Adult Watercolour Classes January-June 2025 Beginners to Advanced Levels 15 Classes, small group in large classroom

This 6 month course of 15 lessons is designed for those who want to grow their artistic skill or to take their painting up a level.

“Cost: R6000 per course, payable in full up front, or in two negotiated payments. Payment in full or first installment due 15 December 2024. Early bird special R500 discount applies if payment in full is made before this date. Cost excludes materials. Vouchers for a friend are available.”

Watercolour has become a very popular medium worldwide in recent years as it is so portable, is ideally suited to travel,and is also an exquisite, yet seemingly elusive and sophisticated medium. Learning how to harness it to become a partner with you in creation is a fun process, and this will be explored in both detailed and loose work.

A thorough grounding in the critical timing, tone, composition, brushwork, varied colour theory, sketches vs finished painting, studio, nature painting and en plein air landscape work will be covered with appropriate level exercises including wet on wet, wet on dry and all dry brush techniques with varied subject matter mostly working from life. A few basic pencil drawing exercises will be included. A short exercise will be given to do at home during April due to the many public holidays.

Time: Monday Mornings 09:30 – 12:30

Term 1:

27 January;  3,10,17,24 February; 3,10,17,24 March 2025

Term 2:

5,12,19,26 May; 2,9 June 2025

Cost: R6000 per course, payable in full or in two negotiated instalments. Payment in full and first instalment due 15 December 2024. Cost excludes materials.

Vouchers for a friend are available.

Contact Inge Semple through her website ingesemple.com or on 0725975375 to sign up or for more information. Once a student has signed up and paid, a list of materials and further information will be sent.

2. Adult Introduction to Classical Drawing Classes January-June 2025

Beginners to Advanced Levels 15 Classes, small group in large classroom

This 6 month course of 15 lessons aims to introduce Classical atelier drawing, something the old masters up to Picasso and van Gogh mastered before they developed their own artistic voice. Classical drawing exercises were also taught as part of the Michaelis and Stellenbosch universities’ art drawing curriculae up until the 1940’s.  There is a resurgence of interest in these exercises and the course will cover tone and line drawing through Bargue drawing, plaster cast drawing, perspective, the white ball and a drapery study. Students will work individually on relevant exercises to their level within the time. Drawing media will include charcoal and pencil. An exercise will be set for April at home due to the many public holidays.

Time: Wednesday evenings 18:00 – 21:00

Term 1:

29 January, 5,12,19,26 February, 5,12,19,26 March

Term 2:

7,14,21,28 May, 4,11 June

Cost: R6000 per course, payable in full or in two negotiated installments first installment due 15 December 2024. Cost excludes materials.Vouchers for a friend are available.

Contact Inge Semple through her website ingesemple.com or on 0725975375 to sign up, or for more information. Once a student has signed up and paid, a list of materials and further information will be sent.

INGE SEMPLE is a 5th generation teacher with a BA Fine Art HDE degree from Stellenbosch University, who has taught art to people aged 10-90. She has also helped high school leavers with tertiary portfolio preparation, and enjoys developing her art students’ skills and mental growth. She is an artist who was mentored by Carlo Russo from 2020-2022 in classical drawing and painting. Inge’s preferred media are charcoal, pencil, silverpoint, watercolour and oil. She ran her own art school from 1986-2024 and subsequently has begun teaching for Cornerstone Art Atelier, Cape Town. Cornerstone is a recently formed classical realist art atelier grounded in the 21st century for adults and teens, that runs as hoc classes and workshops in the city bowl, Southern suburbs and Somerset West, teaching drawing, painting and sculpture from life. Contact Inge through her website ingesemple.com or 072 597 5375.

BOTANICAL DRAWING AND ART / BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED.

The classes will be suitable for anyone who loves nature and would like to create botanical art in a peaceful environment.

Students will be encouraged to work in the style that becomes their own and to create vibrant, realistic drawings. 

