Drawing Courses for Beginners and Art Professionals
Learn the secrets of master art studios ♦ Develop creative skills and understanding of visual arts ♦ Enjoy medically proven kinesthetic awareness exercises ♦ Improve plastic anatomy knowledge ♦ Have a great time with people sharing a love for art and take part in the annual exhibition. ♦ Annual memberships to The Oko community club are available. ♦ We are accepting bookings for 2023, the April term classes.
An Introduction to Drawing
12 sessions (1 X per week)Wednesday or Friday, Morning, 11AM-1.30PM or Evening, 6.30PM-9PM East Burwood (Melb.) Studio
The course is structured with an emphasis on having a good time in an art studio and drawing from nature; on creative use of the medium and basics of drawing technology. No prior knowledge is necessary. It is suitable for beginners and anyone who would like to develop their drawing skills, creative potential and visual thinking. Personalized advice in conversations with the instructor facilitates fast learning and improvement of drawing skills. Studio provides all materials. Receive a certificate of completion and have your best work exhibited in the Oko gallery as a part of the annual student exhibition. 20% discount for students and seniors.
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Mastering Drawing
20 sessions (1 X per week)Sat. 11AM-2PM East Burwood (Melbourne) Studio
Three Master Drawing courses (level 3, level 2, level 1) can be attended in successive order, upon the successful completion of the Introduction to Drawing course, or when students with some earlier art background wish to improve their knowledge and skills. The advanced masterclass programs include personalised feedback, basics of plastic anatomy, life figure drawing and portrait. They aim to support and develop individual poetics in diverse drawing techniques. Upon finishing each masterclass course, students are awarded a certificate of completion and a place in the annual group exhibition. 20% discount for students and seniors.
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Plastic Anatomy for Artists
12 sessions East Burwood (Melbourne) Studio and Online
Course for art professionals, including illustrators, digital animators and anyone who would like to improve their figure drawing skills and knowledge of plastic anatomy. The basic study of motion is directed towards the understanding of Gestalt pragnanz in a synchronous visual field. The experience might be invaluable for animators who are interested in the representation of the human body and media differences concerning the representation. 10% discount for students and seniors.
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Online - An Introduction to Drawing
12 sessions Online Only (2 X per week)
The Online Course is structured for Individual Tuition with remote students. In simple words, particular tasks have to be completed at the time you find most convenient and, after sending us photographs of your drawings by drop-box or E-mail, we organise live 20 minutes one-on-one Skype consultations with one of our experts. The Course is suitable for beginners and everyone who would like to further develop drawing skills, creative potential and visual thinking. 20% discount for students and seniors.
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Fundamental Skills
Learn trade skills that are no longer part of regular university programs but are still crucial for digital illustration, animation as well as for figurative fine art. Whatever the artworld people may tell you, there are rules of good form and good art; the rules first have to be known before they could be broken.
Individual and Small Group Tuition
By organising work in small groups we facilitate individual tutoring and can dedicate our attention to your individual needs. We know that people are different and we spend our time working with you in an attempt to help you with your own goals and open the unique doors to your visual art adventures.
Expert Instructors
Regardless of your age and the level of your existing skill, due to expert backgrounds in fine art education, we can tailor the program to your abilities and knowledge. Our teaching background covers education from primary school to university, from teaching children to seniors.
Visual Thinking
Learn to draw what you see and learn to see what artists see when drawing from nature. Develop visual thinking and learn to appreciate the Aesthetic Value by playing with visual elements in fine art drawing compositions; understand the rules and their meaningful artistic violations.
Basics of Drawing Technology
Learn about different papers; how to prepare Grisaille imprimatur for drawing and as the foundation of painting; how to apply different drawing techniques such as charcoal, graphite and pastel pencils, pen and ink, bamboo straw nibs, ink-wash.
Basic Materials Provided
All materials for the Introduction to Drawing courses are provided. An easel or drawing bench will be set and ready for you in the traditional art studio setting. Just come, join us in the great creative studio environment of the oko.gallery in East Burwood and enjoy.
Understanding Art and Aesthetic Value
Learn why drawings are different from photographs. Discover what photographs can not capture, and learn to appreciate what drawings can do. Recognise the truths photographs fail to show. Master the search for hidden visual truths and express them with your drawings.
Therapeutic Benefits
Natural hand and eyes kinesthetic coordination exercises, which are an essential part of our courses, have invaluable, medically proven, neuroplastic awareness therapy effects. Our drawing courses work as affordable kinesthetic preventative and rehabilitation programs and are the foundation of our neuroplastic therapy sessions.
Have a Great Time
There is no better way to spend a couple of hours than in a creative atmosphere of a working art studio and a gallery with people sharing similar interests as you do. Have tea or coffee while you work and enjoy meaningful conversations. Have your best works exhibited in oko.gallery as part of the annual student exhibition.
FREE online expert assessment of your work before any commitments
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Happy to share with you years of their experience, skills and knowledge in fine arts, fine arts education and psychology
Aida Copcic
GDipPsych(Adv), BPsychSc, BPhil/BS, BFA & Ed.
