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ClassBento money-back guarantee
Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing through our workshops and experiences. We curate our teachers and hosts carefully to ensure that they are of high quality.
That's why we provide a money-back guarantee*: If you're unsatisfied with this experience, just leave it at least 20 minutes before it ends, and tell us (the ClassBento team) the reason for your dissatisfaction within 4 hours of that time, and we'll provide you with a refund.
For extra peace of mind, all our bookings are covered by our $20 million public liability insurance.
* We may choose to limit our refund per customer at $1000. In some rare cases, we may also require you to show us your photo ID before we process the refund.
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Continuing in Oils Course with Swathi Madike
The perfect 10-week course focusing on colour mixing and paint application exercises.
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Knowledge required
This course is designed for beginners with a little painting experience. Swathi also offers a Foundation course for painters just starting out.
What to bring
MATERIALS LISTPlease bring the following:- Graphite pencil and sketchbook - 2B pencil, A4 - A3 sized sketchbook
- Brushes - Neef Hog or Stiff Synthetics recommended, feel free to bring other brushes that you have on hand already
- Oil Paint Colours - White, Cad Red, Yellow Ochre, Black, Ultramarine Blue
- Palette - Either grey or wood in colour, avoid a white palette if possible
- Substrate - Any substrate of your choice e.g. stretched canvas, canvas board, in any size in between 9x12 - 12x16
- Airtight brush washer or glass jar with odourless solvent
- Palette knife
- Paper Towel
- Oil Paper taped onto a board can be an economical option
- Separate plastic bags for dirty brushes and palette to take home
Session repeats
This class series runs over 10 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.
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The VAS art studio occupies an original bluestone building opened in 1874. Though almost totally subsumed by gallery in 1895, it still serves both as a studio and a reminder of our history. Designed by architect Leonard Terry, who had worked principally as a designer of warehouses and banks, it was a single-storey construction without windows.Since then, the VAS studio has survived extensions, renovations and massive restoration projects to be associated with the careers of some of the most significant artists of Australian history. It is within these walls that young artists including Arthur Streeton, Charles Conder, Tom Roberts, Walter Withers and Frederick McCubbin commenced their journey of brushstrokes. The original floor of Baltic pine, worn by the feet of these artists and coloured with 150 years of paint, still remains alongside original tables and easels. To this day, the Victorian Artists Society offers classes catering to all experience levels, from beginners to professional artists, in oil, watercolour, acrylic, drawing and sculpture. Classes cover techniques such as portraiture from a life model, landscape and still life. Daytime, afternoon, evening and weekend classes are conducted in the historic VAS Studio and are taught by highly regarded artists.In addition to our 10 week courses, we also regularly offer workshops and a number of casual sessions including life and portrait.
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