PART 1 GRAPHITE PENCIL DRAWING

Requirements: Please bring

• Pencils in h, hb, 4b, 6b and sharpener.
• 1 X A3 or A4 Sketch pad, smooth paper or individual sheets as we progress.
• 1 X Eraser and 1x kneadable eraser.
• All plant specimens will be supplied throughout the course.
• Dates for Term 3, 2024
• 3 X Saturday mornings
• 13, 20, 27 JULY
• TIME: 9:15 – 11:45
• R885 FOR 3 CLASSES
• Cell:  0827842678
• E-mail: Lubbemagdalena@gmail.com
• PART 2 BEGINNERS BOTANICAL DRAWING IN COLOUR PENCIL – Elna Lubbe

• You will learn to do detailed botanical drawing of plants and flowers created by careful observation and the practice of COLOUR PENCIL drawing skills and shading techniques.  This introductory course will prepare you to work on your own after completion, or you can choose to continue with the intermediate course. classes will be suitable for anyone who loves nature and would like to create botanical art in a peaceful environment.

   Requirements: 

• All plant specimens will be supplied throughout the course.
• Coloured Pencils (Staedler, Noris club, 36 Water colour Pencils) and sharpener.
• 1 X A3 Sketch pad, smooth paper or individual sheets as we progress.
• 1 X Eraser and 1x kneadable eraser.                                             Layering and mark making techniques will be practised. 
• Dates for Term 3, 2024
• 3 X Saturday mornings
• 3, 17, 24 AUGUST
• TIME: 9:15 – 11:45
• COST FOR 3 MORNING CLASSES R885
• Cell:  0827842678
• E-mail: Lubbemagdalena@gmail.com
• Students will be encouraged to work in the style that becomes their own and to create vibrant, realistic drawings in colour.
• PART 3.  BEGINNERS BOTANICAL & WATER COLOUR – ELNA LUBBE

• You will learn to do detailed botanical drawing from plants and flowers created by careful observation and the practice of WATER COLOUR skills that results in shading techniques. Some exercises will be more spontaneous in application. This introductory course will prepare you to work on your own after completion.

  Students will be encouraged to work in the style that becomes their own and to create vibrant, realistic drawings. Requirements: 

• Most plant specimens will be supplied throughout the course.
• Pencils in h, hb, 3b, 4b, 6b and sharpener.
• Watercolor brush shape and sizes: round, 0,  6 and 9 round painting brush with a pointed tip and a cheap synthetic mixing brush. 
• Water colours: Cotmans watercolour tubes, Lemon Yellow, Permanent Rose, Intense blue (pthalo blue) and Sap green, or Cadmium yellow, Cadmium red and Ultramarine blue and Sap green. If you have good quality watercolours of your own, bring those.
• 1 X Paint well or a porcelain mixing tray +- 8 -10 wells for colour mixing.
• 1 X A3 multi-media sketch pad (or water colour pad, Hot pressed, smooth, 350gsm) or individual sheets as we progress.              
• Dates for Term  3, PART 3, 2024
• 31 AUG,  7, 14 SEPT
• TIME: 9:15 – 11:45
• COST R885 FOR 3 Saturday morning classes.
• Cell:  0827842678
• E-mail: Lubbemagdalena@gmail.com

CLASSES IN OIL PAINTING
Deon Liebenberg

Individual tuition in a small group in a spacious classroom.
Beginners to advanced.

Thorough grounding in oil painting technique, colour theory, basic drawing skills, tonal modelling,
composition, expression, abstraction, and the use of subject-matter and concepts.
Students are encouraged to develop their own style and vision – one that is a true expression of their
experience and perception of the world they live in. To this end the course is tailored and adapted to the
individual requirements of each student.

Days and times: Evening classes: Thursdays 6:30pm-8:30pm
Sessions: 8
Dates: 16 January – 6 March 2025

Cost: R1800

Enquiries and Booking: Deon Liebenberg
082 7260 722
deon.liebenberg125@gmail.com

Deon Liebenberg has lectured in colour, painting, drawing, life drawing and related fine art subjects at
the Cape Peninsula University of Technology from 1984 to 2016. He has also done short spells as a
visiting lecturer at Stellenbosch University’s Department of Fine Art.
He is also active as a research fellow at Stellenbosch University, regularly publishing articles in
academic journals, both local and international, on art history and theory, architecture, and on myth.
Currently he is completing a PhD at Stellenbosch in Visual Arts.
He has had a number of solo exhibitions of his paintings, as well as taking part in group exhibitions.

EXPERIMENTAL ART ( For adults at all levels! )

Discover the magic of creativity through exciting experimental art classes. Classes will include furniture surface painting, re-designing & painting on garments and collage using a range of techniques and materials.

Requirements: An urge to discover, experiment & create!

