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WINTER HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS 2026
It’s time to get cozy inside the Gallery Space at Addison Road Community Centre as we draw our way through these WINTER Holidays, illustrating our own RULES OF WINTER, taking a peak Underneath an ICEBERG and drawing a life size skeleton to construct a Book of BONES. It’s also the perfect time to slow down and learn a little about The BLACK & WHITE of BIRDS while testing your knowledge of some potentially new inky drawing techniques in So, you think you know INK? Come in from the cold, take a seat and embark on an array of creative drawing adventures as we while away some chilly days together this July. |
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RULES OF WINTER
As Shaun Tan introduced us to the RULES OF SUMMER (through his BEAUTIFUL book of the same name) let’s take inspiration from this wonderful author/illustrator to welcome Winter by setting our own sensible, serious & silly RULES OF WINTER! After we conjure our informative instructions, we’ll create lovely, layered illustrations to model our mid-winter moods and guide us through this wild woolly season. Now remember, Rule #1 NEVER leave home without a Jacket, a pencil, and the RULES of WINTER in your pocket.
Ages 5+
Monday 6th July 10:00 - 4:00 |
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Underneath an ICEBERG
What lies below? In this Workshop hidden worlds of your making await being brought to life through an array of layered drawing techniques as we play beneath the visible surface of our wintery icebergs. Under the calm inky constructs of line and form, atmosphere and texture will build to reveal a flip book of imagined scenes and stories full of wonder and adventure. What will each turn of the page reveal? Maybe moments frozen in time or flashes of a future teaming with life?
Ages 5+
Tuesday 7th July 10:00 - 4:00 |
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Book of BONES
Guess what? I have bought Drawn To Seeing a brand-new friend & he’s all BONES!
In this Workshop I’ll introduce everyone to the wonders of drawing a life-size skeleton. While we’re marvelling at this medical miracle that keeps us moving, bending, walking and dancing, we’ll capture its lines, forms and shapes from head to toe, applying our newfound observational knowledge to create our very own fold-out book of bones & accompanying articulated skeleton. Who knows, perhaps these sensational drawing structures will even make an appearance in a Halloween display near you this October.
Ages 5+
Wednesday 8th July 10:00 - 4:00 |
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The BLACK & WHITE of BIRDS
I’ve almost lost count of the Workshops I’ve run drawing birds. In each one I set out to learn a little something about the birds we draw to help identify them and to grow any avian knowledge already acquired, & this Workshop is no exception. Through observational drawing using a ton of techniques we’ll soon get to know a little more about some of our favourite backyard buddies. So, if you don’t know the difference between a Raven & a Crow? A Magpie & a Currawong? Or mistaken a Butcher Bird for a Magpie Lark, this is the Workshop for you as we look closely and draw our way through our very own pocket booklet of birds.
Ages 5+
Thursday 9th July 10:00 - 4:00 |
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So, you think you know INK?
Maybe you have used a veritable variety of ink pens or dipped a quill or bamboo nib in an ooze of black liquidy goodness. Maybe you have layered lines and blotted blobs, but have you spent a whole day playing with Ink in its many forms? You see, Ink is one of my favourite drawing mediums as it continues to surprise me with the many ways it can be used in drawing. Whether it’s capturing a line, creating a shadow, toiling over texture or setting a scene, this medium can be used straight up, as a wash, with a resist, or stamped as a print or pooled in a puddle. Regardless, if you think you know ink, this Workshop, full of exploration and experimentation, should only add to the marvellous mystery of this magnificent medium.
This Workshop is specifically designed for older kids and is the perfect way to experiment with different types of drawing & drawing mediums.
Ages 10+
Friday 10th July 10:00 - 4:00
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