PERTH ART GROUP
Painting and Drawing Classes in Perth Western Australia
Email: perthartgroup@iinet.net.au Ph 9328 1429 www.perthartgroup.com
158 Palmerston Street, Perth, 6000
Perth Art Group offers art classes, and has been operating since 2002.
Parking is available. Each class has seven students.
Classes are organized in six week terms. If you come to one class, once a week for six weeks, it costs $300.
Students normally enrol to attend the same weekly class time for six weeks.
The next term commences on Monday the 7th of April 2025. The following term commences on Monday the 26th of May 2025.
The weekly class times offered for the May term will be the same.
Most students join the courses as complete beginners. Many students attend on an ongoing basis over time.
Students enrol to do Painting for six classes, or Drawing for six classes.
To visit the studio, an appointment is required.
Monday 7.00pm - 9.30pm | Painting/Drawing | classes commence 7th of April 2025 |
Tuesday 7.00pm - 9.30pm | Painting/Drawing | classes commence 8th of April 2025 |
Thursday 9.30am - 12.00pm | Painting/Drawing | classes commence 10th of April 2025 |
Thursday 4.00pm - 6.30pm | Painting/Drawing | classes commence 10th of April 2025 |
Thursday 7.00pm - 9.30pm | Painting/Drawing | classes commence 10th of April 2025 |
Saturday 3.00pm - 5.30pm | Painting/Drawing | classes commence 12th of April 2025 |
Monday 7.00pm - 9.30pm | Painting/Drawing |
classes commence 7th of April 2025 | |
Tuesday 7.00pm - 9.30pm | Painting/Drawing |
classes commence 8th of April 2025 | |
classes commence 9th of April 2025 | |
Thursday 9.30am - 12.00pm | Painting/Drawing |
classes commence 10th of April 2025 | |
Thursday 4.00pm - 6.30pm | Painting/Drawing |
classes commence 10th of April 2025 | |
Thursday 7.00pm - 9.30pm | Painting/Drawing |
classes commence 10th of April 2025 | |
Saturday 3.00pm - 5.30pm | Painting/Drawing |
classes commence 12th of April 2025 |
Late enrolments are sometimes possible.
Enrolment Forms
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Courses:
The Perth Art Group offers classes in Oil Painting, Watercolour Painting, Acrylic Painting, Drawing, Pastel Drawing and Portrait Drawing.
Painting/Drawing
In these classes students can decide to do either Painting, or Drawing, for the
whole term (as described below).
Students either study Drawing for six classes, or Painting for six classes.
Painting students, and Drawing students, then work on separate course programs
run within the same class.
Painting students can decide which painting media they wish to use for the term.
Options include Oil Painting, Watercolour Painting, Acrylic Painting, and
Pastel Drawing.
Drawing
Students are taught to draw directly from observation, and occasionally from photographs.
During the first term students try a few different drawing media, such as graphite
pencil, charcoal, chalk, and ink.
Topics covered for beginners, for their first term, include: how to get correct proportions; an introduction to shading techniques;
and how to draw the head and face.
Within the class are beginners, as well as more experienced students returning from previous terms.
This course is not suitable for students who wish to make drawings completely from their imagination.
Painting
Students can decide which painting media that they wish to use for the term.
Options include Oil Painting, Watercolour Painting, Acrylic Painting, and
Pastel Drawing.
Within the class are beginners, as well as more experienced students returning from previous terms.
The course commences with a colour mixing exercise for the first class.
For beginners, a first painting project is chosen from one of four options:
I can print any images required for the course.
I work on the theory that it is best for a beginner to initially
paint directly from observation, or from pictures.
More complex projects, such as abstract paintings or paintings made completely
from the student's imagination, are not recommended for complete beginners.
Students can initiate their own projects to work on, or I can set specific exercises or tasks.
Payment
Payment of $300 for a six-week term can be made by:
Payment for a course is interpreted as an acceptance of the terms and conditions for the classes as detailed on the web site and enrolment form, at the time of payment.
There is no facility available for payment by credit card or debit card on-site.
There are no discounts available for concession card holders, students, pensioners or students who enrol in multiple courses.
Enrolment and Refund Policy
(Please read carefully)
Classes are usually sold only in six week terms.
Fees are usually paid in advance, and your place is confirmed only by payment.
Students returning from the previous term will be offered places for the new
term before any new students are enrolled.
Enrolments for the new term are
finalised towards the very end of the current term.
This is so that current
students can be consulted regarding their possible re-enrolment.
