Miranda Munro Transformative Art Workshop Saturday 6 September 10am – 1pm
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 pm
From Chaos to calm: Finding Flow in Patterns. Zentangle with Ashwani Sunday 7 September 1 – 5pm
Colour Theory in Oil with Ben Winspear, Saturday 13/14 September 10am – 5pm
Do-it-yourself Framing with Charlotte Saturday 4 October 10am – 3pm
Wellington Art Club Workshops in 2025
Upcycling! a transformative Art Workshop with Miranda Munro
This mixed media workshop is all about upcycling, including old beliefs and behaviours that just might welcome a bit of love and attention.
Bring along something old, second hand, worn out, found or rediscovered for an overhaul of creativity!
Paints, pens, collage materials, fabric, stitching, drawing and printing- all can used to upcycle a chosen object.
WHEN: Saturday 7 September 10am to 1pm
WHERE: Wellington Art Club, 27 Chelsea St, Miramar
EXCHANGE: $85
No art experience required for this workshop and most art materials are supplied. Contact Miranda Munro mirandabluehousestudio@gmail.com to book a spot. For more info on Transformative Art Workshops see Mirandamunroart.com and FB Miranda Munro Art.
From chaos to calm: Finding flow in patterns with Ashwini
1 – 5 pm Sunday 7 September $90 per person
Looking for a simple, relaxing way to express yourself creatively? Join me to explore the calming world of Zentangle® — an easy art form anyone can learn! Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.
In this interactive session you’ll:
- learn what is Zentangle
- discover how it’ll benefit your wellbeing
- who can learn this art (spoiler: everyone!)
- how to learn this art.
Zentangle is known to reduce stress, improve focus, and boost mindfulness. It’s a perfect starting point for anyone curious to learn drawing or visual arts. If you’ve ever wanted to learn drawing but didn’t know where to start, you should register to this event. Art supplies will be provided, and you can take them home along with the artworks you create.
Instructor Ashwini Chaskar: Ashwini is a certified Zentangle teacher. Check out her art journey on Instagram and Facebook: ashtanglesnz
Venue: Wellington Art Club, 27 Chelsea St, Miramar
Level: Suitable for beginners to experienced painters
Fee: $90
Email: wellingtonartclub@gmail.com
To confirm your place please deposit $90 account:
Wellington Art Club Inc Account: 03 0578 0903273 00 with your Name and reference: Zentangle
Who can learn Zentangle? If you can draw basic shapes, you can learn Zentangle! This workshop is for anyone who is keen to learn mindfulness through drawing. You only need to bring with you, a passion to learn this new art, gratitude and an open mind for philosophy behind the Zentangle method.
Colour Theory in oils with ben winspear
In this workshop Ben will guide each participant through the process of making several landcape paintings. 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: Wellington Art Club, 27 Chelsea Street, Miramar, Wellington 6022
Level: Suitable for intermediate to experienced painters
Fee: $300 per person
Email: wellingtonartclub@gmail.com
To confirm your place please deposit $300 account:
Wellington Art Club Inc, Account: 03 0578 0903273 00
with YOUR NAME and reference: Oils with Ben
Ben Winspear is a Melbourne based artist who works in both oil and watercolour.
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.
Check out his website here and his Instagram and FaceBook
Learn to paint Watercolour at ThursArt with Charlotte
This block course of 8 hours tuition over 4 weeks costs $80, including materials for beginners.
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 at 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 pm
Venue: Wellington Art Club, 27 Chelsea St, Miramar
Level: Suitable for beginners to experienced painters
Fee: $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 together
10am – 3pm Saturday 4 October with Charlotte
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: 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.