Our week-on-week short 4, 6 or 8 week term courses allow students to immerse themselves in a specific media, learn new skills and become part of our art community. With classes available for beginners, intermediate and advanced students in a range of subjects.
Workshops
For those interested in a one-off session, try our Weekend Workshops which run year-round on Saturdays and Sundays. As a bonus, any adult student enrolled in a short course receives a 10% discount on any weekend workshop in the same term.
Looking for a fun and social night out with friends? Join us for an evening of creativity in the ceramics studio, perfect for getting into the festive spirit! Whether you're with friends, family, or colleagues, it's a great pre-Christmas activity to enjoy together. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll get to choose from a range of functional or fun sculptural pieces – from Christmas trees and funky mugs to stylish dip bowls. No experience is needed, and we’ll provide all the...
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$90Limited
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Pottery + Prosecco | Fun with Handbuilding Ceramics
Have you always wanted to create a travel sketchbook with beautiful sketches created outdoors? If yes, join us on the Urban Sketching & Walking tour starting in Circular Quay and ending in The Rocks. Learn how to transform your surroundings into captivating sketches by mastering key tips, skills and strategies. Explore the urban environment with a professional artist with 25 years’ experience in freehand sketching in art, architecture and urban design to capture street scenes,...
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$125Limited
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Urban Sketching in Circular Quay and The Rocks with Gauri Torgalkar
Bring your curiosity and a willingness to learn as you enjoy developing skills for painting a lighthouse. This is a practical three-hour session where we'll cut through the complexities and focus on the essentials of painting marine scenes. Whether you're a beginner or have some experience, this workshop is all about hands-on learning. You will learn a range of watercolour techniques, including colour mixing, brush control, and composition, to give you a solid foundation. You'll...
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$100Limited
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Watercolour Workshop | Lighthouse with Saba Manesh
<p>Bring your curiosity and a willingness to learn as you enjoy developing skills for painting a lighthouse. This is a practical three-hour session where we'll cut through the complexities and focus
This 4 week course is designed to expose student’s to wide range of hand-building and surface treatment possibilities. The course is best suited to students who have completed a beginners hand-building course or have some experience with hand-building ceramics. Over the 4 week course we will explore next level hand-building techniques, work with different types of clay, experiment with a wide variety of surface treatments and explore glazing methods. Carol’s generosity in sharing...
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$400Limited
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Ceramics | Intermediate Hand-Building with Carol Hudson
Join Mellissa Read-Devine for this bold and colourful still life workshop focussing on florals. Immersing yourself in the glorious freedom of colourful, bold brushstrokes. Students can either bring in a bundle of their favourite florals to set up a still life, work from your garden photos or from another inspiration source. What to expect Students will learn: To simplify shapes and keep your colours bold and bright About colour mixing How to build and balance the composition How to...
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$195Limited
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Acrylic Painting | Fabulous Florals with Mellissa Read-Devine
SPECIAL! Enrol in 3 or more workshops for adults in one transaction and receive 10% discount on your fees. Discount applied at the checkout. No further discounts apply.
Course Overview Getting ready for the summer season and learn how to use this most portable and beautiful of mediums to record happy moments. Workshop theme: The Holiday Sketchbook aka Travel Sketching Join us for a one-day travel sketching in watercolour workshop. Tanya will teach you how to simplify scenes and capture them quickly. You'll learn to use a few pigments, set up compositions with colour washes, and practice sketching familiar subjects. We'll focus on capturing light...
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$180Limited
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Working With Watercolour Workshop with Tanya Baily | Travel Sketching
SPECIAL! Enrol in 3 or more workshops for adults in one transaction and receive 10% discount on your fees. Discount applied at the checkout. No further discounts apply.
Art Est. is delighted to welcome Idris Murphy back as guest tutor to our Summer Art School. Students are encouraged to bring finished works and works in progress and Idris will work with students on an individual basis. You could also start new works as part of this master class. The workshop focuses on using acrylic paints, but oil painters are also welcome. Leading Australian contemporary landscape painter, Idris Murphy, is one of the most individual and highly respected artists...
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$600Limited
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Master Class | Landscape Painting Studio with Idris Murphy
SUMMER ART SCHOOL | This two day master class style workshop is for experienced painters and is not suitable for beginners. Price excludes materialsSPECIAL! Enrol in 3 or more workshops for adults in one transaction and receive 10% discount on your fees. Discount applied at the checkout. No further discounts apply.
Art Est. is delighted to welcome Ross Laurie as guest tutor for this Master Class. Ross captivates his students with his thought-provoking teaching style and warm rapport. This Master Class has a focus on observing images of landscape and ways to translate the landscape into art using oils or acrylics. The workshop is about drawing and painting from your own images and memory, and being exposed to ideas and influences that will assist in you reaching your full potential guided by...
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$790Limited
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Master Class | Making your Mark on the Landscape with Ross Laurie
In this fun hand-building class you will sculpt and decorate a quirky, colourful bird using your own creativity. No experience necessary, as you will be shown various clay sculpting methods including coiling and slab techniques to construct your bird. Use textured rollers to give your bird different patterns on their feathers and paint with underglazes, to bring colour to their bird. If you like you may bring pictures of birds that interest you for inspiration. What to expect This...
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Making Indonesian Jajan Pasar (Street Vendor Snacks) Come and join us making Indonesian Jajan Pasar. In this class, Jayanto will guide you to make your dream street vendor snacks that are inspired by his motherland’s culture, and the foods that evoke memories. Be inspired by the rich colours, cultures, textures, shapes and designs of real or imaginary snacks and a knowledge about street vendor food, and create a life-size delicious clay sculpture. Explore the materiality of clay...
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