Winter Workshops
This is an interim page for our 2020 Workshop Programme. Here you will find detailed information on our planned classes and workshops.
Due to the Covid19 lockdown and some other holdups Mangawhai Art Workspace is not yet open. In the short term some workshops will be held at Mangawhai Artists Gallery until the Art Workspace is in operation. A full programme of workshops and classes will be posted once we have a date for the opening of our Art Workspace.
To inquire or sign up for any of these workshops please contact the tutor directly. Click on the tutor link for more information.
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Working on the Negative Space of your Painting.
Tutor: Elena Nikolaeva The traditional way to paint a picture is to work from the light parts of the painting to the dark parts, paying particular attention to the main elements of the composition. But what happens if we try to paint the opposite way – from dark to light? What are the advantages of this method and why have a number of artists used it through the centuries? In this workshop you will explore these advantages. You will paint your picture from dark to light, starting with the negative space of your painting -- first developing the background, and only after that is completed, painting in the main elements. You will learn different options of negative space paintings: working on dark canvas with negative space predominantly or working on a light canvas with negative space and the main elements of your composition developing simultaneously. Materials: - Medium to big size canvas; - Acrylics; - Your favorite brushes; - Palette; - Container for water; - Cleaning material; - Photographic image (optional). Contact Elena: enikonzealand@gmail.com, ph 021 157 1730 |
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Reduction Lino print, Tutor: Nicola Everett Friday 28 June, 1 day workshop, 5 hours. 10am – 3pm. Participants: minimum 5, maximum 10
You will produce a reduction print in three colours. Cost: $50.00 plus material fee of $20.00 (soft cut Lino, ink and paper) Things to bring: ideas and drawings. Materials provided: photograpic references. Contact Nicki: nicolaeverettartist@outlook.com ph 021 856267 |
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Creating Felted Wool Pictures, Tutor: Christine Moginie Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 June, 2 day workshop. Max number of participants - 8.
Day one from 9.30am to 3.30pm. Wet Felting the base for your picture(s) and a glasses or phone case. What to bring: Please bring lunch, a bottle of water, an apron, a smooth rock the size of your phone or glasses case, a metal or plastic slice tray with raised sides the size you want your picture(s) to be, disposable gloves, a bar of Sunlight soap cut into 4 pieces, a medium/firm foam block, and 2 x pieces of bubblewrap, sharp scissors. Wear old clothes as it is a wet, soapy activity! If you have any carded wool or alpaca fleece, an old wool blanket, or wool garments you are happy to cut up or “shrink”, that you would like to use, please bring this with you too. Day two 9.30am to 1.30pm Needle Felting your picture(s) and case. Felting needles will be available for purchase, and coloured fleece will be provided. Cost: $150 for the weekend. Maximum participants 8 people. 50% non refundable deposit required to save your seat. (Can be transferred to a friend you can’t make it) Contact Christine ph 0211796471 |
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‘En plein air’ at the Waipu cemetery Wednesday, July 3, 2019 9:00am-12:00pm Make your own way to the historic Waipu Cemetery and join a group of other artists for 'plein air’ drawing or painting beside the sea. . This is an untutored activity, There is no charge. |
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Introduction to Silver Clay, Tutor: Jenny Crundwell Thursday, 4 July, one day workshop 10.00am - 3.30pm. Max number of participants - 8.
Silver clay is a crafting medium consisting of very small particles of silver mixed with an organic binder and water for use in making jewelry, beads and small sculptures. In this workshop you will learn to work with Art Silver Clay and will produce either a completed and fired pair of earrings or pendant. What to bring: Bring along only your lunch and wear comfortable clothing. Cost: $85.00 (includes 10grams of Silver Clay) Maximum number of participants: 8 Materials provided: All necessary molds and equipment will be provided and 10grams of Silver Clay is included in the cost. Extra Silver Clay will be available for purchase if required. Contact Raewyn Vague at: artworkspacemangawhai@gmail.com |
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Working with Clay (Group A), Tutor: Nicola Everett 2 days - Friday 5th July & Friday 2 August.
