Courses
Art and Craft Courses
Explore art through observation, practice, and creative expression.
Visual Arts courses at WEA Sydney combine appreciation, technique, and contemporary creative practice. Whether you are interested in understanding artworks, developing drawing and painting skills, or exploring digital and mixed media approaches, these courses offer a flexible and supportive environment for all experience levels.
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Women in the Shadow
Women in the Shadow
<p>We will dig deep to discover the army of women who were busy working in the shadow, while men happily bathed in the spotlight. Each week of this course will be devoted to a different area of study
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An Introduction to Art History
An Introduction to Art History
<p>Be introduced to art history. From Neanderthal drawing until now. Gain an overarching "big picture" schema for how art has defined societies and culture.</p>
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Colour and Collage: Beginners and Continuers
Colour and Collage: Beginners and Continuers
<p>Collage is a foundation for our cut and paste digital present day and remains popular as an art making activity across all age groups and cultures. This is a creative and engaging course with
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Colour and Collage: Beginners and Continuers
<p>Collage is a foundation for our cut and paste digital present day and remains popular as an art making activity across all age groups and cultures. This is a creative and engaging course with
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Advanced Colour and Collage Artist Studio
Advanced Colour and Collage Artist Studio
<p>Continue with the highly creative realm of collage and the art of visual composition. Use elements and principles of art & design to investigate and explore the possibilities of collage.
...Advanced Colour and Collage Artist Studio
<p>Continue with the highly creative realm of collage and the art of visual composition. Use elements and principles of art & design to investigate and explore the possibilities of collage.
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A Celebration of 400 Years of Women Artists
A Celebration of 400 Years of Women Artists
<p>In every century there have been outstanding women artists who have achieved a reputation that has tested time and sat well-earned, alongside their male colleagues. Often their life stories are
...Approximately 5 hours
From French Royalty to Empire - Art and decorative elegance from Louis XIV's Versailles to Napoleon
<p>French monarchs managed their images as carefully as any self-branded celebrity today. How did Louis XIV use the artisans and artists of the day through his patronage to enhance and dazzle his
...Approximately 4 hours
Portraits of Russia: Rublëv, Pushkin, Turgenev, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky
<p>This course, focussed on the life and work of some of Russia’s most outstanding personalities, will begin with the work of Andrey Rublëv, Russia’s most famous icon painter, and his circle, and the
...Approximately 6 hours
Art and Philosophy
Art and Philosophy
<p>This course looks at the reciprocal relationship between Western art and philosophy. Artists are often been inspired by the thinkers of their time and philosophers have reflected on the meaning and
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Cycladic "Art" - 5,000 Years Young
Cycladic "Art" - 5,000 Years Young
<p>Ancient Cycladic figurines were once dismissed as primitive but later inspired modern artists such as Picasso and Henry Moore. This course explores their form, meaning and cultural context, tracing
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Flowing Reflections: A Mindful Watercolour Journey Through Sydney
Flowing Reflections: A Mindful Watercolour Journey Through Sydney
<p>A mindful journey into watercolour painting, where observation, breath, and colour flow together. In this workshop, we will explore a Sydney cityscape in watercolour through a calm, step-by-step
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