Workshops
Portrait Drawing Workshop with Wayne Van Eyk & Isabella Allis
Saturday 18th January -
Sunday 19th January
9:30am - 4:00 pm each day
What will I learn?
In this back-to-back workshop, learn how to structure the human head using the Loomis Method with professional drawing tutor Wayne Van Eyk. The next day, explore shade and tone of the human head using loose charcoal with professional artist and teacher Isabella Allis. This two-in-one workshop will be sure to get the best knowledge of both artists and teachers!
What is provided?
Easels and donkeys
Pencils and loose charcoal
Tonal paper (Sunday session)
Tea and coffee
A fantastic, dedicated environment for learning and drawing
What do I need to bring?
A2 drawing pad or cartridge paper sheets. We have A2 paper available for $0.50 a sheet at the studio.
2 Graphite Pencils (4B or softer is ideal)
1 kneadable eraser
BYO lunch (we have a microwave and fridge)
Cost
$460 for 2 days (13.5 hours)
Saturday 18th January 9:30am - 4pm (including live model)
Sunday 19th January 9:30am - 4pm (including live model)
About the Teachers
Wayne Van Eyk is an accomplished and versatile artist with a passion for the creative arts across several disciplines. His primary mediums of artistic expression are drawing, painting and woodwork, and enjoys developing his traditional and contemporary styles. His artwork is known for its enjoyment of the aesthetics and a considered sense of design.
In addition to his personal art practice, he is also dedicated to sharing his knowledge and skills with others. Wayne has been teaching life drawing for over 10 years, an activity that has helped develop many methods for drawing and understanding the fundamentals of capturing the human form.
As an artist who combines the realms of drawing, painting, teaching, and woodworking, he offers a multifaceted approach to creativity and craftsmanship.
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Practicing artist and art educator Isabella Allis runs regular adult art classes at Chrome Street Studios. She tailors her art instruction around each individual student, considering their chosen pathway in art and helping to develop their unique artistic voice. Isabella strongly believes in the benefit of having a strong technical foundation in art, developing skills through practice and observation, and then being able to apply these skills in any chosen way.
Although Isabella specialises in oil painting and charcoal/ graphite drawing, she draws on her knowledge of a broad array of mediums to guide students working in the medium of their choice. The weekly classes bring together a small art community where art students can socialise with like-minded people, share ideas and resources and paint or draw in a social setting, whilst receiving instruction and mentoring from Isabella.
Isabella also runs specialised art workshops (e.g. portraiture). She has also provided grant-funded private mentoring, private tuition and high school workshops/ vocational talks.
Landscape Painting Course
Friday 31st January -
Friday 4th April
10 week term
9:30am - 12:30pm each Friday
Part 1: First 5 classes are in-studio (31st January – 28th February)
Chrome Street Studios
Part 2: Last 5 classes are Plein Air (7th March – 4th April)
(The plein air sessions will be at various locations around Brisbane – TBA)
Note: Any session affected by rain, will be relocated to the studio.
What will I learn?
Discover the beauty of the Greater Brisbane Area with our Friday morning Plein Air Painting Classes! Learn how to sight an interesting composition, how to establish a clear value design and how to emphasise the sense of space.
This comprehensive course begins with 5 in-studio lessons, followed by 5 weeks of plein air painting in outdoor locations. Whether you're a beginner or an intermediate artist, this course will guide you through the techniques necessary to create realistic, expressive landscapes.
All levels welcome!
Alla prima
An Italian phrase that means "at first attempt". It's a wet-on-wet technique where wet paint is applied to wet paint, usually in a single sitting. This technique allows the artist to cover the canvas quickly and determine the main colours and relationships in the painting.
Plein air
A French expression that means "in the open air". It's a direct painting technique where the artist paints a landscape entirely outdoors. The entire painting is usually done outside, but touch-ups may be done in the studio.
Colour Mixing
Atmospheric Perspective
Planes
Edges
Materials
Composition
If you’re new to plein air painting, let us know so we can guide you on selecting the right equipment.
