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page 2 Weekly class schedule
page3 Acrylic techniques class with
Janelle Gibbon-Heath
page 4-6 Friday morning workshops
with Kate Belton
page 7 Friday afternoon artist's mentoring group
page 8 Perfect Puppy watercolour workshop
with Kaylene Gayner
page 9 Ceramics course with Marian Marcatili
page 10-12 Masterclass two day workshop with
Tam Cao
page 13 Visiting artist Louise Benson
page 13 Tuesday group exhibition
page 14 New downloadable art lesson and ink book
page 15 Jenny McCracken masterclass group photo
page 16 Friends of Tinkat Alley
Art Studio and Gallery
4 Wallsend Road Fassifern, NSW email mail@tinkat.com
www.tinkat.com phone 0400 494 490
What you will find in this newsletter.
Sailing artist Jenny Elks
Weekly Classes Tinkat Alley Art Studio Newsletter
4 Wallsend Road Fassifern, NSW email mail@tinkat.com
www.tinkat.com phone 0400 494 490
Mondays 5.30pm to 8.00pm Acrylic and mixed media weekly classes every Monday evening with
Kate Belton $30 per week. Casual students welcome.
Tuesdays 9.30am to 12.30pm
and 12.30pm to 3pm Acrylic and mixed media weekly classes every Tuesday with
Kate Belton $30 per week. (full day is available $35)
Wednesdays 10am to 12.30 pm Pastel classes every Wednesday with
Susan Eve $30 per week
Wednesdays 1pm to 4pm Acrylic techniques weekly classes every Wednesday with
Janelle Gibbon-Heath $30 per week
Thursdays 9.30am to 12.30pm Acrylic classes every Thursday with Kate Belton $30 per week
Thursdays 1pm to 3.30pm Watercolour classes with Kaylene Gayner$30 per week
Fridays 9.30am to 12.30am Acrylic classes every Friday with Kate Belton
$30 per week casual students welcome.
Fridays 1pm to 4pm. Artists mentoring group. Group leader Kate Belton $30 per week.
This is a group that has an application process for experienced artists.
Acrylic Techniques - Wednesday Afternoon 1-4pm with Janelle Gibbon-Heath. Both project based and artist free choice processes. Bookings required: Call Kate on 0400 494 490
Friday morning two day workshops with Kate Belton 9.30am to 12.30am
Come to one project or come to them all. Bookings essential. Requirements will be sent upon booking your place.
call to book your place 0400-494490
Ladies
May 30th and June 6th
Acrylic
Techniques- use of stencils and learning to see negative space.
Kombis
May 16th and 23rd
acrylic ink
Techniques - loose
painting with ink and water.
Friday morning two day workshops with Kate Belton
Signa
July 4th and 11th
acrylic and iron filings
Techniques - creating rust and big brush painting.
Sisters of the Moon
July 18th and 25th
acrylic
Techniques - creating backgrounds and using dripping paint.
Friday morning two day workshops with Kate Belton
Figs Fresco
August 1st and 8th
acrylic on plaster
Techniques - painting on plaster to mimic fresco painting
Poppies
August 15th and 22nd
acrylic and acrylic ink
Techniques - mixing acrylic and ink.
Friday afternoon artists mentoring group.
Team leader Kate Belton.
This is a session for exhibiting artists to meet at the studio to work on their own pieces. We will hold group discussions on art issues and furthering your art careers. Members of the group are encouraged to talk about their work and critique each others work in a safe and friendly space.
Fridays 1pm to 4pm $30 per week.
New members wishing to join this group must apply to Kate.
PERFECT PUPPY WORKSHOP with KAYLENE GAYNER
17th May, 2025 10am to 1pm cost $65
During this workshop we will be painting a loose style line and wash puppy. This workshop is suitable for everyone, no experience is needed. Kaylene will walk you through each step required to complete this lovely painting. Bookings essential.
Call and book your place 0400-494490
Requirements:
Watercolour paper 100% cotton - 21cm by 30cm
Watercolour paint - 3 or 4 colours
Watercolour brushes - size 8 and size 4
Palette, pencil, eraser, tissues, hand towel
Waterproof ink pen
Board, corflute or cardboard (something to clip painting to whilst wet)
NB: for those who have no watercolour supplies Kaylene will supply them for your use
at a cost of $25
Course dates May 12th, 19th, 26th. June 2nd and 23rd time 10am to12.30pm
(note a couple of weeks break to allow for firing)
Ceramic Classes with Marian Marcatili
Decorative Coil Building
This is a great value 5 week course. Marian will supply students with all the materials required and the glazes and firings. Students will complete a few pieces each.
cost is $60 per week.
