Est. 1978
2025 Term Dates
We operate four (9 week) terms each year
Term 1 - Fri 31st January to Thurs 3rd April
Term 2 - Mon 28th April to Mon 30th June
Term 3 - Mon 21st July to Fri 19th September
Term 4 - Mon 6th October to Tue 9th December
Please note classes in 2025 will not run during public holidays.
Classes
Classes are Tutored by experienced artists and run Monday to Friday, varying between 2 to 2.5 hours. Terms are 9 weeks in duration.
Classes are open to all current year members of the Brighton Art Society. New members are always welcome please enrol via the Membership menu.
Our bookings and payments are through Try Booking System. These links will take you to the class term booking.
Please note that bookings are required two weeks prior class commencement.
A sufficient number of enrollments are required for the class to proceed. Mid term starts are possible if vacancies allow however full term fees apply.
Please note, classes in general have a maximum of 12 students. Class fees are only refundable if classes are cancelled due to insufficient numbers.
Classes for 2025 Term 3 are now open to be booked.
2025 Term 3 Classes
Acrylic Painting
and Drawing
Paul Anderson
Tuesday 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Paul is an artist with expertise in acrylic painting & drawing. After a long career as a professional graphic designer, he has accrued a wealth of knowledge to help you improve your artistic skills. Students in this class will be given the opportunity to develop their painting style on material of their choice & learn acrylic techniques.
This class welcomes absolute beginners to intermediate painters. This class also suits experienced painters who enjoy painting in a group environment.
Life Drawing
Michelle Zuccolo
Thursday 10.00am - 12.30pm
Michelle has lectured in various colleges and universities, and has worked as Art coordinator in New York for theatre production, stage & costume design.
She has work in collections in Europe, New York, and Australian. Michelle will help you to capture the human figure.
Painting Oil & Acrylic
Vivi Palegeorge
Friday 9.30am - 12.00pm
Vivi is an artist with expertise across all media and has a particular interest in landscapes.
Students will be given the opportunity to learn mixed media techniques.
Weather permitting, outdoor painting opportunities with guidance will be provided to further enhance their painting skills.
Watercolour Painting
Malcolm Beattie
Tuesdays 10.00am - 12.30pm
With his straightforward approach to vibrant watercolour paintings. Malcolm will demonstrate and lead the participants step-by-step through the painting process, expecting to complete one watercolour painting each session.
Advice and critique will be ongoing, with classes covering..
• varied subject matter
• drawing
• composition
• controlled wash method
• washes & glazes
• painting wet into wet
• tonal values
• colour harmony
• use and types of papers, brushes etc
Prior watercolour experience is required.
Being Bold with Watercolour
Rehann
30 August to 20th September
Saturdays 10.00am - 12.30pm
Unlock confidence and expression as you paint
This workshop series is designed to help artists break through hesitation and discover the power of bold painting. Through gestural brushwork, strong composition and unapologetic color, participants will learn to trust their and find their visual voice in watercolor.
Topics Covered:
● Basic washes & materials
● Loosening up with intention
● High-impact color palettes
● Big shapes and confident composition
● Embracing "mistakes" as artistic momentum
Best For:
Artists of all levels ready to leave perfectionism behind and dive into expressive, intuitive painting.
Takeaways:
● Stronger composition and clarity
● Greater spontaneity in your work
● One finished piece along with confidence-building studies
Painting Oil & Acrylic
Vivi Palegeorge
Friday 9.30am - 12.00pm
Vivi is an artist with expertise across all media and has a particular interest in landscapes.
Students will be given the opportunity to learn mixed media techniques.
Weather permitting, outdoor painting opportunities with guidance will be provided to further enhance their painting skills.
2025 Short Courses
Landscapes in Watercolour
with Vivi Palegeorge
Sunday 24th August 2025
10.30am to 3.00pm
In this workshop, students will explore the characteristics of the Watercolour medium and how to make the most of its unique properties. Learn to paint using various techniques. Students will be guided with step by step demonstrations from Vivi, followed by practice.
Demonstration:
Being Bold in Watercolour
with Rehann
Saturday 16th August 2025
10.00am to 12.30pm
Rehann is a Melbourne-based artist working primarily with water-based media. His practice explores the dynamic qualities of watercolor and inks, with an emphasis on spontaneity, movement and process. Originally trained in Design at Swinburne University, he spent over a decade working & teaching in the field of user experience (UX) and product design. Eventually, a quiet longing to return to painting became impossible to ignore.
