Acrylic and Charcoal Cityscape: Teens Workshop with Kathy Sullivan

CALLING ALL CREATIVE TEENS!!

As a part of the RQAS Workshop Festival, Kathy Sullivan will running a workshop for teens where using Charcoal and acrylic paint, you will have the opportunity to learn about one-point perspective by creating your own cityscape!

Students will received a vague image mapped out onto the canvas boards and this will lead to a discussion about one point perspective.

They will then be guided through creating a sky and then filling in the shapes of the buildings, the use of tones to create background and foreground and then how to use charcoal to emphasise details on the buildings, and finalise your artwork.

Whether you have been drawing for a while and want to hone your skills, or new to learning about perspective, don't miss this fantastic opportunity.

When: Sunday, 8th of March, 10am-1pm

Ticket price: $50

Location: RQAS Petrie Terrace Gallery (unit 3/162 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane)

As a part of your ticket, all materials is provided by the tutor. This workshop is suitable for attendees who are 12 to 17 years old. Make sure to purchase tickets soon as spaces are limited!

**Please note** this workshop will be held in the main gallery which is wheelchair accessible.

Tutor Bio:

Kathy is a multi-disciplinary artist who enjoys experimenting with various mediums and methods. She is mostly known for her captivating portraits of people and animals but has recently started to explore landscapes and cityscapes. With a keen eye for detail, she brings her work to life through careful brushstrokes and use of colour, inviting viewers into intimate and expressive worlds.

Kathy has been a finalist in The Brisbane Portrait Prize (2019, 2023), The Clayton Utz Art Award, (2023) Lethbridge 20,000 (2023/24), The Salon Des Refuses, (2024, 2025) and won first prize for pastel painting in the Royal Queensland Art Society Members Exhibition 2024. Kathy is also Director of Gap Artworks, a boutique art school in The Gap and is President of Art Space Toowong, a community art group.