2 day workshop, 5 hours each day. 10am – 3pm. Learn techniques of hand-building and sculpting with clay. This is a class for beginners. Day one - An introduction to hand building with clay-you will make a ‘Green man’ for the garden and in doing so learn different construction techniques.If there is time you will also construct a cylinder form which could be made into a vase, cup, or jug. Day two - will be glazing and using oxides on you pieces that will have been bisque fired. Cost: $150.00 - this includes all materials and firing. Things to bring: wear old clothes Contact Nicki: nicolaeverettartist@outlook.com ph 021 856267 |
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Reduction Lino print (Portrait), Tutor: Nicola Everett Sunday 7 July and Sunday 14 July 2 day workshop, 5 hours each day. 10am – 3pm. Participants: minimum 4, maximum 8
This is a new workshop by popular request. In this workshop you will make a portrait reduction lino print, large format 42x30cm. Cost: $120.00 for two days, includes materials (soft cut lino, ink and paper) What to bring: Pencils, carbon paper if you have some, portrait or self-portrait photographs, iPad/tablet/phone to take photographs Materials provided: as above Contact Nicki: nicolaeverettartist@outlook.com ph 021 856267 |
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Painting with acrylics Inks (liquid acrylics) and traditional acrylics, Tutor: Elena Nikolaeva
Saturday 6 July, 1 day workshop, 5 hours, 10am - 3pm: Max number of participants - 10 "Traditional” acrylics and acrylic inks (liquid acrylics) have similar nature, yet they are different. During this workshop you will have an opportunity to play with these wonderful media. You will learn the best ways of combining them on canvas surface, applying several layers of paints, building up a rich multi-coloured surface of your image. You will try various ways of combining acrylics and inks: one on the top of the other, mixing them together, or separate them from each other on 2 canvases. Each way creates distinctive and very interesting results which you will be able to incorporate into your individual artistic style, enhancing your art. Cost $50. (byo lunch) Materials to bring: 2 canvases of medium size, “normal” acrylics, acrylic inks or liquid acrylics (at least 3 primary colours, black and white (metallic colours if you have)), brushes, palettes, spray bottle, cleaning material. Container for water. *Elena can provide acrylic inks for this workshop for additional $$ Contact Elena: enikonzealand@gmail.com, ph 021 157 1730 |
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Playing with Colour Using Beeswax Crayons and Citrus, Tutor: Christine Moginie Sunday 7 July, 1 day workshop. 6 hours: 9.30am - 3.30pm. Max participants - 20.
Blending beeswax crayons and citrus turps gives a soft watercolour like effect, and beautiful imaginative pictures emerge on the paper without you needing to know how to draw or paint. This playful workshop will give confidence to trust your inner creativity, and for the experienced artists, an opportunity to explore a new medium. What to bring: Please bring an apron, lunch, and water bottle. Art materials will be provided but feel free to bring a selection of papers (110gsm minimum weight) to experiment with. Not suitable for anyone allergic to or sensitive to citrus based oils. Cost: $50. 50% deposit required to save your seat. Contact Christine ph 0211796471 |
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Charcoal, Acrylics and Gloss Medium - tips and tricks for contemporary artists.
Tutor: Elena Nikolaeva Monday 8 July. 1 day workshop, 5 hours, 10am - 3pm: Max number of participants - 10 Tutor will show the ways of combining painting and drawing within one picture, creating layers of semi-transparent paints. How to seal charcoal elements or blend them into acrylics. Materials to bring: one medium to big or 2 small canvases, charcoal sticks, acrylics, brushes, gloss gel medium or gloss or matt spray varnish, palette, container for water, cleaning material. Images (optional).. Materials provided: photographic references. Cost $50. (byo lunch) Contact Elena: enikonzealand@gmail.com, ph 021 157 1730 |
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Painting with acrylics Inks (liquid acrylics) and traditional acrylics Tutor: Elena Nikolaeva Wednesday 10 July, 1 day workshop, 5 hours, 10am - 3pm: Max number of participants - 10 (Note, this is the second workshop offered as the 6 July workshop is now full)
"Traditional” acrylics and acrylic inks (liquid acrylics) have similar nature, yet they are different. During this workshop you will have an opportunity to play with these wonderful media. You will learn the best ways of combining them on canvas surface, applying several layers of paints, building up a rich multi-coloured surface of your image. You will try various ways of combining acrylics and inks: one on the top of the other, mixing them together, or separate them from each other on 2 canvases. Each way creates distinctive and very interesting results which you will be able to incorporate into your individual artistic style, enhancing your art. Cost $50. (byo lunch) Materials to bring: 2 canvases of medium size, “normal” acrylics, acrylic inks or liquid acrylics (at least 3 primary colours, black and white (metallic colours if you have), brushes, palettes, spray bottle, cleaning material. Container for water. *Elena can provide acrylic inks for this workshop for additional $$ Contact Elena: enikonzealand@gmail.com, ph 021 157 1730 |
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Modern Watercolours: A Hands-on Workshop in Contemporary Materials & Techniques, Tutor: Evan Woodruffe Thursday 11 July, 1 day workshop. 4½ hours: 10.30am - 3pm. Max participants - 14.
