Community House - Activities

Tutors: Dee & Lerrick Cost: $3 per session or $5 for both sessions Time: Wednesdays Drawing: 10am - 12pm & Painting: 1pm - 3 p.m. For information on enrolments etc. please contact the Wendouree West Community House & Learning Centre Inc by Ph: 5339 5069 Fax: 5339 9185 Email: wwchlc@ncable.net.au At the moment we have about 12 students, some do both drawing and painting every Wednesday. We like to teach the students to draw using an assortment of materials, at the moment we are concentrating on traditional pencils, later on we will be using Conté, which is a hard pastel, then on to soft pastels. At this stage, most of the work is Still Life, using a variety of different shapes and learning to shade so that things have realism. We have arranged a Field trip in March to a farm in Talbot, where we will did some drawing and had a picnic/BBQ. In the painting class, which started last year, the students have mainly used Acrylic on canvas board and have mastered a variety of different subjects, Still Life, Landscapes, Seascapes and Sunsets as well as some subjects they chose to do that interested them. Later in the year, we will be using Watercolours, Oils and Gouache. We are very fortunate to have been given an Arts grant from Vic-Health with the help of Gerardine and Kate from the Community Renewal Team at D.H.S which means that the students will be able to use a variety of materials supplied by the Community House, and will only pay a small fee for the tuition. "I love helping to teach art, we have a fun group of people and it's great to see the improvement as we go along." Dee "I love to teach art to people as it can free you from stress and give you confidence, there is no one who cannot learn to draw or paint." Lerrick Art Work Samples Field Trips Recent Events



"I joined the Art class to improve my drawing and painting skills. The teaching is conducted in a relaxed atmosphere and useful technical instruction is given." Sam "I joined the Art group because of the wonderful people that attend and I have learnt so very much in the short time we have been attending." Anne "I enjoy being in the Art group because you have fun while learning from good tutors and each other. Learning how to paint and mixing colours is building up my confidence to express myself through art." Lyn "I come to Art classes as I like art and it gets me out to meet people." Margaret "I enjoy art and the teachers are excellent and the fellow students too. I have learnt so much from Dee and Lerrick." Maxine "I joined the art group because I like the teachers. They make art fun and it's good to learn new things." Robyn "I started the art class because I enjoy painting and the social interaction." Margaret
Recent Events
Art Exhibition An exhibition of art works produced by the Wendouree West Community House Art Group was held at the Community House on Wednesday, 15th December. The exhibition drew a good crowd and began with a display of fantastic works of art done in Acrylics, Oils, Pastels and Pencil. Karen Overington MLA attended the exhibition along with other officials. Ms. Overington then presented each of the Art Groups' participants with a Certificate of Participation and then a light luncheon completed the day.



Field trip to Talbot

Art Work Samples






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