Wangaratta TAFE Courses

Term 2 Visual Arts Courses

Join experience artist and Lecturer Leonie Partridge. We offer a variety of courses aimed to suit all participants no matter what your skill level.

Pushing the boundaries with Drawing.

Sat 16th April – 18th June.

Cert IV CUVACD301A Produce drawings to communicate ideas

Dip CUVACD501A Refine Drawing and other visual representational tools

10 week program consisting of 6 weeks facilitated workshops 9.30am – 12.30pm. Followed by 4 weeks of 1 hr to further develop your own work. 9.30am -10.30am.

So you have the basics? What next? How to take your drawing skills to the next level.

Explore ways of seeing and interpreting subject matter. Get a stronger understanding of composition.

Use light and dark effectively. Experiment with surface and alternative materials.

This 6 week course will give you a stronger understanding of drawing as a creative process and drawing as an expressive form in its own right. The course will enable you to challenge yourself and develop new skills under the guidance of a qualified supervisor. Through a series of structured workshops the promotion of finished work suitable for exhibition will be achieved.

 

The Secret of layers with oils.

Time and dates TBA. Expressions of interest sought.

Cert IV CUVPAI401A Experiment with techniques to produce painting

Dip CUVPAI502A Investigate Painting material and processes

10 week program consisting of 6 weeks facilitated workshops 9.30am – 12.30pm. Followed by 4 weeks of 1hr critiques to further develop your own work. 9.30am -10.30am.

Master the technique of building up layers with oil paints. Refine and develop your understanding of the mediums and when to use them. Understand colour mixing and develop a more sophisticated and individual colour palette. This course will guide you through a very a very old and well known technique of using layers that can be applied to very contemporary settings. With a little experience and know how a diverse range of surfaces and effects can be mastered. Topics include;- surface preparation and grounds, underpainting and how to use it, layers to achieve colour, glazes and finishes.

 

Open studio – explore the creative process.

Expressions of interest sought.

Diploma CUVPRP501A Realise a body of creative work + CUVPRP503A Present a body of creative work

Cert IV CUAPPR401 Realise a Creative Project + CUAPPR404 Develop self as Artist

10 week program consisting of 6 weeks facilitated workshops 9.30am – 12.30pm. Followed by 4 weeks of 1hr critiques to further develop your own work. 9.30am -10.30am.

 

Contact

Visual Art Department direct, Leonie Partridge 03 57236181 Tues–Thurs, Wangaratta. lpartridge@gotafe.vic.edu.au

Deanne Bramley 03 5833258, Mon– Fri.