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Box Hill Art Group Inc. was the first Community Art Group established in the City of Whitehorse. Since 1952 the Box Hill Art Group has natured many thousands of budding artists, as well as stretching the skills of experienced and exhibiting artists. Operating out of the Box Hill Community Art Centre, we cater for watercolours, acrylics, oils, pastels, drawing, and mixed media. We include En Plein Air once a month, Life Drawing twice a month, Workshops and Short Courses. So if you live in Box Hill, Blackburn, Burwood, Nunawading, Balwyn, Mitcham, Mt Waverley, Glen Waverley or Doncaster in fact anywhere in Melbourne come and join us.
The Box Hill Art Group will open up a whole new colourful world for you to enjoy.
Our membership
Membership is open to anyone between 16 and 116 years of age. Whether you are just starting out in painting or drawing or have been doing it for years you will love being a part of this group, meeting with like minded people to express yourself visually. Visit our website for further details about Membership and enrollment.
For further information see www.boxhillartgroup.com.au and subscribe to our twice per month newsletter.
Who's attending
Approximately 5 more people than those listed to attend on Meetup will be at each session.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Let's Mix It All Up – Create with Natalie - SOLD OUTBox Hill Community Art Centre , Box Hill
In this class Natalie will help beginning and intermediate artists to elevate their art to new levels. Natalie will assist you in exploring various media underpinned by good drawing techniques in a supportive and friendly environment.
Term 2 is all about mixed media, mixed styles and mixed subjects to depict. Have a bit of fun! Just play with paint and brushes and drawing tools. Awake your inner child and create!
Students will do a few projects based on different mixed media techniques and different art styles.
Approximately 5 more people than those that RSVP here will be in attendance.
Click HERE for more information, to book and for fees
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
In this class Natalie will help beginning and intermediate artists lift their art to new levels.WHAT YOU WILL GET
Students will do a few projects based on different mixed media techniques and different art styles.WHAT TO BRING
Thick acrylic or mixed media paper A3 size
Brushes of different sizes
Lead pencil 2B, eraser, sharpener
PVA glue and brush for the glue
The rest of materials will be discussed during our first sessionWHAT TO WEAR
Casual (Warning: this might get messy)APPROPRIATE FOR
Open to all skill levels for adults aged 16 and above.Tutor Profile
Natalie was born in Moscow, Russia. Having grown up in the atmosphere of the rich Russian visual arts tradition, she developed her love and passion for art. She completed a limited number of lessons in drawing and watercolour painting after finishing high school and later made a different career choice in a non-art related field.Natalie came to Australia in 1992 with her family and Melbourne became her home. Due to changing priorities Natalie had no opportunity to pursue her interest in painting until 2009, when she started her art journey. She became a member of different art societies and attended different evening classes led by experienced tutors. Her education also included going to art workshops, artist demonstrations and watching YouTube art videos where she could practice and apply various new skills.
Learning different techniques, experimenting with variety of media, Natalie finds her inspiration in her surrounding environment with her special interest being portraiture, architecture and figure drawing and painting. Natalie is skilled in using all media but her special love is for drawing, acrylic and mixed media.
Natalie has been exhibiting her works since 2011. She participated in numerous group exhibitions receiving various awards and prizes. She also had two solo exhibitions. Many of her works were purchased and are in private collections in Australia, USA, Estonia, and the Russian Federation.
The desire to share her skills and love for art led Natalie to start teaching art privately in her studio first in 2018. She then was invited to run evening classes at Whitehorse Arts Association and Box Hill Art Group from 2022 where she has been a popular tutor. She also runs private painting and life drawing workshops in Melbourne and on the Mornington Peninsula.
Natalie delights in the development of her students, she teaches skills as essential building blocks. Her students then learn to create artworks of individual, freer expression.
- Untutored Life Drawing with Professional Models - SaturdayBox Hill Community Art Centre , Box Hill
At Box Hill Art Group we hold monthly sessions to draw nude models in changing poses i.e. Life Drawing. We alternate between male and female professional models. Our untutored life drawing sessions cater for both beginning and accomplished artists.
