Expand your artistic horizons with our workshops, designed for all levels of experience. Learn new techniques, experiment and meet other artists.
Workshop Information:
1st and 3rd Wednesday (February to November)
Arrive at 9.45 am to start at 10.00 am.     Finish at 1.00 pm
Studio 2, Gosford Regional Gallery and Arts Centre.
Cost $30.00 per week. $40 per week non-members.
Bookings are essential.
Gosford Regional Gallery and Arts Centre provide plenty of convenient parking and disability access. 
Booking Information
Book and pay in advance. No refunds.
Send a text message to Marlene on 0409 666 709 to book your place and pay $30 (members) or $40 (non-members) in advance by direct deposit.
BSB 062 544 Account number: 28022569, Account Name: Central Coast Art Society.  
​Under Description or Payee Reference please use the code WS followed by your surname and initial (e.g. Bob Brown = WSBrownB)
4th and 18th June 2025
Digital Meets Mixed Media
Julie-Anne Rogers
​This workshop is about manipulating photographs and printing them onto fabric and papers that have been painted, had a texture medium added and prepared for printing through a home printer.

Workshop 1 will be preparing the textured substrates as above.
Workshop 2 will be using your smart phone and apps to manipulate your photos and then print them onto the prepared substrate from workshop 1.
2nd and 16th July 2025
Landscape Painting in Oils
Cheryl Flint
Theme: Landscape with Ocean/Water
Traditional principles of painting landscapes in general with a focus on composition, tonal value and colour.
3 stages of painting - drawing/blocking in, modelling and detail will be explored.

Plan:
Day 1 - A tonal sketch of a scene supplied. 
Paint together in class and finish at home.
Day 2 - A tonal sketch of your own landscape. 
Paint with help from tutor and finish at home.

Materials:
• 2 x 12x16 boards or canvas for landscapes,
• 2 x 12x16 or smaller boards or canvas for tonal sketches (please gesso boards 1 week early 
if desired),
• Odourless solvent
• Stick of charcoal or soft pencil for drawing 
and rubber
• Brushes: large bright 12,10, 6,2 Filberts 6,4 
and small detail brush (Bring what you have)
• Paint colour suggestions: Alizarin, Cad scarlet, Cad orange, Lemon yellow, Indian yellow, Ultramarine, Cobalt, Cerulean, Burnt sienna, Yellow ochre, Veridian, Titanium white, Payne’s grey, Cobalt teal. (Bring what you have)

​Bookings close 25th June and 9th July respectively.
6th and 20th August 2025
Bold Mixed Media
Sita Cooray
Sita completed her Art Certificate and Diploma in Drawing and Printmaking at Orange Tafe and did a further 4 years at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, studying Life Drawing and Painting under the late David Wilson. John Olsen and Fred Cress were two of her teachers.

Workshops:
Sita will be demonstrating her bold techniques in collage and penwork and she will guide participants to achieve her colourful artworks.

Materials List:
• Watercolours, inks, oil pastels, acrylics, charcoal stick, pens, pencils. (whatever you have)
• PVA glue
• Variety of brushes
• Small scissors
• Sketch book
• Bring jell block printed paper (if you have any), coloured textured papers or old watercolour/acrylic paintings to be cut up and repurposed.
• 2 x small canvasses

Bookings close 30th July and 13th August respectively.​
Central Coast Art Society Incorporated    
​ABN 90 108 351 968