Learn to draw classes in Melbourne with Janet Matthews

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Learn to draw

Refine your drawing skills with in person classes and workshops. Or try learning at your own pace with Janet’s e-books and e-workshops series.

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Learn to Draw with Janet

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Flexible learning options to fit your schedule.
enrol in learn to draw classes in Melbourne, or learn at your own pace.

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ADULTS CLASSES

For adults of all skill levels, covering drawing in pencil, colour pencil, watercolour pencil, pen.
All classes take place at the Studio in Narre Warren North, Victoria, Australia.

TERM 4 DATES

Tuesday classes: 8th October to 17th December
Wednesday classes: 9th October to 18th December
10am to 12pm or 12.30pm to 2.30pm
9 week term - $225

WORKSHOPS FOR 2024

Janet teaches with a step by step demonstration and then individual tuition, making workshops suitable for beginners to advanced students.

Studio address - Narre Warren North, Victoria, Australia.

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All workshops are in colour pencil (or graphite where noted) and on Saturdays 10am to 3.30pm.
Except the Four day workshop which is a Monday to Thursday.

DATE

DESCRIPTION

COST

Saturday
March 23rd 2024

Pincushion hakeain colour pencil One day workshop 10am to 3.30pm

$120

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Saturday
May 18th 2024

Lady bugs in flight and actionin colour pencil One day workshop 10am to 3.30pm

$120

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Saturday
June 22nd 2024

Echinacea flowerin colour pencil One day workshop 10am to 3.30pm

$120

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Saturday
July 20th 2024

Gang gang cockatoo – portraitsin colour pencil One day workshop 10am to 3.30pm

$120

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Saturday
August 17th 2024

Banksia seed podin colour pencil One day workshop 10am to 3.30pm

$120

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Saturday
September 21st 2024

Kookaburrain colour pencil One day workshop 10am to 3.30pm

$120

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7th - 10th October 2024 - Cancelled

Hummingbirds in colour pencil One day workshop 10am to 3.30pm

$550

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Saturday
November 16th 2024

Jacana (waterbird) on lily padin colour pencil One day workshop 10am to 3.30pm

$120

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PRIVATE WORKSHOPS

Janet does run workshops for many art groups throughout Australia, which are usually open only to Art Group members. Otherwise, Janet will note them on this page. Any group interested in discussing a possible workshop in Colour Pencil for their group is welcome to contact Janet to discuss further.

LEARN TO DRAW DVDS

Purchase a DVD to learn a specific technique in the comfort of your home or studio.

DRAWING DVDS FOR PURCHASE

TITLE

COST

Colour Pencil techniques
Shows Janet’s techniques and a demonstration of a Flowering Gum.

$15

Eyes
JJanet demonstrates all different coloured eyes which should cover most animals and birds.

$15

Fur
Janet demonstrates a wide range of different fur, long, short, curly, wet and more.

$15

Symphony of Green things
Janet shows seven different types of green and how to create them, including demonstrations of each green.

$15

Shiny Things
Janet shows six different subjects and how to create the sheen and shine on them, including a patent leather shoe, bronze picture frame, silvery tap, water droplets and more.

$20

Water and Reflections
Janet demonstrates different colours of water, rippled water and a rippled reflection.

$15

Graphite
Janet shows the many different techniques for creating different effects with graphite, including using blenders and erasers.

$20

Folds, wrinkles and creases
Each of these effects has a different ‘formula’ to achieve them easily.

$20

Watercolour pencil techniques
How to apply the watercolour pencils to create different effects, from smooth to textured, from soft to detailed.

$15

Drawing - Quickly and Accurately
Draw up your artwork at any size, quickly and easily. This shows many different tecniques to draw your image.

$15

Posing birds feet
Learn how bird feet work and how to change their position and add in detail.

$20

Eyes - with expressions
Learn how different eyes work, then how to change your references to create any expression.

$20

Lace and Sculptured material
Learn to draw the different materials, including Satin, knitted, Velvet etc.

$20

Sunbird and Nest
Learn to draw the beautiful brightly coloured bird in colour pencil and weave the nest in graphite.

$15

Butterflies, Bees, Ants and Beetles
A 2 DVD set. Learn to draw each insect, how to pose them, how to colour them.