Some examples of where the plein air sessions will be held are:
Oxley Creek Common (Rocklea)
Sherwood Arboretum (Sherwood)
Mt. Cootha Botanical Gardens
Kangaroo Point
Orleigh Park (West End)
The locations will be confirmed closer to the time.
What is provided?
Easels and donkeys (in-studio sessions)
Tea and coffee
A fantastic, dedicated environment for learning and drawing
Recommended Materials List:
A3 or A2 Sketchbook
2x2B Staedtler Mars Lumograph Pencils
Faber Castell kneadable eraser
Normal eraser
Blending Stump
Mont Marte Oval Wooden Palette 38 x 30 x 4 (no white or paper Palettes). The traditional kidney shaped palette. For best results rub with linseed oil to provide a repellent surface.
Portable easel (for plein air painting outdoors – lightweight)
Odourless Solvent in a well-sealed jar (please note we cannot accommodate solvent fumes)
Small cotton rags (e.g. cut up t-shirts) - For wiping paint off painting
Paper Towel - For cleaning brushes
Oil Paints: If you have oil paints, bring what you use. Recommend Winsor and Newton or Art Spectrum. Do not recommend Winton, Schminke, Reeves or Mont Marte. Recommended colours are Raw Umber, Viridian, Ultramarine blue, Alizarin Crimson, Permanent Rose or Cadmium Red, Burnt Umber, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow, and Titanium White.
Teardrop Palette knife size 8
Brushes (Long Handle only): Neef 95 Filbert Stiff Synthetic - 2 x Size 6, Neef 95 Flat Stiff Synthetic - 2 x Size 3, Art Spectrum Series 1500-R Round - 2 x size 2, Neef Red Series 140 Hogs Hair - 1 x size 8 or 10
Canvas or canvas boards (medium to large-sized canvases) e.g. 30cm x 40cm
Please bring appropriate outdoor clothing, sunscreen and a hat for comfort during the 5 weeks of plein air painting. Please wear old clothes or an apron as oil painting can be messy.
Cost
$790 for 10 weeks x 3 hour classes
Special Offer! Book before the end of 24th January to receive a $100 discount.
About the Teacher
Australian artist and educator Mark Feiler grew up in Mackay, Queensland; currently he works from his home studio in Highgate Hill, Brisbane.
Mark attended Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney where he studied Fine Art from 2007 to 2009. He was trained as a painter and worked on perfecting his drawing and oil painting skills. He also attended Brisbane Arts Académie, Morningside. From 2014 Mark taught drawing and painting in Salisbury.
Post-COVID, Feiler now runs his own online and in person art school, Brisbane Art Classes, where he teaches students portraiture, figure drawing, oil painting and landscape painting. Beginning in 2023, Mark started teaching Painting Fundamentals classes at Chrome Street Studios focusing on Portraiture and Still Life.
Mark is the recipient of the jealous curator’s choice award for The Kennedy Prize, a prestigious Australian art award for artworks that embody, comment on or celebrate beauty. Mark is greatly inspired by nature, classical art and people in their everyday lives. His work centres around human figures on flat and quiet backgrounds, with an emphasis on characters painted in a crisp way.
Classes
Term 1, 2025
20th January - 4th April
Our professional visual artists and teachers have a range of experience in different mediums.
Oil painting
Pencil, charcoal and pastels
Figure drawing and anatomy
Portraiture
Still Life
Landscape
Digital drawing
Classes typically come in a 10-week term with 10 sessions. There are 4 terms per year, coinciding with school holidays. Our calendar shows our term classes, workshops and happenings.
We pride ourselves in delivering quality one-to-one tutoring for your personalised projects in an intimate class number.
All levels of experience are welcome, including foundation level. These are perfect adult art classes.
Please see each teacher’s contact below for bookings.
Our Teachers
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Isabella Allis
General Art Class
(16+ years of age)Monday 9:30am - 12:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 12:30pm
Tuesday 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Please view Isabella’s gallery and contact directly for price queries using the link below.
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Mark Feiler
Portrait Painting Fundamentals
(16+ years of age)
as Brisbane Art ClassesMonday 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Landscape Painting Course
(16+ years of age)Friday 9:30am - 12:30pm
Please view Mark’s gallery and contact directly for price queries using the link below.
