FORSTER GALLERY
Open Sat. & Sun., 10am - 2pm, & when the flags are flying
CLASSES - 2026
To enquire about attending a class, please contact the phone numbers or email addresses provided for each class. New students are very welcome.
While classes are available to Society members only, non-members may attend three classes before being asked to join the Society.
Classes in some media may change so check this website regularly for new classes.
Watercolours and Learn to Draw are taught in blocks of a number of consecutive weeks so check the website regularly for new dates.
Places available in each class may also change so speak to the teacher about waiting lists.
Payment for classes and workshops can be made at the gallery by cash, credit or debit card or by contacting treasurer@forstergallery.org.
For a summary of the classes click here
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MORNING CLASSES
MONDAY
9.00am -12.30pm
Vacant
TUESDAY
10.00am - 12:30pm
OIL PAINTING -1
WEDNESDAY
9.30am -12.30pm
OPEN STUDIO
Just show up!
Fumes free, so no turps if you are oil painting
THURSDAY
9.30am-12.30pm
PASTELS
with Vicki Bullard
M: 0429 506 883
FRIDAY
10.00am- 12.00pm
Master class
WATERCOLOURS
with Suzi Zglinicki
4 week term
AFTERNOON CLASSES
MONDAY
1:00pm - 4:00pm
OPEN STUDIO
Just show up!
Fumes free, so no turps if you are oil painting
TUESDAY
1:00pm - 3:30pm
OIL PAINTING - 2
WEDNESDAY
1.00pm - 4.00pm
LEARN TO DRAW
with Bettina Digby
5 week term
Next term TBA
Bettina: 0447 018 996
THURSDAY
Ist & 3rd Thurs each month
2.00pm - 4.00pm
LIFE DRAWING
with model
No Tutor
Bookings essential
Pam: 0412 736 797
FRIDAY
1.00pm - 4.00pm
Vacant
THURSDAY
2nd & 4th Thurs each month
1.00pm - 4.00pm
SKETCHERS
Bookings essential
Bettina: 0447 018 996
Bookings to Denise King on 0401 761 812 or email classesandworkshops@forstergallery.org unless otherwise advised
OPEN STUDIO
1.00pm-4.00pm on Mondays
9.30am-12.30pm on Wednesdays
COST - $10 for members, $15 for non-members
No bookings necessary, just turn up!
If you are an oil painter please do not bring turps, odourless solvent is preferred.
Open Studio is for all artists using any medium provided they do not produce fumes. It is an opportunity to share ideas, discuss methods, critique their work, exchange experiences and work on their individual projects.
If you are considering joining the Society its a great way to meet us and see if this is your 'thing'.
OIL PAINTING
TUTOR - Judy Handebo
Judy has been teaching oil painting at Lake Street Gallery for a number of years. She teaches two classes on Tuesdays.
She organises, helps and motivates students, creating a relaxed and safe space where students can develop their skills and talents. Both classes are suitable for both beginners and more experienced students as she guides each student step-by-step.
Each three hour class includes around 30 minutes of art related items of interest, students' discoveries and a little art theory. The remaining time is allocated to painting.
This class has its own Facebook Group where students can add photos of their paintings, reference images, and generally keep in touch.
PASTELS
TUTOR- Vicki Bullard
THURSDAY - 9.30-12.30pm
COST - $15 per class
BOOKINGS - Vicki - M: 0429 506 883
Pastel is a unique dry medium, very versatile and direct and eliminates the need to mix colours on a palette. Vicki Bullard is an experienced pastellist and teacher of many years and a multiple award winning artist. The class is friendly and casual.
New students wanting to investigate the pastel medium, are welcome to try the tutor's materials before going to the expense of purchasing their own.
LEARN TO DRAW
TUTOR - Bettina Digby
WEDNESDAYS - Next term - To be advised
1.00pm-4.00pm
COST - $150 per five week term, payment in advance required to secure a place. Limit of 10 students
BOOKINGS - Bettina - M: 0447 018 996
Five intensive classes, designed specifically for beginners. This course stresses the importance of seeing and understanding a subject, the recognition of figure and ground, the relationships of a subject's internal and external contours and the effects of light on a subject's surfaces. It will include experience in handling a variety of materials, how to hold them, use them, and how to exploit their mark-making potential. And you will discover how to make your drawing practice comfortable and fun. Subject matter will be predominantly still life, from botanical forms and domestic objects.
Bettina Digby is an artist with many years experience and holds a Diploma in Art and an Advanced Diploma in Colour and Design.
LIFE DRAWING
1st & 3rd THURSDAY of the month - 2.00pm-4.00pm
Bookings are essential as space is limited to 10 people.
COST - $25 per class
BOOKINGS - Pam Dunne - M: 0412 736 797
This is an untutored group that meets to draw a live model.
Drawing a living human model is the best way to improve your drawing skills. There is a variety of abilities within the group with some members having had experience and others none. Both male and female models are booked. Beginning with quick warm up poses, the group moves to longer poses as preferred.
SKETCHERS
2ND & 4TH THURSDAY of each month- 1.00pm -4.00pm
COST - $20
BOOKINGS - M: 0447 018 996
Limited to 12 participants.
A GREAT WAY TO JUST PRACTICE YOUR DRAWING!
Suitable for the beginner and the more experienced artist.
This is a casual group organised similarly to Life Drawing where reminders are sent to a list of interested participants each fortnight. There is no formal tuition but suggestions on techniques and approaches to employ in your drawings will be offered each week. A still life of objects will be set up in the studio prior to each session; flowers, fruit, cloth, shapes of all kinds, moving on to portraits, if desired and possibly out into the field for landscape drawing, weather permitting. BYO all materials and you choose how you like to work, standing at an easel or sitting.
WATERCOLOURS
Suzi Zglinicki is an experienced watercolourist and teacher. She will guide beginners and intermediate students through a series of graduated small paintings, learning the skills of watercolour along the way.
The advanced class is for those with plenty of experience who would like advice on a current project, or who want to take their work in a new direction or who are producing work for an exhibition.
BOOKINGS - M: 0401 761 812
For questions about class content contact Suzi on M: 0490 906 822.
TUTOR: Suzi Zglinicki
FRIDAY: 10.00am - 12.00
Beginning 4th September
Master class -For experienced watercolourists who want to continue their journey, take their work in a new direction or produce work suitable for an exhibition.
FRIDAY: 12.30 - 2.30
Beginning 4th September
Beginners course - Learn how to paint with watercolour in a class for those with less experience on Friday afternoons. This class must have a minimum of three students booked in order to begin.
Both classes are delivered in a planned block of a five weeks so students are advised to make sure they are available for five consecutive weeks. Suzi will make every to help a student catch up only if there is an urgent need to miss a class.
COST: $160 for a 5 week course
Payment in advance required to secure a place.