Upstairs Art - Murrurundi

Art Classes and Private Tuition

Rodney Swansborough regularly conducts portraiture and life art classes.
Students are given systematic and detailed instruction with skill-based exercises.

Children's Art Classes - Murrurundi
Saturday morning - 10.00am to midday
at the Upstairs Art Studio, Murrurundi.

Muswellbrook Classes
Portraiture and Life Art Classes are held by Rodney Swansborough in Muswellbrook on Saturday afternoons between 1.00pm to 4.00pm at "Aunt J's Studio and Art Supplies Shop".

Upstairs Art Monthly Workshops
Regular weekend workshops on the last weekend of the month - program, venue and accommodation organised. "Group" bookings can be made or simply attend the weekends.

Holiday Workshops
Students are able to undertake extensive and closely supervised programs in portraiture and life art, as well as in areas of particular interest to the students.

Individual Tuition
Rodney Swansborough works with individual students to focus on specific skills and areas of development and interest. He mentors the student through a specific program or process.

Skill Development

Life Art - (Acrylics) Starting with preliminary sketching - placing shadows - layering.

Life Art (2) - (Acrylics) Starting with preliminary sketching - placing shadows - layering.

Portraiture Steps (Chiaroscuro Technique) - Starting with preliminary sketching - suggesting light areas - then suggesting shadow regions and allowing mid-tones to bring the light and dark tones together.

Portraiture Steps (Acrylics) Beginning with preliminary sketching and working through the progress of the portrait.

Nude Study - (Chiaroscuro Technique) Starting with preliminary sketching - suggesting light areas - then suggesting shadow regions and allowing mid-tones to bring the light and dark tones together.

Chiaroscuro Method
Acrylic Palette
Body Proportions (1)
Body Proportions (2)

Glossary
Art Terms
Colour Terms
Painting Terms
Printmaking Terms
Art Movement History Terms
Architectural Terms
Painting Conservation Terms

Art Classes - Times - 2011

Art Classes are held by Rodney Swansborough in Murrurundi on:

Wednesday mornings: 9.30am to 12.30pm
Wednesday evenings: 7.00pm to 10.0pm
Thursday mornings: 9.30am to 12.30pm
Thursday afternoons: 1.30pm to 4.30pm

Participants choose their medium and subject matter and can learn the chiaroscuro technique.

Murrurundi Classes - View all the student Art Class work since 2007

Individual Student Art Works
Students who regularly attend the art classes have all their art work portfolio on their own page.

Art Classes Fees - 2011

Adult Weekly Classes

Normal Fee: $20.00 per class
Two classes per week $30.00 (second lesson $10.00)

Concession Card Holders: - $15.00 per class
Two classes per week $25.00 (second lesson $10.00)

Subsidised class fees available

Children's Saturday Morning Class
$15.00 per class
$10.00 art supply fee - per term

Monthly Workshops
Normally $50.00 per day - (cost may vary)
Art Supply Fee - $10.00 per workshop