Bookings essential, give us a call 0400-494490
Masterclass Series
Two day masterclass workshop
Saturday and Sunday the 24th and 25th of May 9.30am to 3.30pm
Still Life Workshop with Tam CaoCost $300. Students to bring their own paints and brushes and canvas.
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Masterclass Series Still Life Workshop with Tam Cao
Still life Oil painting
Medium:Oil
Student level:intermediate/advanced
Course length: 2 days
Course description: Learn to paint still life with a limited palette. Starting with primary shapes i.e. cube, cone, sphere etc. and further into more complicated shapes. As we arrange the objects in space you'll discover that composition of your still-life is a starting point to picture making.
Expected course outcomes:
● understanding of primary shapes
● composition
● limited palette
● grisaille painting
● how to prime a canvas
Materials:
● oil paint titanium white, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, burnt umber, raw umber, lamp black, optional colours: cadmium orange, alizarin crimson
● Range of flat and round brush
● Acrylic primed linen (or 50/50 blend polycotton canvas) roughly 30 x 40 cm working area
● Palette or perspex for mixing
● Medium sized palette knife
● Linseed oil and odourless solvent
Previously taught at Workshops at Julian Ashton art school
For artists wishing to have a go at oil painting Kate will provide the paints that you need
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Still Life Workshop with Tam Cao
Tam has recently returned from an artist in residence at the Florence Academy of Art. Here are some of the pieces he worked on, and some of his words on the experience.
"Art is long and life is short, so the time taken away with family for the last six weeks is actually only a fraction of what’s needed to soak in the teaching and the amazing artwork over the centuries from the Byzantine to the Renaissance and beyond. The museum visits, the art history lectures, the anatomy lectures etc. There was so much of it, I had a sort of artistic indigestion.
There was a fire in my belly, one in which I hadn’t felt in a long time. Thank you to all the teachers that inspired me to go for broke (or go for Baroque 😂). The amazing Quattro of tutors; Hannah Sutton, Marco Franco, Saara Knapp and Laura Wenmaekers.
I’m so grateful to my wife and son who came along with me and dealt with my obsession to the art. Without them I could never have made it this far and to this place.
Thank you to all the artist & students I met in the course. One of the loveliest group of people I’ve had the pleasure of drawing & painting with. You’ll all be remembered every time I pick up a pencil or brush.
I’ll be home soon, and it’s kind of sad to leave. Though I’m leaving soon, I know now I get to share the knowledge I have gained from the course back in Sydney. Back with new lessons for the future generation of artists! Heck yeah!"
Visiting artists exhibiting at Tinkat Alley Art Studio and Gallery for May 2025
Along with our regular artists, sculptors, potters and glass artists we love to showcase the works of visiting local artists.
This month we have an exhibition of a few of the stunning works of Louise Benson, and a group exhibition of the Tuesday art groups inspiring work.
Come along to the gallery to see the works which will be on display for the month of May.
You are also invited to an
Opening Event at 1pm on Saturday the 3rd of May all welcome.
Dorothy Howe Glorious Belmont
Louise Benson Lorikeets II
We have recently added downloadable art lessons to our repertoire.
Janelle Gibbon-Heath has a talk and demonstration on how to paint her lovely detailed mushrooms using acrylic paint.
Kate Belton has her book Painting with Acrylic Ink.
$15 each
Link to further information and to purchase.
Link to further information and to purchase.
The final works from the Jenny McCracken
Trompe L'Oeil Masterclass workshop.
This was a fantastic workshop with students producing amazing work under the expert tuition of Jenny. We look forward to more classes with this super accomplished artist.
Friends of
Tinkat Alley Art Studio and Gallery
We are continuing our Friends of Tinkat Alley Art Studio. This is a group that we have created for those who wish to support our studio and what we endeavor to achieve promoting the arts in the Lake Macquarie area.
Membership to Friends of Tinkat Alley Art Studio is $10 per year.
Your membership gives you preliminary invitations to all events, workshops, demonstrations and artists talks at the studio.
Your membership also entitles you to a 10% discount on any artwork you purchase at the gallery during 2025 (this discount comes off the total price and will be paid for from the galleries commission, we have a strong ethos of looking after the artists whose work is represented in the gallery).
Local Lake Macquarie artists also have the opportunity to have their work considered for exhibition in the gallery.
Follow this link to join Friends of Tinkat Alley Art Studio and Gallery or to renew your membership