Visual Arts courses available in Byron Bay and Mullumbimby
Become a visual artist or designer, or simply explore your own creativity through our engaging, informative and enjoyable Visual Arts courses.
Study design and visual art through one of our nationally-recognised short courses and workshops. You’ll learn key techniques with experienced tutors that will help you to realise your artistic potential. Our courses are also the perfect launchpad for further professional training in visual art.
Our short courses cover a diverse range of arts and design subjects, including:
Painting
Drawing
Journaling
Screen Printing
Art History
Pottery
Design
Courses are hosted at both our Byron Bay and Mullumbimby campuses. Learn more through the individual course outlines below.
Are you interested in exploring painting in a style between realism and abstraction? This 8-week immersion into collage, colour and painting will draw inspiration from a range of expressionist painters who were more concerned with their emotional responses than an objective reality. Drawing on memory, imagination, dreams and collage this class will step you through a process to help you draw and paint expressively with your own painting signature. This class continues to develop...
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Assessments are made against units of competency.
Read and respond to short and simple workplace information (FSKRDG004)
Breathing the Land 1 is an opportunity to join a small group in an experiential research project focusing on deepening our relationship to the landscape we inhabit. This 8-week art practice will incorporate a range of modalities including meditation, walking, observation, drawing, painting and assemblage. We will make use of materials from the landscape to respond to country, drawing with local ochres, dyeing paper with local botanicals, fuelling our visual responses with local...
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Assessments are made against units of competency.
Use digital technology for routine and simple workplace tasks (FSKDIG002)
Use strategies to plan simple workplace tasks (FSKLRG005)
Participate in familiar spoken interactions at work (FSKOCM003)
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Have you often imagined you might like painting but not been sure how to start? If you are a complete beginner, if you have painted in the past but want a refresher course or if you simply want to be making art with the camaraderie of colleagues, this course will cover the basics - how to mix colour and understand hue, value, saturation and temperature to compose satisfying mages. Week by week this class will step you through a process to help you paint expressively and develop...
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Assessments are made against units of competency.
Engage in short and simple spoken exchanges at work (FSKOCM002)
Use oral communication skills to participate in workplace teams (FSKOCM006)
Read and respond to short and simple workplace signs and symbols (FSKRDG002)
This course has no current classes. Please
the waiting list.
The Art of Juxtaposition 2 will extend the 2D graphic collage explorations of The Art of Juxtaposition 1 and provide an opportunity to consider collage as the basis for making paintings and sculptures. During this course we will look at the work of various artists known for their use of Collage and gain inspiration to construct new images for ourselves. It is not necessary to do The Art of Juxtaposition 1 and 2 courses in chronological order. Collage is easy and relies only on a...
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Assessments are made against units of competency.
Read and respond to simple workplace information (FSKRDG007)
Write short and simple workplace information (FSKWTG003)
Use short and simple strategies for work-related learning (FSKLRG004)
This course has no current classes. Please
the waiting list.
Interested in learning about floristry? This 4 week introduction course will step you through the process of creating a variety of floristry designs. You will gain hands on experience with practical lessons in flower arranging, hand tied bouquets, wiring fresh blooms, gift wrapping and bow construction. Each week you will learn a new design, which once completed is yours to take home. What you will learn: How to prepare and care for fresh flowers and plant materials Correct storage...
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The Art of Paper & Print is an introductory course into several ways to make Prints. This 8 week practical course will explore drawing and the creative possibilities of transposing drawings into mono-prints and relief-prints. The Laneway Studio now has a geared printing press - so come along, get inky and explore the fascinating processes of Printmaking. What you will learn to: Develop an idea visually across a variety of media Transfer your initial drawing to a plate Distinguish...
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Capture the beauty of a landscape through an exploration of mediums, elements and principles of design! With a primary focus on acrylic painting and sketching, this class aims to teach a range of techniques from how to capture the perfect composition, mixing the exact colours, using traditional design principles to create the illusion of depth and realism within your sketches and paintings. This is a fun transformative class suitable for any artistic level! At the conclusion of...
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Ever thought of designing and haven't the faintest idea where to begin? Well this is a fun and inspirational course in fashion design! Get your ideas down on paper, learn the techniques required to turn your visual idea into a reality. We look at drawing techniques, mixed mediums, unique ways to present your ideas, how to source inspiration, mood boards, fabric swatches and finally finish with your own professional personalised clothing range. This is suitable for any artistic...
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The Materiality of Paper is a hands-on introduction to the creative possibilities of paper. In this 8-week practical course we will cover the history of paper, what paper can be made from, and artists using paper in their practices. Students will make paper from different source materials and explore an introduction to both sculptural paper forms and artist books. It is not necessary to have made paper before, this is for all - from beginners to experienced artists - who are...
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Assessments are made against units of competency.
Participate in highly familiar spoken exchanges (FSKOCM001)
With Still-life, we slow down and observe the presence and beauty of simple objects of our everyday lives. In this workshop we take time to ‘look at the overlooked’, considering the form, shape, colour, texture and arrangement of familiar objects. We will practise basic tone and colour mixing, brushwork and various techniques including wet-in-wet painting. Suitable for all levels of experience. What to bring: All materials supplied Bring own refreshments/lunch Important information...
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