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 Your free guide to botanical art workshops across Australia
If you’ve always wanted to learn to paint, attending a painting workshop or course is a great way for beginners to start.
If you are already painting in a particular media you might like to join an oil painting or wildlife art workshop. There are many artist workshops to choose from on the blueBanksia website.
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Dookie Art Attack - Glasson's Art World
Location: University of Melbourne, Dookie
Victoria, Australia
Enjoy the ambiance of the Dookie Hills where you chose the tutor to spend three days with. Eight tutors available with a variety of mediums.
4 - 6 June, 2010 :: Aug/Sept, 2010 - 4 day workshop
Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
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Into the Blue Creative Walks
Location: MacDonell Ranges
Northern Territory, Australia
WORKSHOPS & WALKS IN BEAUTIFUL PLACES
Gentle walking programs combining art, photography, sculpture and writing workshops in Australian heartlands. Level: From beginner to advanced
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Leonie Norton
Location: Sydney
New South Wales, Australia
Botanical Art External Course
Leonie is one of Australia’s leading botanical artists and an international tutor and author. The external course allows work to be completed from the comfort of home at an individual pace. It is suitable for absolute beginners or the experienced artist wanting to learn new skills.
Much more personal one-to-one tuition is gained than by attending a class and there are absolutely no time restrictions.
All Modules are sent with step by step demonstrations and examples to follow, along with detailed course notes and assignments to be completed.
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McGregor Schools, USQ
Location: Toowoomba
Queensland, Australia
The University of Southern Queensland's annual McGregor Schools have a well-established reputation as one of the premier residential, performing, visual and creative arts learning experiences in Australia. Over 700 participants converge on the USQ campus in Toowoomba for this School's popular residential arts retreats held in January and July and at the Fraser Coast campus in September. In 2010, the McGregor Schools will expand to offer a series of Workshops which combine a love of the Arts with an appreciation of wine - McGregor in the Vines.
Winter School: 5 - 9 July, 2010 :: McGregor on the Bay: 17- 20 September, 2010
:: Summer School January, 2011
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Mitchell School of Arts - The Art Scene
Location: Bathurst
New South Wales, Australia
Attend one week of art school with a choice out of 30 classes in a variety of media and styles taught by distinguished Australian artists. Held twice a year, summer and winter, in Bathurst at Charles Sturt University campus, classes range from contemporary to traditional and are suitable for beginners or advanced artists. Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
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STURT
Location: Mittagong
New South Wales, Australia
STURT promotes contemporary Australian craft and design at Mittagong, in the Southern Highlands of NSW, offering courses in contemporary craft, design and art throughout the year and week long programs in Summer and Winter. Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
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Beechworth Institute of Botanical Art
Location: Beechworth
Victoria, Australia
Course fees include individual tuition and morning tea in a friendly, stress-free country environment. Classes run from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm each day.
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Botanical Art School of Melbourne
Location: Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
The school runs courses throughout the year with several extremely talented and experienced artists/teachers. We also have Masterclasses with visiting overseas and interstate artists.
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Cairns ARTescape
Location: Cairns
Queensland, Australia
ARTescape brings together a considerable volume of talent and experience at this unique venue. The Tanks Art Centre is the perfect venue for hosting this event, providing a wonderful setting for the 12 exciting workshops.
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Canberra Institute of Botanical Art
Location: Canberra
Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Nine workshops throughout the year ending with a field trip. Eight different Tutors presenting a variety of workshops.
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Cessnock Regional Gallery
Location: Cessnock
New South Wales, Australia
Cessnock Regional Art Gallery provides practical art workshops for all age groups where students can enjoy a new artistic experience in a relaxed and stimulating atmosphere.
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Friends of the Botanic Gardens - Adelaide
Location: Adelaide
South Australia, Australia
The aim of the Botanical Art Group is to foster the role, and promote the importance of botanical artists and illustration, and provide a forum for those wishing to pursue this exacting art form. Periodic workshops.
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Friends of The Botanic Gardens - Sydney
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
New South Wales, Australia
Master Classes in Botanical Painting and Drawing for experienced artists wishing to improve their skills. Workshops for artists with some experience covering acrylic still life painting and ‘A jewellery class with a difference’.
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Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens - Melbourne
Location: Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
Botanical art instruction and workshops including plant portraiture and insect drawing.
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Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre
Location: Gymea
New South Wales, Australia
Hazelhurst offers regular weekend workshops in painting with oils, acrylics and watercolours, drawing, printmaking and digital media.
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Helen Fitzgerald
Location: Bungendore
New South Wales, Australia
Helen gives a number of classes and workshops in botanical illustration, watercolour techniques, painting birds and holiday sketching.
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Janet Matthews
Location: Narre Warren North
Victoria, Australia
Each workshop has a specific theme, and Janet demonstrates each technique in a step by step process, for beginners to advanced students.
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Ku-ring-gai Art Centre
Location: Roseville
New South Wales, Australia
The Ku-ring-gai Art Centre offers an exciting program of weekend, visual arts workshops for beginner to advanced students.
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Murrumbidgee School of Creative Arts
Location: Wagga Wagga
New South Wales, Australia
Three schools per year offer extremely high quality workshops by Australia's leading artists; textiles, fine art, clay, sculpture, millinery, jewellery and life drawing, to name a few. The focus is on professionalism and high quality teaching experiences in a fun convivial atmosphere.
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Nova Espero Creative Ventures
Location: Karijini National Park
Western Australia, Australia
Nova Espero Creative Ventures offer a unique opportunity for artists and photogrpahers to spend 14 days of uninterrupted leisure in pursuit of their chosen art at Karijini National Park in the Pilbara Region of West Australia.
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