Wellington Art Club Workshops in 2025
- Learn to paint Watercolours at ThursART with Charlotte: 4 /11/18/25 September and 6/13/20/27 November 2-4 pm or 7-9 pmÂ
Colour Theory in Oil & Acrylic with Ben Winspear, Saturday 13/14 September 10am – 5pmÂ
Do-it-yourself Framing with Charlotte Saturday 4 October 10am – 3pm
Colour Theory in oils & Acrylic with ben winspear
In this workshop Ben will guide each participant through the process of making several landscape paintings in both Oil and Acrylic. Starting each day with a demonstration, as we paint Ben will cover things like tone, good colour choices, materials and studio processes. Through the demonstrations, class exercises and individual tuition Ben will make sure each participant has plenty of tools, knowledge and information to continue them on their painting journey.
Dates: Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 September 10am – 5pm
Venue:Â Wellington Art Club, 27 Chelsea Street, Miramar, Wellington 6022
Level:Â Suitable for intermediate to experienced painters
Fee: $300 per personÂ
Email: wellingtonartclub@gmail.com
To confirm your place please deposit $300 account:
Wellington Art Club Inc, Account: 03 0578 0903273 00Â
with YOUR NAME and reference: Oils with Ben
Ben Winspear is a Melbourne based artist who works in both oil and acrylic. His work encapsulates a wide range of subject matter; anything that inspires him at the time. His painting often runs the full spectrum from purely representational through to abstraction – as he seeks to develop a synthesis of both in his own unique and personal visual language to describe the world around him.
His two loves though are the portrait/figure and the Australian landscape and regularly paints both from life, often painting from the back of his car en route to teach classes or a workshop. Passing on his knowledge to those who attend his classes and workshops is Ben’s other passion. He seeks to ground students solidly in the traditions of observational drawing and painting with an informed use of quality materials.
He has been painting professionally for over fifteen years and has held several successful solo and joint exhibitions and been involved in numerous arts projects in the education field. Ben is also a multi-award winner including winning the Castlemaine James Farrell Self Portrait Prize, the A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize, and was nominated the 2016 Victorian Artist Society ARTIST OF THE YEAR.
Learn to paint Watercolour at ThursArt with Charlotte
This block course of 8 hours tuition over 4 weeks costs $80, including materials for beginners.Â
Each session includes watercolour technique and a step by step instruction to complete a painting in the two hour session. There is always new lesson material for this block course each week. Charlotte uses an overhead camera projected onto a wall mounted 55 inch TV for easy viewing and social distancing.
All levels are welcome to come and make art in our friendly clubrooms. Bring your own paints and brushes and two sheets of A4 300gsm good quality (preferably 100% cotton) watercolour paper each week.
If you are a beginner I will loan you the kit, which consists of palette, brushes and paint and advise you what to buy at the end of the course. But you will need to bring your own 300gsm watercolour paper.
Tutor Charlotte Hird is a watercolour artist who teaches for Watercolour New Zealand, at Wellington Art Club and Wellington High School Community Education, Inverlochy Art School and various other locations.
Please email Charlotte to sign up now for the September block course, and indicate which session you prefer to attend, 2-4pm or 7-9pm. Also let me know what experience you have. Beginners welcome.
DATES: 4 /11/18/25 September  2-4 pm or 7-9 pm
DATES: 6/13/20/27 November  2-4 pm or 7-9 pmÂ
Venue:Â Wellington Art Club, 27 Chelsea St, Miramar
Level:Â Suitable for beginners to experienced painters
Fee:Â $80
Email: charhird@gmail.com
To confirm your place please deposit $80 account: D C H Design Ltd 06 0513 0150960 00 with your Name and reference: ThursArt
Do-it-yourself framing with Charlotte
Includes information and demonstrations on composition, materials, mat cutting – then how to put the package togetherÂ
10am – 3pm Saturday 4 October with CharlotteÂ
Bring along your painting and a suitable frame, either a cheapo from Briscoes or a good second hand frame. We will provide the tools and matt board. It’s a practical course where you learn to prepare the frame, cut with a knife, measure and cut a matt with the matt cutter. You will walk away with your painting framed, ready to hang and some useful knowledge about framing for sale and exhibition standards, D rings, swing tags, acid free archival materials, tape, and how to hang on the wall.
What’s included in this workshop:
- demonstration of the steps to framing your work
- assembling the tools you need
- choosing and cleaning frames
- how to size and cut an acid free mat
- what sort of tapes to use for each task
- various fixings for hanging and D-rings
- replacing acid leaching materials with foam board
- cutting techniques
- making and attaching labels and swing tags
- how to photograph your art
Hands-on session where you will learn to cut card, cut a window in the matt board, present, secure, tape, screw in D-ring, tie knots etc
all materials will be provided including: knives, metal ruler, cutting board, crescent board for the mat, mat cutter, tape, d-ring, string.
What to bring along:
your art work to frame
a suitable frame for the art work A4 or smaller
enthusiasm
Venue:Â Wellington Art Club, 27 Chelsea St, Miramar
Fee: $100
Email: charhird@gmail.com
To confirm your place please deposit $100 account: D C H Design Ltd 06 0513 0150960 00 with your Name and reference: Framing
Interest in workshops and courses is high. Withdrawals can result in courses being cancelled, other members missing out and a financial loss to the Club. No refund will be payable for withdrawals less than 48 hours prior to commencement. Refunds for earlier withdrawals will be at the club’s discretion but will incur an administration fee of not less than 25% of fees paid.