Life drawing is taught to many budding artists as an introduction into the world of art, even artists that don’t primarily want to specialize in the human form. The human body is a complex object, which allows an artist to learn about a variety of essential techniques. Observing and interpreting the shape of the human body trains an artist to see almost every form of curve, line, and the subtle undulation found in nature.
The two hour sessions begin with five 2-minute poses in quick succession, then two 5-minute sessions. These help the artist with the process of looking and then capturing the pose with simple lines and marks. We then have some ten-minute poses and finish with one twenty minute pose.
There are regular short breaks after every 20 minutes. Coffee, tea and biscuits are provided.
The cost for each 2 hour session is $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers with tables, boards and easels, supplied. Artists must provide their own paper, charcoal or other drawing mediums.
Those in attendance must prebook and pay online in advance. Book Life Drawing
Sessions are held once a month on Saturday 1:30pm – 3:30pm - All Media with FarimahBox Hill Community Art Centre , Box Hill
In this class, Farimah aims to help the students, to create artworks in their preferred medium, subject, and theme.
Her goal is to direct them towards a better understanding of the techniques in various media, such as Watercolour, Oil, Acrylics, Pastels, etc., and at the same time, to explore various options and possibilities, to visualize their own inspirations, interests and preferences, in an aesthetic and technical way.
Farimah is an artist and enjoys creating art herself, and likes to be able to project her enthusiasm and her feeling of the process of making an artwork, to her students. Everyone in the class works on individual artworks of their choice and Farimah provides individual support and tuition to help make the artwork into something the student is happy with.
What do I bring?
Bring along your own paints/pastels/pencils, brushes and paper/canvas (new or unfinished project) – whatever materials you have.Approximately 7 people will be in attendance in addition to those that RSVP here.
Book by the term or for single sessions.
Click HERE for more information including how to enrol and the fees.
### Tutor Profile
Farimah graduated in Fine Arts from the Accademia di Belle Arti of Bologna, Italy. She has staged numerous exhibitions in Italy, Ecuador and Australia.
Farimah has participated in national and international art competitions, wining numerous prizes and recognitions. Farimah holds a Graduate Diploma of Teaching from the University of Melbourne and teaches art at Box Hill Institute, CAE, Swinburne and at many community centres.#### Inspiration:
Nature in general, people, her spiritual beliefs and the art of Renaissance artists such as Caravaggio, Tiziano, Raffaello, the Surrealist Artists, the Futurists, Turner and Vasarelli… and many more!
#### Areas of Expertise:
Painting (Oils, Watercolour, Pastel, Acrylics), Drawing, Portraiture, Life Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture.
At Box Hill Art Group Farimah’s Monday morning class has been popular for a long time. She is proficient in all media, and is able to help artists of all levels. Participants work on their own projects and will guide you to make work you can be proud of. - From Drawings To Finished Still Life Paintings – with Craig - SOLD OUTBox Hill Community Art Centre , Box Hill
The main focus in term two will be drawing objects from life to form pleasing compositions incorporating shape and perspective.
These compositions will then be used to create two completed artworks in the media of your choice.
Suitable for all levels of experience.Approximately 9 more people than those that RSVP will be in attendance.
Book for the term or for single sessions.
Click HERE for more information, to book and for the fees.
WHAT TO BRING
Bring along any materials that you have.
Look forward to seeing youWHAT TO WEAR
Casual (Warning: this might get messy)APPROPRIATE FOR
Open to all skill levels for adults aged 16 and above.#### Tutor Profile
“I have always had an interest in pathways of marks across all surfaces and mediums. Life Drawing has always been a foundation for all my art making. Acrylic being a favourite, for its durability and quick results. I love mixing mediums, though respect the rules of principles and elements of design, love breaking them just to see what happens. When it comes to helping others see and develop their own Art this is where I sit best. Joy and contentment ensue.”
