ART WORKSHOPS WELLINGTON
THE ARTIST SESSIONS
WEEKLY ART WORKSHOPS
The Artist Sessions are currently running on Monday and Thursday mornings from my studio in Khandallah, Wellington. They give artists the opportunity to work on their own projects in a well- equipped studio, with tuition, group discussion and critique available. An extensive range of GOLDEN paints and products are at hand with advice and guidance on their use to enable you to explore your every painterly whim! Each session is three hours long, available in blocks of six. Contact me if you’d like to join us.
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WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
My workshop programme for 2021 is on hold for now as I am currently in the process of relocating home and studio from Wellington to Waikanae. Check back here from April 2021.
WORKING WITH COLOUR
Location, Date and Cost: This workshop will take place on Saturday 24th October 2020 from 10am – 4.00pm at Morag Stokes Artist Studio, 59 Jubilee Rd. Khandallah, Wellington. Tel. (04) 973 7305 or 027 380 3282. The cost is $140.
This workshop is about mixing colour to produce satisfying and exciting colour combinations in your paintings. We will work with top quality GOLDEN acrylics and you will learn about how to achieve overall colour harmony in your work. We will also cover working with complimentary colours, ‘loud and quiet’ colours and our personal colour cravings. The workshop will be more about practice than theory, although special attention will be given colour value (its place on a grey scale) and chroma (brightness). You will also learn about the pigment realities that are often neglected in theory based colour teaching – in other words, pigment selection for the cleanest and brightest possible mixes. The morning will concentrate on developing your own personal palette and by the afternoon you will be using this palette in an abstract painting inspired by the exciting dance-like colour works of Chinese artist Mimi Chen Ting.
Your tutor Morag Stokes is a Wellington based painter and art tutor with extensive experience in hosting a wide range of art workshops and classes. She is a Certified Artist Educator with GOLDEN Artist Colors and runs the popular ‘Artist Sessions’ from her Khandallah studio.
Class numbers are limited to 8 and the day is suitable for beginners to art as well as experienced painters.
Cost: $140
Location and Date: Saturday 24th October from 10.00am – 4.00pm at Morag Stokes Art Studio, Khandallah, Wellington.
Materials:
What is provided - All paints and mediums from the top quality GOLDEN Artist Colors range will be provided, along with the cartridge paper and drawing paper required for exploring colour combinations and developing your painting ideas. Pencils, brushes and palettes and palette knives will be available for your use, but it would be good to bring the brushes you normally use for painting on a small scale.
What you need to bring - You will need to bring a pre-primed canvas panel measuring 12” by 16”. Gordon Harris sell a FREDRIX ARCHIVAL CANVAS PANEL 12" X 16" – currently priced at $17.99 or the cheaper DAS Canvas Panel of that size is available from The Warehouse at $6.99. If you have own brushes for working on a small scale, you might prefer to bring them along. If you would prefer to use your own paints rather than mine - that’s fine, bring them along.
Lunch and refreshments: There will be a 45 minute lunch break. Bring your own packed lunch or visit one of the two cafes in Khandallah Village, 5 minutes walk from the studio. Tea, instant coffee and nibbles will be provided for you to help yourself to throughout the day.
How to register: You can register your place in this workshop, and receive payment details, by contacting Morag Stokes at jubileems@gmail.com or telephone (04) 973 7305. Your place will be confirmed when payment in full is made.
AIRBRUSHING WITH HIGH FLOW
Location, Date and Cost: This workshop will take place on Saturday 14th November 2020 from 10am – 4.00pm at Morag Stokes Artist Studio, 59 Jubilee Rd. Khandallah, Wellington. We will run a second workshop on Saturday 5th December. Tel. (04) 973 7305 or 027 380 3282. The cost is $150.
Always wanted know how to use an airbrush for your painting, fabric or craft projects? During this workshop you will use masking to make layered images with GOLDEN’s airbrush acrylics (High Flow), while learning how to control the paint and air flow. There will be no spirit or lacquer mediums used. I will be hosting this workshop to be taught by Fifi Colston whose skills as an artist and teacher I cannot recommend highly enough. It will be an honour to collaborate with her to put this day together. She airbrushed professionally as a commercial artist for 20 years, and now uses it for her wearable art, costume and props projects. She knows all the tips and tricks!
Class numbers are limited to 6 and the day is suitable for beginners to art as well as experienced painters.
Cost: $150
Location and Date: First workshop - Saturday 14th November. Second workshop - Saturday 5th December. Both days will run from 10.00am – 4.00pm at Morag Stokes Art Studio, Khandallah, Wellington.
Materials:
What is provided - All paints, airbrushes, compressors, simple dust masks to wear during spraying and most other materials will be provided, along with refreshments. The studio will be well ventilated for this workshop, but some of you may wish to bring your own protective masks
What you need to bring - You will need to bring a hot press illustration board available from Gordon Harris
Lunch and refreshments: There will be a 50 minute lunch break. Bring your own packed lunch or visit one of the two cafes in Khandallah Village, 5 minutes walk from the studio. Tea, instant coffee and nibbles will be provided for you to help yourself to throughout the day.
How to register: You can register your place in this workshop, and receive payment details, by contacting Morag Stokes at jubileems@gmail.com or telephone (04) 973 7305. Your place will be confirmed when payment in full is made.
The following workshops are available and can be run to order if you are an art club or society or would like to get a group of arty friends together:
ACRYLIC ADVENTURES, my overview day. You will use a wide variety of acrylic paints, pastes, gels and grounds. This is a good place to start if you’re new to acrylics and want to make sense of what’s on the shelves of your local art store. Click here for more information.
PAINTS WITH PANACHE focuses on interference and iridescent paints and uses NZ Paua shell as inspiration. Think of the look of oil on water and you’ll get the idea. Add some glitz and glamour and you’re there. Click here for more information.
USING OPEN ACRYLICS will give you a chance to explore these new, slow drying paints and their applications. OPEN paints have much in common with oils, and many oil painters who dislike working with solvents are finding them a good alternative. Click here for more information.
COLOUR MIXING WITH ACRYLICS will show you who to mix colour and understand how pigments combine. From the brightest hues to muted shades, you will leave with a great resource for your future paintings. What you will learn about pigment mixes applies to acrylic, oil and watercolour painting. Click here for more information.
ACRYLIC DIVERSIONS FOR WATERCOLOUR PAINTERS (two days) is aimed at experienced watercolour painters who are already comfortable with their style and technique and would welcome some creative possibilities for diversifying with acrylics. Using your tried and tested watercolour methods, you can step outside of the box with acrylic fluid and airbrush colours and a variety of acrylic grounds, including Yupo paper. There are a LOT of advantages! Click here for more information.
WHAT’S NEW IN ACRYLICS AND WATERCOLOUR will introduce you to the possibilities of the latest in acrylic and watercolour products. You will work with QoR (highly pigmented watercolours with an entirely new binder), High Flow and Fluid acrylics, all of which are great for watermedia work. You will experiment with these paints on watercolour and synthetic papers as well as various acrylic grounds. In addition, slow drying OPEN acrylics will be used to make prints without a press using Gelli-Arts printing plates. Click here for more information.
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