Exploring Abstraction Workshop - 6th & 7th July 2024

One of the reasons artists make art is to create a sort of beauty to express those things that can’t easily be expressed in words. Come to this workshop to explore the idea of abstraction and show a different view of the world.

What will be covered in this course?

A two-day workshop based on the ideas of abstraction, using unrelated objects as a subject, beginning with exploratory drawings and collage to develop compositions to be used in a finished painting.

Abstract paintings are a playground of visual delights. Using our imagination, we are free to create our own world of colour, form, and contemplation.

We can simplify and change the shapes, lines, colour, texture the subject presents to us without getting bogged down by the storylines carried by the objects.

Abstraction can touch the emotions in a fresh, raw and powerfully direct way.

By the end of this course students will:

Have increased their knowledge of abstraction, have experimented with techniques on paper and be close to completing a painting on canvas.

This class is for: 

Adults at all levels; from experienced to beginner artists who wish to explore the concept of abstraction.

Required materials:
● Sketch book or cartridge paper
● Acrylic paints
● Brushes, pencils, charcoals, glue
● Canvas or canvas boards (size preferably 70cmx80cm or larger)
Easels provided.
Some materials will be provided.

ABOUT THE TUTOR
Born in Sydney, Terri Butterworth has studied in her home city, as well as in various colleges in the USA and Canada. An abstract expressionist painter, she exhibited in the USA from 1979 to 1983, and in Sydney from 1984. Terri has won multiple art prizes, and her work is represented in institutional and private collections.

Terri was a teacher of Visual Arts and Fundamentals of Design at North Coast TAFE for 16 years, until 2021. Additionally, she has been a mentor and educator to many local artists in the region.