Class fees will be refunded if there is a cancellation made by the student before the normal starting day of the course for which the student has enrolled.
Any cancellations made by a student on or after the normal starting day of the course for which the student has enrolled, are not eligible for a refund
and fees will not be transferable to another term.
Students can give the whole of the paid course to a friend.
The friend, however, must enrol for that term and is also subject to these
conditions.
Alternatively, any classes missed because of a cancellation may be replaced later according to the terms of the Missed Class Policy.
In some circumstances it is possible to enrol in a class after the term has commenced.
Materials Policy: Drawing
Paper is provided to drawing students for the course, and drawing materials are available for use within the class.
Drawing students are not required to purchase any materials in order to do a course. However, if students already have pencils and rubbers etc., however, it is helpful if they are used in the class.
Drawing materials are available for purchase from Perth Art Group.
For beginners: Starter Pack $25. A1 Drawing Folio $15. Also available: Chalk Pencil Set $25, Charcoal Pencil Set $25, Drawing Board $45.
Materials Policy: Painting and Pastel Drawing
Students who already have paints and materials, or who purchase painting materials during the
course, are expected to bring them, and use them within the class.
This applies to beginners, as well as to returning (re-enrolling) students.
Some students may start a short course in Painting, and then decide that they are no loner interested in painting ever again. For this reason, It is not necessary for a new painting student to purchase a full set of painting materials, in order to do a course with the Perth Art Group.
New students, who do not already have any art materials, are given the opportunity to use materials provided by the Perth Art Group. It is expected that students, who do not have painting materials already, to start begin purchasing at least some of their own materials, after they have finished their second painting project in a given painting medium. Eventually, regular, ongoing painting students should be using all their own paints, and all their own brushes, within the class.
Canvas painting boards are available for purchase within the class, and payment is not necessarily expected at the first class. As a minimum, beginning oil painting students may spend about $30 for a canvas board (depending on the size of the canvas board for their project).
Painting students can store their painting materials with the Perth Art Group.
Some students may want to try a medium that they have never used before.
Options include oil painting, acrylic painting, watercolour painting or pastel drawing.
These materials are on hand for students to give it a try.
Once a student has decided to continue working with a medium on an ongoing basis, then it is expected that they eventually purchase and bring along all their own materials in that medium.
Oil painting materials are available for purchase from Perth Art Group.
Available: Brushes, turpentine, painting medium, palette knifes, and individual oil colours.
The Lecturer
I graduated from Curtin University, where I studied Fine Arts, majoring in Painting.
I worked lecturing at TAFE for ten years, and now provide my own
private classes. My own artwork is realistic in style, and has a classical influence.
There is a specific interest in portraiture and still life.
Different art lecturers have different approaches to teaching art.
I try to be flexible, so as to allow the student to develop their individual approach, while still developing skills.
Students can initiate their own projects to work on, or the lecturer can set specific exercises and tasks.
Ultimately, over time, students develop their own style and interests.
Notes
Class Rules and Routine
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Missed Class Policy
No refunds will be given for missed classes. There is no credit given for a missed class.
No credit is given for missed classes for the cost of enrolment in subsequent terms.
Missed classes cannot be given to friends, or family, of an enrolled student.
When a student has missed a class, it is usually possible to organise a replacement class.
This can be arranged if there is a
vacancy or cancellation in another class time, and the student who has
missed a class is available to attend at that other class time.
There is no absolute guarantee that a replacement class will always be
available for a specific class time requested by a student
who has missed a class.
Replacement classes are organised on an 'if possible' basis.
The opportunity, to perhaps do a replacement class, is not the same as a credit for a missed class.
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Public Transport
Please contact the Perth Art Group for advice regarding public transport. The nearest bus stop is five minutes from the Perth Busport, by bus, and then it is five minute walk to the studio.
Buses are often coming every ten minutes.
Perth Art Group is situated in a location that is easily accessible from northern suburbs like Mount Hawthorn, Tuart Hill, Osborne Park, Balcatta, Yokine, Morley, Dianella, and Inglewood. It is also easily reached from western suburbs such as Subiaco, Wembley, Leederville, Churchlands, Floreat and Shenton Park It is in a convenient location for students coming from the inner eastern suburbs like Maylands, Mount Lawley, and Bayswater. It also doesn't take long to reach the studio, coming from the south-east suburbs such as Victoria Park, Rivervale, South Perth, Como, Kensington, Lathlain or Carlisle.