for her teaching skills and this has gained her an excellent reputation with all ages.
In her personal art career, Jan’s beautifully presented work in various mediums has won many first prizes and other awards. Her commissions range from school theatre sets to a set for the QLD Conservatory of Music, 40 artworks for an apartment building, 15 artworks for an office floor, paintings for a restaurant as well as school murals and private works for client’s homes.
Jan has been the featured artist in Australian Artist Magazine, with 5 full-length articles on using coloured pencils. Other publications include the Paradise Magazine-GC Bulletin, Art Newsflash, the International Watercolour Institute catalogue, the Coloured Pencil Magazine and the Australian Coloured Pencil Network.
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Looking for full day workshop art classes on the Gold Coast? If you would like to learn more about our workshop art classes we would love to hear from you. Please get in touch by calling us on 07 5563 9799 or via our contact form