Classes include:

Art project 1- Furniture surface painting (Transform your plain coffee table or chair into a masterpiece using experimental paint techniques )

Art project 2 – Designer garments ( Re-design your own designer shirt, jeans or jacket that you can wear with pride.)

Art project 3 – Create designer popup greeting cards using a variety of collage techniques.

Materials are included however you will need to bring your own small wooden furniture item for the first project and a plain white garment or jeans for the 2nd project.

DAY AND TIMES:  Thursdays, 18:00 – 20:00       

STARTING: 
PRICE:  R 1400 per term
You may join at any time during the term and will be accommodated pro rata fees.

CONTACT:                  
Anna Shneor : 076 283 8277
annashneor9@gmail.com

More about Anna Shneor:  
Design portfolio:
www.behance.net/annas_designs

Interactive sculptures:
www.instagram.com/annashneor

Paintings:
www.facebook.com/AnnaShneorArt/photos

Angela Rackstraw
This is a 6 hour workshop, where you will discover more about Art Therapy. It will be experientially based, but will also involve some discussion and information sharing. This workshop will be especially relevant to Grade 12 learners and others thinking of exploring Art Therapy as a possible career. Or you could be wishing to enrich your creative process or journey, or perhaps you are a counsellor or therapist wishing to understand a little more about art-making in a therapeutic space.

Dates will be finalised once there is a waiting list of at least 5 people. The workshop will take place on a Friday or during the school holidays. These will be repeated as necessary.

For all enquiries, please contact Angela Rackstraw, an (HPCSA registered) Art Therapist with over 20 years of experience and a passion for teaching. Angela often teaches on the Art Therapy training programme in Cork, Ireland and regularly supervises foreign Art Therapy interns here in Cape Town as part of their clinical training

Enquiries & Booking: Angela Rackstraw
021 6839654 or fax: 0866722896
angrack@mweb.co.za

OIL PAINTING CLASS                                                                                ANNE FOALE

“There is an energy in the creative process that can uplift, unify and give an experience of wholeness” 

Whether you are a beginner, an artist who has lagged on the same creative plateau for years or simply deserve the space and time to paint, you will be most welcome to join my oil painting workshops. The course includes the study of line, form, pattern, composition and perspective together with sound oil painting technique and the theory of colour.

I will advise you on which canvas, paint and brushes to purchase. 

THURSDAYS: 19h00 – 21h00

DATES: 19 January to 9 March 2023 ie 8 sessions

SESSIONS: 8

PRICE: R1300.00

Bookings and Enquiries:  

Anne Foale – sms: 076 374 4255 / email: annefoaleprice@gmail.com 

PRE SCHOOL, PRIMARY TEACHERS & MOTHERS ART ENRICHMENT COURSE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           MAVIS FOALE

Teachers and mothers have a tremendous responsibility to establish a positive learning environment in which creativity and individuality thrive.

This art programme will inspire enthusiastic and dedicated teaching with exciting lessons, many different media and techniques.

Through slides on the development stages of Child Art, the theory of colour and practical application, participants will be challenged to nurture the seeds of creativity in their schools and homes and grow as artists themselves. 

The six evenings include gauche, tempera paint, watercolour, clay, drawings in pencil and charcoal, mono printing, oil pastel and collage sessions. 

TUESDAY: 19h00 – 21h00   

DATES: 2022 TBC       

SESSIONS:            6

PRICE:                  TBC

Enquiries and bookings: Mavis 021 689 3819 emfoale@gmail.com

WELLNESS GROUP                                   DEBBIE BUB

• Do you spend most of your time sitting at home because you are feeling down and have low energy?
• Do you often feel anxious and isolate yourself from other people?
• Have you stopped doing the activities that you used to enjoy and are struggling in your life roles?
• Are you wanting to expand and enrich your experience of yourself and your life?
• Come and join a weekly therapeutic group that offers opportunities to create, engage, socialise and share.
• DAYS AND TIMES:  Thursdays 10h00 – 12h00
• DATES:        Weekly in 2024
• PRICE:           R350 per lessonSessions are facilitated by a registered occupational therapist.  Fees can be claimed from your medical aid.

• Enquiries and bookings:           Debbie Bub: 079 239 3134 debbiebub@gmail.comDo you spend most of your time sitting at home because you are feeling down and have low energy?Do you often feel anxious and isolate yourself from other people