About the Workshop
Learn an easy way to paint the impossible!
See and experience how you can recreate the beautiful softness of colours and tones depicting sky and tree reflections, undulations, tinted coloured water showing natural elements of the sand in shallow water.
Adding water component to your landscapes will enhance your compositions by adding life to your paintings. Water is fluid, shape-shifting, perpetually in motion, reflective, cooling and refreshing. During this workshop, different techniques will be applied each day resulting in beautiful realistic representations of water.
Learn a quick and easy way to paint water, both still or in motion. Save yourself hours of experimentation and research by following Marcel Desbiens' quick step-by-step demonstration process and achieve instant results. Plenty of 'hands on' exercises will give you the opportunity to create those realistic effects with oils. You will learn to reproduce this transparent effect using a layering technique on a coloured background with the Alla prima method, and the layering and glazing method. The right choice of medium, opaque and transparent colours and brushes will make the process a breeze!
Estimated material cost | $250 |
Medium | Oils |
Level | All levels** |
Age | 18+ |
Max Class Size | 15 |
Life model | No |
All levels** - Workshop is suitable for all skill levels, however, basic knowledge an skills in oils is a pre-requisite.
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Booking Information: Once you have selected your workshop, book your place online, over the phone or in person. $100* will secure your place today.
Online: usq.edu.au/mcgregor
Phone: School of Creative Arts on 07 4631 1111 during business hours, if you are unable to reach someone, please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible. We are open for calls Monday - Friday between 10.00am to 4.00pm
Payment Plan: You can select a payment plan option with a $100 non-refundable deposit. Pay off the balance by 11 December 2020.
*$100 is a non-refundable deposit to cover event preparation and administration costs.
Please note the tuition fee does not include materials. The material cost noted is indicative only if you need to purchase every item. You may already have some of the required materials or tools in your artwares collection. The level of investment of artwares and tools is often your choice and we encourage you to liaise with your tutor prior to your workshop.
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In order to ensure the safety of all attendees and university staff, the following COVID-19 related regulations will be in place during the event, in line with our relevant Risk Management Plans and COVID Safe Plans:
- Capacity in each room will be limited in line with correct social distancing measures.
- Hand sanitiser will be available inside each workshop space and in common spaces.
- Attendees will not be required to wear masks, but may do so if they wish
- It is requested that attendees maintain social distancing (1.5m) whilst moving around the campus and in class.
- If an attendee becomes ill during the workshop, experiencing COVID-19 related symptoms, they will be required to leave the workshop as soon as possible so that they may seek appropriate medical attention
- Provisions are available on campus for isolation for those registrants staying on campus.
- If attendees fall ill or begin experiencing COVID-19 symptoms within 24 hours of attending the workshop, please email mcgregor@usq.edu.au to advise if you are not attend.
- Unfortunately, if an attendee lives in a current hot spot as determined by Queensland Health, they will be unable to attend, again to ensure the safety of all attendees and staff.
- Attendance is restricted to Queensland Residents only, in line with interstate travel restrictions
For the most up to date information, please keep up to date on our USQ McGregor Arts Retreat Facebook page - @mcgregorschooltoowoomba
Create. Collaborate. Connect.
McGregor Retreats are an opportunity for you to immerse yourself in creativity for one to seven days! We offer multiple workshop structures, with a range of artistic workshops covering everything from watercolour to woodwork, music to creative writing and more. With a 53 year history, McGregor Retreats attract established, beginner and dabbling artists, believing everyone has the ability to create.
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Contact: Cassy Stephan, McGregor Coordinator
Email: Cassandra.stephan@usq.edu.au
Phone: (+617) 46312755