AUTUMN HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS 2025

Congratulations for making it through the warmth and newness of a new Year & a new Term. So with Term 1. done & dusted, you can now take a deep breath in & out & enjoy the cooler days as we embrace Autumn, gear up for a l-o-n-g weekend and celebrate four days of Drawing Creativity! Come join me in the calm of the Gallery as we unfold some Illuminating Illustrations, get down to create some Leaflitter Critters, get 3D to create our very own Bird Boxes and learn a little about our BILBY, the Rabbit Eared Bandicoot, just in time for a four day weekend celebrating whatever you choose, leading luxuriously into another well earned week of School Holidays.

Illuminating Portraits

Behold the FOLD & what lies beneath! It’s amazing what can be hidden from view by some very clever paper engineering. A trapped soul, a shipwreck, a world inside a world, a multitude of monstrous monsters all hidden behind pokerfaced expressions … the possibilities are endless. In this Workshop we will take Inky Illustrations and stretch the very edges of reality as we revel in the ultimate reveal. All you need to bring is an outrageous ‘stretch’ of your imagination and a little finger folding dexterity and maybe a whole lot of weird

Ages 5+

Monday 14th April 10:00 - 4:00

Leaf Litter Critters

Is that a twig or a foot or a feeler? A pod or an abdomen or even a thorax? Are those seeds or eyes staring back at me? Layers of leaves or wings poised to take flight? In this Workshop we’ll use the foraged spoils of Autumn to create our own Leaf Litter Critters, place them in our very own Museum Specimen Boxes, study them closely then record all their fantastical features in a Nature Journal of Drawings and Observations. We’ll use many mediums to record our findings as we explore & experiment our way around this unique scientific discovery & claim naming rights for this breathtaking breakthrough in Natural History!

Ages 5+

Tuesday 15th April 10:00 - 4:00

BIRD BOXES!

Something happens when a 2D Drawing is transformed into a 3D object. Perspectives change, stories unfold, layers emerge, scale gets playful, and you create a whole different kind of depth just by adding another dimension! In this Workshop what may start as a simple sketch on a piece of card will end up as an avian cube of wonder, beautifully layered and presented to the world as a honest to goodness actual Bird Box. What a wonderful way to play with colours, lines, forms and mediums while learning a little about the feathered friends we share the sky with.

Ages 5+

Wednesday 16th April 10:00 - 4:00

BILBY the rabbit eared bandicoot

You know Bilby’s don’t lay eggs right? But let’s not let that stop us celebrating this Rabbit Eared Bandicoot, after all, while there are hundreds of breeds of Rabbits found on every continent (except Antarctica), there are only two species of bilbies, and they are found only in Australia. In this Workshop, through a variety of Drawing mediums & styles, we will honour this mischievous marsupial by creating a pop-up, cut-out cardboard creation worthy of any Easter celebration or just as a wonderful way of getting to know another amazing Australian animal!

Ages 5+

Thursday 17th April 10:00 - 4:00