Tutors 2018
Mandy Thomsett-Taylor
Mandy is a professional artist with a focus on painting and drawing. Her approach to art making is highly experimental; she is always interested in playing with a new idea or material.
Art Education has been a major focus for her; from 2000-2014 she held a Senior Academic position at Auckland’s Unitec in the Department of Design and Visual Arts. Her teaching experience is broad - from supervision of Masters students to incoming Certificate students.
She now resides in Mangawhai and has built a large, stand-alone professional arts studio, which she shares with students on a continual basis. She loves making art and enjoys sharing her experience and enthusiasm with others.
To inquire or sign up for this workshop please contact Mandy: email - mandytt@xtra.co.nz ph 021 843590
Art Education has been a major focus for her; from 2000-2014 she held a Senior Academic position at Auckland’s Unitec in the Department of Design and Visual Arts. Her teaching experience is broad - from supervision of Masters students to incoming Certificate students.
She now resides in Mangawhai and has built a large, stand-alone professional arts studio, which she shares with students on a continual basis. She loves making art and enjoys sharing her experience and enthusiasm with others.
To inquire or sign up for this workshop please contact Mandy: email - mandytt@xtra.co.nz ph 021 843590
The Art House Painting/Drawing Class, starts Thurs 14 June, 6 sessions in total, every 2nd Thursday, $450.
This course is held at The Art House, 40 Thelma Road South, Mangawhai Heads
This exciting mixed media art course has an exploratory focus and is suited to students of all levels. If you are a beginner it will get you started. If you are a practicing artist it will energise and extend your work. The course offers a completely unique approach to methods of art making. Beginning with observational drawing, students will progress towards the abstract, continually negotiating fresh and unfamiliar ground. The course is designed to offer a distinct insight into methods of painting and drawing via a series of tutored sessions that explore a broad range of painting and drawing materials and approaches. There will be an emphasis on experimentation and free play within a course structure that focuses on developing essential skills in the visual language of line, tonal values, composition and colour.
Classes encompass the spirit of a personal direction and individual vision, encouraging students to develop their individual artistic voice.
Additionally, we will look at contemporary and historical examples of art, so as to illustrate how composition and narrative can inform contemporary art practice.
You will leave the course filled with ideas and armed with a working knowledge of how materials and process can be used and combined to create marks, depth and texture in your own style. All students will create a large number of art works including finished works.
This course is held at The Art House, 40 Thelma Road South, Mangawhai Heads
This exciting mixed media art course has an exploratory focus and is suited to students of all levels. If you are a beginner it will get you started. If you are a practicing artist it will energise and extend your work. The course offers a completely unique approach to methods of art making. Beginning with observational drawing, students will progress towards the abstract, continually negotiating fresh and unfamiliar ground. The course is designed to offer a distinct insight into methods of painting and drawing via a series of tutored sessions that explore a broad range of painting and drawing materials and approaches. There will be an emphasis on experimentation and free play within a course structure that focuses on developing essential skills in the visual language of line, tonal values, composition and colour.
Classes encompass the spirit of a personal direction and individual vision, encouraging students to develop their individual artistic voice.
Additionally, we will look at contemporary and historical examples of art, so as to illustrate how composition and narrative can inform contemporary art practice.
You will leave the course filled with ideas and armed with a working knowledge of how materials and process can be used and combined to create marks, depth and texture in your own style. All students will create a large number of art works including finished works.
Photos show Mandy with students at The Art House studio, 40 Thelma Road South, Mangawhai Heads