More popular than ever, watercolours combine quick, spontaneous drawing approaches with subtle building of layered glazes. Watercolours offer an incredibly nuanced vocabulary, with a palette that can be bright, soft, granulated or even, easily lifted or staining, and offer infinite reactions in combination with different paper styles. This watercolour workshop explores the unique qualities of watercolour paints and their interaction with cotton and wood-free papers, both internally and surface sized, varied brush shapes and fibres, and modern watercolour mediums. Cost is $50. Maximum participants: 14 All materials - colours, brushes, papers, mediums - are supplied by Gordon Harris Ltd. What to bring: a palette (a disposable palette or china plate will do), notepad and pencil. To sign up for this workshop, contact Raewyn Vague: artworkspacemangawhai@gmail.com |
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"Compilation" in Contemporary Arts, Tutor: Elena Nikolaeva Saturday 13 July 1 day workshop, 5 hours, 10am - 3pm: Max number of participants - 10
"Compilation" is a distinctive approach to contemporary painting. A number of New Zealand (Rick Edmonds, Nicky Foreman, Brian Strong, Harold Coop) and international artists master it well. And it's time for us to explore it. In this workshop you will learn to look at your work from an unconventional point of view and experiment with your own ideas, images and colours. The idea of "compilation" came from collage techniques where an artist incorporated multiple layers and interpretations in the same work. Artists are using similar approaches in painting, interpreting many aspects of a subject in a single work - a "compilation” of several different representations of the elements of a study. In this way a shoreline, for instance, could combine the features of the shore, the horizon, rocks, grasses, viewed from different angles and proximities. You will learn how and what to combine and what best to avoid in your composition. You will make sketches of your ideas and choose the most promising composition, guided by the tutor. Cost $50. (byo lunch) Materials to bring: Canvas - medium to big size (the size you are comfortable with), several sheets of ordinary printing paper A4 (better A3), a pencil, acrylics (oils), brushes, and all your favourite painting gear, photographic images (optional). Contact Elena: enikonzealand@gmail.com, ph 021 157 1730 |
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Introduction to Quilling, Tutor: Raewyn Vague, Sunday 14 July, one day workshop, 5½ hours, 10am to 3.30pm: Max number of participants - 8
Quilling or paper filigree is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. This class will be an introduction to the art of Quilling. You will have an opportunity to learn all the standard shapes, make cards, decorate boxes, quill earrings and if time allows start a simple quilled mandala. Cost $50. (byo lunch) Materials to bring Please bring a small sharp pair of scissors. Paper and tools for use during the workshop will be supplied. Tools and material will be available for sale for those who wish to continue with the art. If there is enough interest a further more advanced course can be arranged to explore three dimensional quilling. Contact Raewyn at rov@xtra.co.nz for bookings or further details |
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Printmaking - Drypoint, Tutor: Nicola Everett Monday 15 July, 1 day workshop, 5 hours. 10am – 3pm. Participants: minimum 5, maximum 10
Drypoint is the most direct form of printmaking as you draw directly onto your printing plate. You then ink up your plate and wipe off the areas of ink that you do not require. It is a great technique in which to extend and explore the way you draw. Cost: $60. The fee includes all materials Things to bring: ideas and drawings. Contact Nicki: nicolaeverettartist@outlook.com ph 021 856267 |
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Using a range of media to develop ideas, Tutor: Gayle Forster Wednesday 16 July, one day workshop, 6½ hours, 9.30am to 4pm: Max number of participants - 6
The idea will come from an artwork/sketch that you have done that you would like to extend, develop further. After individual discussion, the technical processes (relevant media and compositions ) will be selected according to what best supports your idea. Cost: $55.00. Specialised Material fees are extra – approx. $10.00 to $40.00 depending on medium. (BYO lunch) Materials to bring: pencils, eraser, your brushes, sketch pad/heavier paper, your artwork/sketches – just what you think you might want to use. Please note, this workshop is being held at Paerata13 Art Studiospace, 13 Grove Road, Mangawhai Heads Contact Gayle: gaylepaerata@gmail.com |
