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workshops - home/studio - 2025
at Buderim - Sunshine Coast
'The Portrait' - Painting Workshop
- get a good likeness -
8th - 9th November, 2025 (2 day workshop)
Objectives: Join Don in this workshop as we explore, obtaining a good likeness of your subject and creating a great portrait. Don will show you how and give you the tools, skills and techniques to achieve. Proportions, facial features, mix accurate skin colours and so much more..
(All student levels welcome)
Starting - 2026 workshops & more coming soon..
'Glowing Light' - Painting Workshop
- supercharge & energise your art -
12th - 16th January, 2026 (5 day workshop)
Objectives: ‘Supercharge your art’ 5 full days of adding glowing light to your paintings. Lots of one-on-one time with Don, live, in-class demos to help with every aspect of your painting process from colour, paint mediums, good brush and palette knife techniques. Heaps of great tips and tricks not found in books. A 'DO NOT MISS' exciting and unique artistic event.
(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.
'On the Streets - Cityscape' - painting workshop
- paintings full of light & atmosphere -
21st - 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...
'The Portrait' - painting workshop
- getting a good likeness -
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..
'Beautiful Flowers' - Painting Workshop
- colourful, exciting & beautiful -
2nd - 3rd August, 2025 (2 day workshop)Objectives: This flower painting workshop will be a fun and creative way to learn new skills and techniques whilst expressing yourself artistically. It’s all covered here, the beauty, structure, colours and composition of flowers, all under Don’s watchful eye and expert guidance...
'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..
'Palette Knife Painting' - Painting Workshop
- let’s go thick chunky paint -
25th - 26th October, 2025 (2 day workshop)
Objectives: Create using thick chunky impasto paint with your palette knife to gain essential skills and techniques in this fun and creative artistic experience. It’s all covered here, mediums, colours, composition and all under Don’s watchful eye and expert guidance.etc., and so much more..
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