Box Hill Art Group

Wednesdays – Natalie Doubrovski
7.30pm – 9.30pm Expressive Drawing and Painting

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.

Monday morning – Farimar Eshraghi
10am – 12 noon. All media

No matter what media you are interested in Farimah can help you. Farimah has taught countless people to paint and draw. 

Come along to this friendly Monday morning class and start your week with an inspirational art experience.

You will work on your own art project with support from Farimah.

What do I bring?

Bring along your own paints/pastels/pencils, brushes and paper/canvas (new or unfinished project) – whatever materials you have.

Tuesday afternoon – Basic Watercolour Painting with Aimee Li – 1pm – 3pm

Suitable for beginners or for those of us whose skills are a bit rusty.
In this comprehensive watercolour course, participants will embark on an exciting journey into the vibrant world of watercolour painting. Each class is designed to progressively build upon the foundational knowledge and skills needed to master the art of watercolour. From understanding watercolour’s history and unique properties to exploring advanced techniques such as wet-on-wet and texture creation, this course offers a holistic approach to watercolour painting.

Though the class is taught in English, Aimee can offer bilingual support.

BYO watercolour paint, brushes and paper. Boards, tables and tea and coffee supplied.

Course Description in Mandarin download below

Tuesday evening – Craig Rawlings
7.30pm – 9.30pm Mixed Media
Craig offers a contemporary approach to acrylic and watercolour. 

This term 3 there will be a focus on exploration of creating varied approaches to backgrounds.

Taking those backgrounds and applying traditional images or pushing the abstraction further.

An exciting process to freshen up your mark making.

Craig will help you to develop your skills, using pencils, pens, watercolour and acrylic. You will find new ways to describe the world and capture the essence of your chosen subject.

Wednesday evening – Natalie Doubrovski
7.30pm – 9.30pm Expressive Drawing and Painting

Unleash your inner artist! Allow yourself to create! Step away from strict realism and make an image with lines, shapes and colours!

The class will give you a chance to explore different materials in image creations depicting still life objects, flowers and subjects of your choice. A good chance to try a mixed media approach.

Materials that will be used will vary and materials to bring for each class will be discussed during the first session.

WHAT YOU WILL GET

Students will get more understanding of the process of creating paintings or drawings in a more free style.

WHAT TO BRING

Drawing paper and some drawing tools for the first class.

Saturdays 12.30pm – 2.30pm – Tessa Joy

The Saturday class is a place where you can bring your ideas to fruition and work on art across a wide range of media. Tessa Joy offers both individual advice to help you progress with your artwork and small tutorials on a wide range of visual arts topics. Participants are always learning something. Discussion and sharing of ideas between art group members is encouraged. Everyone works at their own pace and on their own work. The class suits those who already have some ideas and skills, at least enough to get started on a drawing or painting.

What do I bring? Bring along your own paints/pastels/pencils, brushes and paper/canvas (new or unfinished project) – whatever materials you have.

SATURDAY & WEDNESDAY

Life Drawing

Our professional models are sourced from The Life Models Association. July sessions are Wednesday 17th July and Saturday 20th July and we will draw male model Mick for both sessions.

Develop and hone your drawing skills at our monthly two hour life drawing sessions with Box Hill Art Group. You will find great professional models and friendly fellow artists. All levels of ability are welcome. Cost $20 per session. The sessions are untutored.
Bring your own paper and drawing materials, (tables, easels, boards, coffee tea and biscuits) are provided.

The Ian Potter Centre, Federation Square

Sunday 28th July Meet in the FOYER at 10:00 am                                                 
Meet in the FOYER at 12:00 to retire for  lunch
The following conditions apply:

1. pencils rather than pens must be used;
2. no spray fixatives and/or varnishes may be used;
3. easels and paints are only permitted with written permission in advance; 
4. sketchbooks or paper must not be larger than an A3 sheet (42.0 x 29.7 cm);
5. When sketching or note-taking in the permanent gallery spaces, sketchers should take care not to obscure works on display from other visitors, school tours and other tour groups and be mindful of congestion within the gallery 

See you there!

Gold coin donation 

WEDNESDAY

Paint and Chat

On Wednesday a group meet in Drycraft West to paint and chat from 1 – 3pm except for once a month when the room is reserved for life drawing. It’s a friendly atmosphere so come along and join us. This is an all media session.

Only $6 on the day. Click here for more information