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workshops - home/studio - 2025
at Buderim - Sunshine Coast
'On the Streets - Cityscape' painting workshop
- paintings full of light & atmosphere -
21sy - 22nd June, 2025 (2 day workshop)
Objectives: Create your own fabulously exciting Cityscape paintings full light & atmosphere as you excite and indulge your artistic passions and explore 'On the Streets - Cityscape' painting subjects. Two full days to paint, practice and learn new skills and techniques under Don's watchful eye. All made much simpler with Don's unique and easy to learn painting methods and techniques.
(All student levels welcome)
'Colourful Outback' - Painting Workshop
- inspired by our great Australian outback -
16th - 17th August, 2025 (2 day workshop)
Objectives: Join Don as we explore our unique Australian outback scenery. Paint distant mountains, vast open skies, gnarled trees, rocks, textures using Don's easy to learn painting techniques. Brush and palette knife texture effects, etc., and so much more..
(All student levels welcome)
More 2025 workshops coming soon..
‘Painting With Don’ - 5 days painting exploration & adventure
- creating exciting paintings - Painting Workshop -
30th June - 4th July, 2025 (5 day workshop)
Objectives:
Experimental mark making, dynamic colour choices, textural effects, large brush – small brush techniques, scrappers and so much more.. Then we take all this and make our own visually exciting painting fantastic. This workshop will offer you fabulous opportunities to grow and develop..
(All student levels welcome)
‘‘The Portrait’ - getting a good likeness
- getting a good likeness - Painting Workshop -
19th - 20th July, 2025 (2 day workshop)
Objectives:
Getting a good likeness of your subject is essential to creating a good portrait and this workshop will show you how and give you the tools, skills and techniques to achieve. Proportions, facial features, accurate skin colours and so much more.. (All student levels welcome)
‘‘Floral’ - Exciting & beautiful flowers
- capture the brilliant colours - Painting Workshop -
2nd - 3rd August, 2025 (2 day workshop)
Objectives:
Lots of hints, tips & tricks for painting beautiful flowers. Composition, design, setups & clever composition and how to use in your paintings. Better understanding of colour and tone to communicate mood with flower colours, shapes and suitable backgrounds. Learn about patterns & rhythm in flowers for better results... (All student levels welcome)
completed home workshops in 2025
‘‘Draw, Draw and more Drawing’ - foundation to all good art
- Drawing Workshop -
6th - 10th January, 2025 (5 day workshop)
Objectives:Learn the essentials of good drawing techniques as this workshop is designed to give all students a great foundation into drawing and creative mark making. Heaps of great tips and tricks not found in books. Fun and easy to learn skills and techniques
'Beautiful Sunshine Coast Beaches'
- water, waves, sand and beaches - (Painting Workshop)
29th - 30th March, 2025 (2 day workshop)
Explore our Beautiful Sunshine Coast Beaches (water, waves, sand and beaches) through painting and discover new ways of painting our beautiful seascapes thru innovative thinking and better choices with colour, textural effects and use of reference photos. Paint your very own ‘painting fantastic’
'Animal-Portrait' - any medium
- wild, cute, fur, feathers -(Painting Workshop)
12th - 13th April, 2025 (2 day workshop)
Objectives: Create a fabulous painting of your favourite furry or feathered friend (wild, cute, fur, feathers, beautiful and/or hug-able animal or bird) Familiarize yourself with the many special skills and techniques required to create a good, life-like ‘Animal or Bird portrait’
'Spreading The Magic'
- palette knife - (Painting Workshop)
10th - 11th May, 2025 (2 day workshop)
Objectives: Be totally blown away and fully inspired to paint using the palette knife. Thick (Impasto) paint with dynamic mark making are just the beginning to creating your very own amazing palette knife paintings.
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