Watercolor is now a daily practice and a way of life. Now painting full-time, he shares his love for the medium through workshops and retreats, sharing his approach to watercolor as both a technical and contemplative medium.
Members: $10 or Non Members: $15
or Tickets available at the door (cash only)
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Introduction to Watercolour
with Vivi Palegeorge
Saturday 9th August 2025
10.00am to 12.30pm
This is an introductory course on Watercolour, and is suitable for absolute beginners and those who require a refresher in using this medium. This course will teach students how to work with Watercolour using and developing various techniques and skills. This course consist of demonstrations and practice.
Digital Drawing & Painting Shortcourse
with Richard Impey
4 Week Short Course - 29 August to 19 September
Fridays 1.30pm to 3.30pm
There is a growing interest in Digital Drawing and Painting.
This course will focus on generating art works using Procreate and preparing them for professional printing and posting on Instagram.
It will focus on individual projects generated by the student.
General themes and alternate methods of artistic presentation will also be illustrated during the course.
In particular, this short course will provide an opportunity for artists to improve their skills in Digital Drawing and Painting by:
• Investigate the use of brushes for line work, adding shading and working with textures. ·
• Select colours, manipulating tints and shades and creating your own colour palettes for specific images. ·
• Work with multiple layers, merge layers, change opacity levels, make selections, masks and applying special effects. ·
• Import and work with your own watercolour backgrounds, pencil sketches and photographs.
• Setup specific canvas sizes, learn to use helpful naming conventions and use cloud storage. • Prepare your completed images for electronic publishing on Instagram and Facebook. ·
• Prepare and export your images for professionally printing.
Note: If you are unsure about installing or upgrading Procreate on your IPad, you might like to go to an Apple store for help prior to the course. The Apple staff are fantastic. You will need to book.
Materials iPad (Fully charged) Apple pencil Latest version of Procreate installed on your iPad iPad charging connector Drawing paper, pencils and pens
Friday 1.30pm to 3.30pm 4 Weeks – 29 August, 5, 12, 19 September
Book here: https://www.trybooking.com/CZWVI Members $90 Non Members $100 10 Spots
The Art of The Pencil
with Roger Clarke
All levels welcome
4 Week Short Course - 21st July to 11 August
Monday 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Drawing in pencil – a new program for the New Year. Roger Clarke (long time BAS member) introduces The Art of the Pencil. In this four week program we learn how create highly realistic drawings and get good portrait likeness. How fine detail can add realism. You will work at your own pace on subjects of your choice such as still life, landscape and portraits as you add interesting pencil techniques to your work.
Impressionist Painting with Palette Knife with Claire McCall
All levels welcome
Sunday 7th September 2025
Saturdays 10.00am to 3pm
BAS 1 Day Workshop
Create bold, light-filled impressionist paintings with palette knife with Claire McCall
Get ready to take your art to the next level with this relaxed and informative studio workshop.
Suitable for oils and acrylic painters. This workshop is best suited to intermediate artists, but it’s not necessary to have palette knife experience.
In this workshop, Claire will be sharing:
- How to approach composition and the capture of light in my paintings
- How to use a limited palette
- How to use tonal value to create depth and contrast
- How to create looser paintings and incorporate mark-making
- Palette knife techniques
Tuition fees
Members - $90
Visitors - $120
Utilising Information Technology (IT)
in an Artistic Practice
with Richard Impey
All levels welcome
Sunday 17th August 1:30pm - 3:30pm
George Seurat, Paul Signac and Roy Lichtenstein utilised dots to form their art. Information Technology uses dots (Bytes) to further open up communication and art.
In this presentation Richard Impey will explore the application of Information Technology in the creation, development and presentation of art.
Digital technology lets you generate high-calibre artwork at a blistering pace using a robust layer’s system, stunning filters, and thousands of importable brushes. A must have for serious artists and enthusiasts alike’. Digital software like Procreate, Adobe Fresco, Corel Painter, Kitra and Sketchbook can be used to sketch ideas, create designs and produce finished artwork. Richard frequently reinterprets his Procreate art using different media such as printing and oil painting. He finds Procreate to be an essential resource for his art and his art practice as it is so easy to use, flexible and transportable.
Information Technology also provides increased opportunity to present, duplicate, distribute and sell art to the wider community. Outlets like Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter provide a link to other artist work and an opportunity to distribute artists work to others. Richard will discuss how this assists him in his artistic activities.
In this presentation Richard will show how IT is integrated into his art practice.
