Est. 1978
2025 Term Dates
We operate four (9 week) terms each year
Term 1 - Fri 31st January to Thurs 3rd April
Term 2 - Mon 28th April to Mon 30th June
Term 3 - Mon 21st July to Fri 19th September
Term 4 - Mon 6th October to Tue 9th December
Please note classes in 2025 will not run during public holidays.
Classes
Classes are Tutored by experienced artists and run Monday to Friday, varying between 2 to 2.5 hours. Terms are 9 weeks in duration.
Classes are open to all current year members of the Brighton Art Society. New members are always welcome please enrol via the Membership menu.
Our bookings and payments are through Try Booking System. These links will take you to the class term booking.
Please note that bookings are required two weeks prior class commencement.
A sufficient number of enrollments are required for the class to proceed. Mid term starts are possible if vacancies allow however full term fees apply.
Please note, classes in general have a maximum of 12 students. Class fees are only refundable if classes are cancelled due to insufficient numbers.
Classes for 2025 Term 1 are now open to be booked.
2025 Term 1 Classes
Acrylic Painting
and Drawing
Paul Anderson
Tuesday 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Paul is an artist with expertise in acrylic painting & drawing. After a long career as a professional graphic designer, he has accrued a wealth of knowledge to help you improve your artistic skills. Students in this class will be given the opportunity to develop their painting style on material of their choice & learn acrylic techniques.
This class welcomes absolute beginners to intermediate painters. This class also suits experienced painters who enjoy painting in a group environment.
Life Drawing
Michelle Zuccolo
Thursday 10.00am - 12.30pm
Michelle has lectured in various colleges and universities, and has worked as Art coordinator in New York for theatre production, stage & costume design.
She has work in collections in Europe, New York, and Australian. Michelle will help you to capture the human figure.
Painting Oil & Acrylic
Vivi Palegeorge
Friday 9.30am - 12.00pm
Vivi is an artist with expertise across all media and has a particular interest in landscapes.
Students will be given the opportunity to learn mixed media techniques.
Weather permitting, outdoor painting opportunities with guidance will be provided to further enhance their painting skills.
2025 Short Courses
Portraiture - with Michelle Zucculo
10.00am to 12.30pm
Saturday 1 February to 22 February 2025
Four week intensive course for beginners
Individual instruction will be provided in each class, focusing on proportion, colour, form, space, specific features, drawing concerns and paint handling. This course is suitable for all skill levels and participants can draw, use mixed media and/or paint.
Week One – Drawing from plaster casts and references/handouts. Drawing portraits areas covered: Understanding perspective and geometry in the human head, anatomy and specific features on the face, proportion and light source.
Materials: Willow Charcoal (thick and thin), Putty Easer, Paper A1 size, Bulldog Clips
Week Two – Working from a model. Exploring the grisaille process working step by step from a toned canvas, blocking up the major forms and shadows.
Week Three – Working from a model. Further developing key details on the model, including hair and individual features.
Week Four – Working from a model in a second portrait. Mixing skin flesh colours will be explored using a different approach. Skills and knowledge from previous lesson will be incorporated and extended. These include anatomy, perspective, and retaining vitality of flesh tones.
Michelle's Experience
Winner of the prestigious Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize, Michelle Zuccolo has been a finalist in the British Portrait Award, London, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Portia Geach Memorial Award, 2020 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, The Percival Portrait Prize and Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize. Drawings have been included in the 7th Drawing Biennale, Kedumba Drawing Award, Drill Hall, ANU and Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing.
Michelle Caithness and Clive Murray-White. Oil on canvas 2021
The Art of the Pencil
Roger Clarke
Monday 1.00pm - 3.30pm
4 Week Course
3 February to 24 February
Drawing in pencil – a new program for the New Year. Roger Clarke (long time BAS member) introduces The Art of the Pencil. In this four week program we learn how create highly realistic drawings and get good portrait likeness. How fine detail can add realism. You will work at your own pace on subjects of your choice such as still life, landscape and portraits as you add interesting pencil techniques to your work.
Introduction to Watercolour
with Vivi Palegeorge
10.30am to 1.00pm
Saturday 1 March to 22 March 2025
Four week course All Skill Levels Welcome
Introductory to Watercolour, and is suitable for absolute beginners and those who require a fresher in using this medium. This course will teach students how to work with watercolour using and developing various techniques . In this course consist of demonstrations and practice.
Evening glow, Kings Canyon
2025 Workshops
Italian Impression in Watercolour
with John Orlando Birt
2 day Workshop
10.00am to 4.00pm
Sunday 16 & 23 February 2025
All Skill Levels Welcome
John Orlando Birt, from Twenty Melbourne Painters Society Inc will be conducting a 2 day Watercolour Workshop on Italian Impressions.
John is a celebrated En Plein Air Painter who enjoys the adventure of finding a new locations to paint as well as the challenge of En Plein Air. John has lived in Italy through his work in industrial design and continues to travels there regularly. John has a romantic lens on the Italian landscape.
This workshop is suitable for all skill levels. Topics covered include composition, design, translating a photo reference, tonal structure and colour harmony. This course consists of demonstrations and practice. A photo reference will be supplied, however students are able to bring own reference. A material list will be sent with course receipt. John has expressed that students can BYO colours, however the right paper is important.
Class days and times:
Day 1 February 16 2025 - Sunday 10.00am to 4.00pm
Day 2 February 23 2025 - Sunday 10.00am to 4.00pm
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