BMCAC Glenbrook -  Birds Blooms and Butterflies - Booking open!

BMCAC Cnr Hare and Moore Sts, Glenbrook

Monday October 8 and Tuesday 9 October, 10-5 both days

$220 BMCAC members $230 non members Plus materials fee $35 payable on the day

Join me for a fun two day workshop making mosaics for outdoor display.  Learn to make and mosaic two sorts of garden mosaics. One free-standing on a pole and one for the wall.  I will take you through making the mosaic base using lightweight board suitable for exterior use, plus cutting, gluing and grouting.  You will leave with your own mosaic creation to take home.

Suitable for beginners or those with a little mosaic experience.

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Tuesday Evening Mosaics -Term 4 starts 23rd October 2018 - Enrolment open now

BMCAC Cnr Hare and Moore Sts, Glenbrook

This fun and practical class is suitable for students of all levels.  If you've always wanted to learn to mosaic or wish to improve your existing skills, come and join us and make a mosaic for home or garden. The class is limited to 12 people.and this is a popular course and is often booked out.  Enrolment day is at the centre 20th October and online enrolment is open now.  Click Here

Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre, (BMCAC) Glenbrook  - Mosaic: Building on the Foundations 

November 3 and 4 - 9am - 5 pm both days

BMCAC Cnr Hare and Moore Sts, Glenbrook

Course fee per day: $110.00 if BMCAC member otherwise $120.00. Discounted fee if attending both days:

$200.00 if BMCAC member otherwise $220.00

I will be running two consecutive one-day courses aimed at improving your understanding of the basic principles of mosaic to enable you to take your work to the next level.  You can do one day or both, with a discount if you book for both. Both days are intermediate level and aimed at people who already have a solid grounding in mosaic making.

.Day 1- Understanding Andamento

This day gives you a through grounding in the visual grammar of mosaic by looking at both traditional and modern andamento and understanding how to apply them to your own mosaics. This course is theoretical and consists of presentations and exercises on paper.  No drawing skills needed.  There is no actual mosaic making in this course but you will leave with a practical understanding of the grammar of mosaics and the effects that can be achieved to take your work to the next level.  Full course notes and exercises are provided. There will be a materials fee of $5 payable on the day.

Day 2 - Understanding Values, working with light, dark and contrast

Value, (how light or dark something is) is an important concept in art.  Particularly in mosaic, the correct use of values can contribute enormously to the “readability” of a piece.  Using a mix of theory and practical exercises both on paper and with actual mosaic making, this course aims to give you an understanding of the concept of value and the tools to use it effectively in your own mosaic work. Note: This is a mainly theoretical course, the mosaic making will be to produce samples rather than creative pieces. There will be a materials fee of $15 payable on the day.

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2019

Hughes Studio at Woodford Academy

Moving into the Third Dimension - Making and working with dimensional substrates

Sat 30th & Sun 31st March 2019
Hours: 10am - 5pm Daily
Fees: $385 including materials and GST. ​Deposit: $110  

This course introduces students to making and working with dimensional substrates for mosaic. On day one, students learn two methods for making lightweight non-flat wall-hanging substrates suitable for interior or exterior use. Following this each participant will be supplied with a small (approximately 20 x 24 cm) half made folded or undulating substrate. This substrate will then be completed under direction then allowed to cure overnight ready to be mosaiced on the next day. On day two students mosaic the substrate that they completed the day before.

For more details see HERE or email Caitlin Hughes on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Travelling to Teach 

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