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Digital Drawing for Beginners Tutor: Lynn Middleton Sunday, 21 July, 10:00am-12:30pm
Maximum participants: 4 Learn how to draw on your smart phone. Sketch while you are out and about. Make cards for birthdays and special occasions. Using free Apps you will learn how to manipulate the brushes and pencils on screen and achieve great results. Send e-cards, friends and family will love them. What to bring: You will need your own smart phone or tablet. Maximum participants: 4 Cost: $25 Please note: Venue is Mangawhai Museum Cafe Contact Lynn: lynnamiddleton@icloud.com ph 022 694 1149 |
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Digital Drawing for Beginners Tutor: Lynn Middleton Sunday, 28 July 10:00am-12:30pm
Maximum participants: 4 Learn how to draw on your smart phone. Sketch while you are out and about. Make cards for birthdays and special occasions. Using free Apps you will learn how to manipulate the brushes and pencils on screen and achieve great results. Send e-cards, friends and family will love them. What to bring: You will need your own smart phone or tablet. Maximum participants: 4 Cost: $25 Please note: Venue is Mangawhai Museum Cafe Contact Lynn: lynnamiddleton@icloud.com ph 022 694 1149 |
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How to apply Watercolours, Glazes, Soak & Stretch Papers Tutor: Christine Moginie Thursday 1 August, 2 hour workshop. 10am - 12pm.
Minimum number of participants - 5, maximum 12. Learn how to wet, soak and stretch different watercolour papers, apply soft veils of colour, and blend the watercolours properly. Christine is offering this workshop at the Mangawhai Artists Gallery, for anyone who attended the recent watercolour workshop, and others if interested, to learn these important skills and techniques. What to bring: Please bring papers, brushes, palette or plate, waterers sponge, and watercolours if you have them and any work from the last workshop you would like to develop further. Cost: $20 Contact Christine 0211796471 to reserve your place, or email christinemoginie@gmail.com for bank details. |
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Painting Mist (Fog), Tutor: Elena Nikolaeva Saturday 3 August, 1 day workshop, 5 hours, 10am - 3pm: Max number of participants - 10
Winter in NZ is time of beautiful morning mists and fogs. It's a wonderful source of inspiration for an artist. But it's a challenge - it's quite opposite to a typical landscape of clear NZ air, vibrant colours and sharp shapes which all of us are accustomed to. How to paint non-material misty air? How to paint vague silhouettes of trees in the mist, grass or a house? What colours to use to avoid a boredom of greys and murky shades? During this workshop you will explore wonderful subtle and refine palette of mists, creating a "mysterious" painting of a landscape. Cost $50. (byo lunch) Materials to bring: 1 medium/big canvas, acrylics (oils), brushes, plates for palettes, container for water, photographs of fogs or mists (optional), cleaning material. Contact Elena: enikonzealand@gmail.com, ph 021 157 1730 |
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Digital Drawing for Beginners Tutor: Lynn Middleton Sunday, 4 August, 10:00am-12:30pm
Maximum participants: 4 Learn how to draw on your smart phone. Sketch while you are out and about. Make cards for birthdays and special occasions. Using free Apps you will learn how to manipulate the brushes and pencils on screen and achieve great results. Send e-cards, friends and family will love them. What to bring: You will need your own smart phone or tablet. Maximum participants: 4 Cost: $25 Please note: Venue is Mangawhai Museum Cafe Contact Lynn: lynnamiddleton@icloud.com ph 022 694 1149 |
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Drawing and collage Tutor: Nicola Everett Sunday, 4 August, 2019. 1 day workshop. 5 hours: 10am - 3.00pm. Minimum participants: 5 - maximum: 10.
Spend a day exploring drawing, mark making and collage using different materials. What to bring: scissors, glue stick, interesting paper (some paper will be provided) any drawing equipment you have and two or three paint colours . Cost: $50.00 Contact Nicki: nicolaeverettartist@outlook.com ph 021 856267 |