$40

Watercolour and Colour pencils
Learn to draw each insect, how to pose them, how to colour them.

$20

Colour pencil on Coloured Paper
How to create your drawing with a range of different coloured papers, from Black through to pale sandy colour.

$20

Faces
Steps through the many different varieties of skin colour, eyes, mouths, hair. This gives the basics for any portrait you may wish to draw.

$20

Luminous feathers
Learn to create that bright sparkling feathers of hummingbirds and sunbirds.

$20

Transparent wings
Learn how to draw those see-through wings of a cicada, a dragonfly and a hummingbird in flight.

$20

Glossy feathers
Step by step process of creating those metallic shiny feathers of a Glossy Starling.

$20

Magpies
Learn to draw magpies, adult and juvenile, using graphite and a touch of colour pencil.

$20

New Holland Honeyeater
Instructions to draw this honeyeater in colour pencil and then in graphite

$20

Simply complete the order form to purchase.

LEARN TO DRAW
E-BOOKS AND E-WORKSHOPS

Purchase an e-book and receive a digital book via email detailed with Janet’s step by step process.

E-BOOKS FOR PURCHASE

title

cost

Composition and Design

$20

Water reflections

$20

Quick Sketching in ink and watercolour

$20

3D and foreshortening

$20

Colour theory

$45

E-WORKSHOPS FOR PURCHASE

E- Workshops for Colour Pencil Each series consists of six workshops, with step by step instructions and pics of each stage, easy to follow.

How to draw hoya flower workshop example

How to draw fungi workshop example

How to draw correa flower workshop example

How to draw backlit leaves workshop example

How to draw flowering gum workshop example

Series One – Botanical

$60

Hoya, Toadstool, Correa, Acorn, Backlit leaves, Flowering Gum.

how to draw a fairy wren workshop example

how to draw a scarlet robin workshop example

how to draw purple crowned lorikeet workshop example

how to draw a chicken workshop example

Series Two – Feathers and birds

$60

Feather, Fairy Wren, Barking Owl, Scarlet Robin, Purple Crowned Lorikeet, Chicken.

How to draw a ladybug workshop example

How to draw a honey bee workshop example

How to draw a damselfly workshop example

How to draw a meadow argus butterfly workshop example

How to draw a harlequin beetle workshop example

How to draw a blue bee workshop example

How to draw a spider example

Series Three – Insects

$60

Ladybug, Honey bee, Damselfly, Butterfly, Harlequin beetle, Blue Banded bee, Spider.

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Series Four – Furry animals

$60

Pony, Red panda, Black dog, Joey, Koala, Tiger

how to draw a green tree frog workshop example

how to draw a sealion workshop example

how to draw a seadragon workshop example

how to draw a blue tongue lizardworkshop example

how to draw a posion dart frog workshop example

Series Five – Frogs, lizards and more

$60

Clown fish, Tree frog, Sealion, Blue tongue lizard, Sea dragon, Poison dart frog.

how to draw tree sap eworkshop example

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how to draw an autumn leaf eworkshop example

how to draw kangaroo paw eworkshop example

Series Six – Natural textures

$60

Tree sap, River rocks-underwater, Desert pea, Blue emu eggs, Waterdrops on Autumn leaf, WA Kangaroo paw.

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how to draw bottlebrush florets and stem eworkshop example

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Series Seven – Australian Native flowers

$60

Eucalypt pressiana, Grevillea superb, Waratah, Callistemon bottlebrush stamen, Callistemon bottlebrush florets and stem, Leaves – Grevillea, Waratah, Bottlebrush.

How to draw native hibiscus eworkshop example

How to draw kanagaroo paw eworkshop example

How to draw duck orchid eworkshop example

How to draw water lily eworkshop example

How to draw desert banksia seed pod eworkshop example

How to draw everlasting paper daisy eworkshop example

Series Eight – Australian Native flowers #2

$60

Native hibiscus, Kangaroo Paw- Anigozanthos, Duck orchid, Waterlily-Nymphanaea gigantea, Desert Banksia seed pod, Everlasting (paper) daisy.

Simply complete the order form to purchase.

Introducing Janet

Janet’s pencil works, full of personality, humour and beautiful detail have won many awards and gained her some wonderful accolades.

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