Sunshine Coast Art Group runs a number of events every year. Join us for vibrant markets and exhibitions. Our annual Soup + Soul event in July is a well-established community favourite.
HAND BUILDING FOR BEGINNERS
Join us for our extensive beginner's course in hand building with clay. Over 8 Saturday afternoons, you will learn a range of pottery techniques including making pinch pots, building with coils, slab construction and moulds.
Once you have mastered building we will cover various decoration, design and texture techniques using underglazes, dipping and brush on glazes.
The course cost is $335 for non-members and $295 for members. The cost covers eight 3 hour workshops, membership while the course is in progress and a bag of clay.
For additional enquiries email course leader Deb here.
Thursday life drawing in the art studio and is an untutored event
Sessions are every 2 weeks
Please arrive at 9.30am for a 10.00am start
Cost per session:
Members: $20
Non-members: $30
Please pay with cash to the group leader on the day.
Chairs and easels provided please bring your own art materials and equipment
Saturday life drawing in the art studio and is untutored
Held on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month
This 8 week course is recommended for potters that have undertaken an introduction wheel throwing course and have 6-12 months’ wheel throwing experience. Students must already be able to centre clay and create simple forms on the wheel.
The course represents an opportunity for students to progress and consolidate their skills to produce a variety of more complex forms with growing confidence.
As a “project-based” skill-development course, it focuses on learning and refining skills such as working with larger amounts of clay, throwing taller, shaping/bellying and collaring-in, repetitive throwing, throwing and turning feet, faceting & carving, handles: pulling, hand-built and extruded, shaping rims and spouts, as well as creating assemblages from thrown forms.
Projects covered include high, medium and low-profile bowls, “sets” of cups, chip’n dip platters, one-piece lidded containers, and tall necked bottle forms.
At the conclusion of the course, students throw and assemble a teapot or can focus on another project of their choice.
Most sessions will commence with weighing out and kneading of clay, followed by a demonstration of the lesson’s targeted skill/s and projects.
Students will then work at their own wheel, practising the skills and using the time to complete as much of the project as they can with teacher supervision and assistance.
Thrown forms will be taken home by the student so they can manage appropriate drying of the work for processing/turning the following week.
Whilst most projects can be completed in course time, it is expected that students will spend some extra time (either at home or the SCArt studio) refining, practising or finishing projects.
Course objectives:
During this course the trainer will:
By the end of this course, the student will:
In the first half of the course, students will be iencouraged to try a number of extension activities and projects:
During the first few weeks, students will have time to discuss, with the tutor, the proposed direction of their future ceramic skills and interests, to develop, with assistance, a potential weekly proposal for the second half of the course.
The tutor will then work with students at this time, both individually and with the group, helping them to achieve their goals whilst challenging them to extend their throwing and design skills. A variety of potential surface finishing skills and techniques will be considered in discussion for the final work.
An art class hosted by Madeline Herbert.
Untutored sessions for members
Untutored session for members
Self guided sewing group
Soup & Soul 60's theme
This is an informal self-managed group for members interested in practising portrait painting. All mediums are welcome.
Members can either work on their own project or practice their skills with a volunteer sitter.
Table and standing easels are available. Please bring your own materials.
Voucher items are listed below and it would be greatly appreciated if some wonderful members could approach these businesses requesting support for our raffle.
A letter for emailing or presenting in person at each business is available for download.
These documents will also be available for collection at the Studio.
Please use the register button to select the business you will approach.
PICASSO YOURSELF!! With Rebecca Bateman
A SIP AND PAINT EVENT
Friday 15th May. 6-8 pm in the Art Studio
$90 Members/$95 Non Members
If you like Picasso, you’ll love this workshop!
BYOG and nibbles for 2 hours of fun.
Learn how to turn a photograph or selfie into a Picasso-inspired painting using acrylics. In this beginner-friendly, step-by-step tutorial, you’ll explore how to draw and paint in the Cubist style, block in bold shapes, and create your own self-portrait masterpiece. If you enjoy abstract art and have always wanted to try Cubism, this fun lesson will inspire you to give it a go.
ALL MATERIALS SUPPLIED
Don't miss out. Only 15 places available.
REGISTER NOW
Calling all gardening gurus!
To make sure the place is spick and span for this year’s Soup & Soul, Alty and Ruth have volunteered to run a gardening working bee again this year.
We need to weed, trim, rake and mulch. BYO wheel barrow and tools, and it’s a case of the more the merrier!
So if you’re able to help please register using the button below – and let us know what time you can commit to and what gardening equipment you can bring with you.
Cheers,
Kerry
BASIC BASKETRY
NEW DATE
Sun 17th May
1-4 pm
(only a few places remaining)
Carole Reilly is a very experienced and talented artisan. She studied Fine Art and Traditional Art for 9 years. She has spent many years refining her technique to make these beautiful bowls, baskets and containers.
In this workshop, Carole will guide you through the process of BASIC basket making using lomandra leaves and string or twine, to make a COASTER /SMALL BOWL.
All materials will be provided. There will be an afternoon tea break.
PLEASE PAY WHEN YOU BOOK. JUST REGISTERING DOES NOT SECURE YOU A PLACE IN THE WORKSHOP.
Raku firing animals
New member information session
This information session is for people interested in joining the Sunshine Coast Art Group pottery and art groups.
We have new member intakes 3 to 4 times a year. At the session we will give potential new members details about how we operate and everything you need to know to become a member.
New members to the pottery will also have to undertake a half day induction.
In this two-part workshop, students will experiment with a variety of base recipes with stain additions to create a range of smooth, brushable and vibrant underglaze colours.
In part one, as a part of the making process, students will learn how to mix base colours to create a range of secondary and tertiary decorating pigments, as well as createcolour test tiles for later use as a fired record.
Part two of the workshop, 2 weeks later, will cover an extensive range of surface techniques suitable for underglaze decoration. This will involve both demonstration and hands-on participation and, at the conclusion, students will take home a series of tiles and small forms as examples of the techniques they have completed. Some of the techniques include Brushwork & one-stroke, stencils, liquid and crayon wax resist, sgraffito/inlay, texture wash, sponging, tissue transfers (commercial & DIY), trailing: dots and lines, Shellac & varnish etching, masking tape resist, and spattering.
Calling all kitchen legends! We are looking for a group of people to be part of the Soup team, lead by Mary-Ellen.
Jobs to be done include:
Please register to help if you can and Mary-Ellen and Kerry will be in touch.
Thanks!
Are you social media savvy? Know your reels from your threads?
We're looking for a team to run the social and marketing activities for this year's Soup n Soul.
If you have a background or interest in Marketing and/or social media and have some time to help, please register using the button below.
Kerry Lowe
Contact us:
info@sunshinecoastartgroup.com.au
Address:1 William Parker Place Buderim 4556