Art Classes
I tutor and instruct workshops, short courses and other art classes in various venues around SA. See below for what’s upcoming and currently open for bookings.
LOOSEN UP WITH PALETTE KNIFE
Pallet knife painting - short course
dates: Sat 1st, 8th and 15th November. Time: 10am - 12:30pm. Where: Sim&co. art space - 83a Unley road Parkside, SA 5063 ph0407 772 802.
Suitable for beginners and experienced painters.
All materials supplied.
Fee: $225
Loosening up with Pallet knife
In this short, three week course at the gorgeous, light and breezy Sim&Co art studio, you’ll learn about acrylic painting, mixing colours, underpainting preparation and palette knife application. Perfect for those who want to explore loose painting techniques using a pallet knife. To book your place in this short course go to the Sim&Co website see here
Celebrity Alla Prima Workshop
Celebrity Alla Prima
Date: Sunday 23 November 2025 Time: 10.00 am – 4.00 pm at Splashout Art Studios, 5 ravine Street, Marino. Included in your fee: large, quality stretched canvas full selection of acrylic paint, all tools and sundries
BYO: brushes (or purchase a 4-brush kit for $30) lunch/snack
FEE: $230
In this Celebrity Alla Prima workshop you’ll be Working in oils, and you will complete a celebrity portrait ‘alla prima’ (in one session).
You get to nominate which celebrity you’d like to paint. Let us know who and we’ll source the photo for your nominated celebrity! Your photo will be ready for you to paint at the Workshop with expert guidance and support from Cat.
to book your place in this workshop, see here
results from previous Celebrity Alla Prima workshop
From the archives:
The first lesson of a six week acrylic painting course at the Burnside art Group started Wed evening 2/4/25. Tracy kindly filmed it and I’ve assembled a youtube video which you can watch below.
some of the work from a selection of 2024/25 short courses
Results from the loosening up with acrylics workshop - enquire through the contacts page, contact/enquiries
Alla Prima Celebrity portraits in oils, workshop results, August 2023 - for details and to register your interest in future workshops see here
Pop Art Workshop.
Mark-making Birds, workshop.