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Wayne Van Eyk
Figure Drawing
(16+ years of age)Wednesday 6:30pm - 9:00pm
$60 for 2.5 hours, including breaks
Pencil and/or Charcoal
Learn about form, gesture and anatomy in a small class for 1:1 tutoring support—-
General admission life drawing (untutored without Wayne) is available from 7:00pm at $30
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Interested in offering a class or featured workshop?
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Figure Drawing Foundations Course with Wayne Van Eyk
Sundays 22nd September,
29th September,
6th October &
13th October
9:45am - 3:00pm each Sunday
Have you ever wanted to start figure drawing but didn’t know where to start?
Does going to a figure drawing session seem stressful or out of reach?
Have you been to a figure drawing session and found it overwhelming?
Have you tried to draw the figure and found it very difficult and complex?
Have you been drawing for some time but have not had any tutoring for figure drawing before?
Do you find that sometimes a drawing goes well and other times it does not and are not sure why and what to do?
Are you concerned about all the things you might need to learn to draw the figure?
Do you hope for better proportions in your drawing?
Do you think you need to learn about anatomy so that you can draw the figure?
Have you drawn the figure many times but are keen to learn some techniques to improve your drawing beyond copying or observing?
If you have answered “yes” to any of these questions or have always wanted to give figure drawing a go, then this course is for you.
This course is designed for people with some drawing knowledge but may be absolute beginners to figure drawing. It is also for those who have tried figure drawing and are keen to learn several techniques and skills to develop their drawing further. It is also for people who have been drawing for a while but are yet to try a figure drawing course to learn some formal principles about how to approach figure drawing.
What will I learn?
How to start figure drawing with easy steps and methods that allow you to build your knowledge.
Understand your figure drawing goals and how to relate to them on your journey.
Strategies and problem solving to help you along the way.
Observing and drawing the figure in 2-dimensions, managing foreshortening and proportions.
Drawing the figure in 3-dimensions and manipulating the volumes in space.
Drawing from the live figure and managing your time during a drawing session.
How to use different methods to approach your drawing and practice what helps improve your skills.
Developing and refining your drawing skills over time.
Key figure ‘landmarks’, shadows and more!
Course Sessions
The course is held over four Sundays. This includes theory, drawing exercises and drawing from the model during each session.
Details:
4 x Sundays (total 20 hrs)
22nd September – 13th October 2024
9:45 am – 3:00pm
Venue:
Chrome Street Studios
2B/ 9 Chrome Street Salisbury
Cost: $595 for the 4 week course
Who is this course suitable for?
This course suits complete beginners as well as intermediate artists who would like to develop their life drawing skills.
Wayne Van Eyk provides students with foundational figure drawing methods and guides them on how to improve their skills over time. This course is conducted in a friendly and welcoming environment that nurtures learning and allows for a considered approach with compassion and curiosity.
What do I need to bring?
A2 drawing pad or cartridge paper sheets. We have A2 paper available for $0.50 a sheet at the studio.
Example Drawing Pads:
https://www.artshedonline.com.au/quill-cartridge-paper-sketch-pad-a2/
https://riot.com.au/products/eraldo-visual-diary-a2-110gsm-60shts
2 Graphite Pencils (4B or softer is ideal)
1 kneadable eraser
BYO lunch (we have a microwave and fridge) and drinking mug
What is provided?
Easels and donkeys
Learning tools such as tracing exercises and a 3D helper tool
Tea and coffee
A fantastic dedicated environment for learning and life drawing
About the Tutor
Wayne Van Eyk is an accomplished and versatile artist with a passion for the creative arts across several disciplines. His primary mediums of artistic expression are drawing, painting and woodwork, and enjoys developing his traditional and contemporary styles. His artwork is known for its enjoyment of the aesthetics and a considered sense of design.
In addition to his personal art practice, he is also dedicated to sharing his knowledge and skills with others. Wayne has been teaching life drawing for over 10 years, an activity that has helped develop many methods for drawing and understanding the fundamentals of capturing the human form.
As an artist who combines the realms of drawing, painting, teaching, and woodworking, he offers a multifaceted approach to creativity and craftsmanship.