FORSTER GALLERY
Winter hours - Sat & Sun, 10am - 2pm, & weekdays if the flags are flying
CLASSES - 2025
To enquire about attending a class, please contact the relevant tutor. New students are welcome.
While classes are available to Society members only, three classes may be attended by non-members before being asked to join the Society.
WEDNESDAY
10.00am -1.00pm
ARTCARE PLUS
Peter Everingham
Enq: 0408 716 198
THURSDAY
9.30am-12.30pm
PASTELS
Vicki Bullard
Enq: 0429 506 883
WATERCOLOURS
A new teacher, Suzi Zglinicki, starts in October, day and date to be advised.
Register interest: classesandworkshops@forstergallery.org
MONDAY
1:00pm - 4:00pm
OPEN STUDIO
Just show up!
(Fumes free)
WEDNESDAY
1.00pm - 4.00pm
Vacant
THURSDAY
Ist & 3rd Thurs each month
2.00pm - 4.00pm
LIFE DRAWING
with model
No Tutor
Bookings essential
Enq: 0412 736 797
THURSDAY
2nd & 4th Thurs each month
1.00pm - 4.00pm
LEARN TO DRAW
Bookings essential
Enq: 0447 018 996
OPEN STUDIO
1.00pm-4.00pm
COST - $5 for members
$10 for non-members
No bookings necessary, just turn up
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.
OIL PAINTING
Tutor - Judy Warner
TUESDAYS
10.00am -12:30pm or 1:00pm - 3:30pm
COST - $10
Bookings essential
Judy has been teaching oil painting at Lake Street Gallery for the past four years and teaches two classes on Tuesdays. Classes are $10 each and students only pay when they attend.
The tutor 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. Students are encouraged visit Youtube for oil painting ideas and tutorials.
Oil painting is such a wonderful tried and tested medium to have fun with. You will love working with the creamy texture of the oil paints and appreciate how slowly the oil paint takes to dry on the palette.
ARTCARE PLUS FRIENDSHIP GROUP
PASTELS
Tutor - Vicki Bullard
THURSDAY
9.30-12.30pm
Cost $15
Enq: 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.
LIFE DRAWING
1st & 3rd Thursdays of the month
2pm and 4pm.
Bookings are essential as space is limited to 10 people.
Cost - $25
Bookings - Pam Dunne - 0412 736 797 - pamdunne@rhalex.com.au
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.
LEARN TO DRAW
Tutor - Bettina Digby
2nd & 4th Thursdays of the month
1.00pm - 4.00pm
COST - $10
Bookings essential as limited to 10 students
M - 0447 018 996
This class is for beginners and more experienced artists alike. You will experience a series of exercises that teach you to look and understand a subject. You will learn to use a variety of materials, how to make exciting and interesting marks, and how to portray a three dimensional object on your paper. And you will discover how to make your drawing practice comfortable and fun. Subject matter will be predominantly still life, from botanical forms, domestic objects and cloth.
Bettina Digby is an artist with many years experience and holds a Diploma in Art and an Advanced Diploma in Colour and Design.
It is often said that Leonardo drew so well because he knew about things; it is truer to say he knew about things because he drew so well. - Kenneth Clarke
WATERCOLOURS
Tutor -Suzi Zglinicki
Day and time to be advised
Cost - to be advised, but it will be a five week term with payment in advance.
Suzi Zglinicki is an artist who lives in the Hunter Region of NSW, exhibiting regularly in both Newcastle and Sydney since 2012. Her semi-abstract artworks are produced in a variety of media.
Suzi has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons) and a Master of Fine Art from the National Art School in Sydney; and is currently enrolled in a PhD (Fine Art) at the University of Newcastle. Her work is held in private collections across NSW and in the archive of the National Art School. Suzi uses oils, pastels, acrylics, ink and mixed media to create landscapes, portraits, and semi-abstract works.
Through her art Suzi shares the beauty and mystery of nature and her deep concern for the future of the natural environment. She says:
“Although I am predominantly a landscape artist, I explore many natural subjects through painting, printing and mixed media. My current work is inspired by the sublime beauty of the riparian zone and the subtle air of loneliness to be found in an uninhabited landscape. It expresses a moodiness, a sense of longing coming from the land to be kept safe from human greed. I interpret our connection to the earth with impressions of mountains, fog, rivers, trees and the sky above us, as well as spiritual aspects of the Australian landscape such as solitude, fragility and our fear of the unknown.”