Drawing workshops at the Coal Loader Artists' Studio

“What I love about Nature is that all that is today, is something tomorrow. A leaf changes - its colours, where it resides, enriches the soil and can be a safe haven for insects” - Elizabeth Gervay

Join Tree Veneration Society artist Elizabeth Gervay for a series of relaxed drawing workshops. Bring your own mark makers and materials. Rediscover and allow yourself freedom to explore the power of drawing and its use of tone, line, negative space, and colour, with each session offering a different focus.

Tea and coffee making facilities available

Children under 12 are welcome but must be accompanied by a parent or guardian

Some art materials are available.

Saturday 12 September, 10.30am - 12.30pm

Reconfirm and discover mark making with techniques – tone, line, negative space, blind line, repetitive action line. Reimaging with a variety of mark makers. Nature takes on the movements of the wind.

Saturday 10 October, 10,30am - 12.30pm

Frotage with collage on A4 print paper – adding lines, colours and collage.

Saturday 17 October, 10.30am - 12.30pm

Utilising fine paint pens, pens transferring nature onto tiles (4cmx4cm) and sealing.

About the artist:

Eliabeth Anne Gervay is an Australian artist whose practice explores transformation, renewal, and the enduring relationship between people and the natural world. Working with drawing, natural materials, and recycled contemporary materials, she creates layered works that trace the shifting histories embedded in landscapes. Her process is grounded in mark making and shaped by her life on the land, where the realities of climate change inform an urgent environmental focus.

Gervay's work has been exhibited widely across Australia, including in arboretums, galleries and community spaces and is held in private and institutional collections internationally.

About the Coal Loader Artists Studio:

This dedicated space is part of North Sydney Council's Creative Spaces Program and specifically supports artists and creatives with a community-focused and socially-engaged interest in sustainability and the environment to develop their practice over a 12-month, fully subsidised residency. 

Residents are supported to host open studios, workshops, talks and other events that invite residents and visitors alike to make, reflect, learn and connect. 

In 2026, eco-arts collective The Tree Veneration is in-residence, with a different collective member in residence every six weeks. 

For more information contact: artsandculture@northsydney.nsw.gov.au