
Drawing and Painting
Whether you are experienced or a novice you are welcome in one of our practical art classes. Paint with a brush, draw with chalk or a pencil, write calligraphy with a pen or print in linocut. We have every art form to suit you from acrylics to watercolours to pastels and from still life to portraits and landscapes. Come to WEA and explore the artist in you.
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WEA Sydney Art Exhibition 2025
<p><strong>Discover. Connect. Be Inspired.</strong></p>
<p>Step into a celebration of creativity at the WEA Sydney Art Exhibition 2025. This annual event showcases the remarkable talent of our
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The Fundamentals of Drawing for Beginners
<p>This two-day workshop aims to systematically set out the basic principles of drawing for either the very beginner or lay intermediate student. Each exercise will progressively build upon the last.
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Botanical Art in Watercolour: A Creative Painting Journey
<p>Discover the beauty of Botanical Art in this watercolor painting course. Learn to paint plants and flowers while exploring essential techniques such as watercolor washes, fluidity, texture creation
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Observational Drawing - The Essentials
<p>In this course you will learn the fundamentals of observational drawing. You will be taken from a beginner or hobbyist to a high level of proficiency learning concepts and skills that can be used
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Chinese Horse Painting in Water Ink
<p>Chinese astrology attributes certain aspects to the temperament and behavior of people born at specific years. In 2026, the Chinese lunar calendar falls on Year of the Horse. The Horse is ever
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Ink & Imagination: Exploring Traditional Storytelling with Cross Hatching
<p>This course introduces the timeless art of pen and ink drawing, a classical technique once central to book illustration and storytelling. Students will learn the fundamentals of line work, washes
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Still Life and the Art of Composition
<p>An understanding of composition is essential for anyone wishing to compose an image that both functions visually as a whole and that captivates an audience. We will apply a visual analysis of the
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Animal Comparative Anatomy and Composition
<p>Explore the works of renowned Italian animal painters, Jacopo Bassano and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Learn how to draw and compose animals in a work of art. Gain a knowledge of the anatomy of
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Stepping into Leonardo da Vinci's Shoes - Drawing Human Cadavers at the UNSW
<p>Via an empirical analysis of donor cadavers, learn how artist-anatomists of the late 15th and 16th centuries - such as Leonardo of Vinci - pioneered a new found applied knowledge of the human body,
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