Workshops
Interested in learning from Alex?
Alex has over a decade of teaching experience and strives to provide high quality arts education for both teens and adults. She runs workshops out of her teaching space located at 370 Magill Road while also lecturing at Adelaide Central School of Art in both Drawing & Contemporary Studies.
She began her teaching journey back in 2011 and has since provided educational workshops throughout South Australia. She specialises in teaching both digital and traditional drawing, but also works with watercolour, paint and mixed media.
If you’re interested in working with Alex to create/deliver a bespoke workshop for you and a group please contact her here.
Upcoming Courses | June - September
At 370 Magill Road, Kensington Park SA 5068
Adult Courses | Ages 16+
Friday 19, 26 June & 3 July | 6 - 8:30pm
Get started with one of the most intuitive digital drawing apps available!
Procreate makes professional-quality digital art & illustration accessible anywhere, anytime. In this 3-week course, Alex will get you comfortable with the app from the ground up. The course will begin by learning how to navigate the interface, understand different brushes and layers, and producing your first finished digital artwork.
No prior digital drawing experience is needed BUT you will need an iPad with Procreate installed. Whether you're coming from a traditional art background or picking up a stylus for the very first time, this course will give you a solid foundation to keep building on.
Please ensure that you have read and understand the student Code of Conduct and the Terms & Conditions.
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
iPad - any model compatible with Procreate
Apple Pencil (1st or 2nd generation)
Procreate app (available on the App Store for $19.99)
OPTIONAL MATERIALS
Matte screen protector (for a paper-like drawing feel)
Sketchbook & pencil (for planning compositions)
Week 1 - Interface, gestures & brush basics
Week 2 - Layers, colour & blending modes
Week 3 - Creating a finished piece from sketch to export
Saturday 1 August - 12 September | 7 weeks
10:00am - 12:30pm
✨ Delve back into your creativity in Imaginative Realism II ✨
Perfect for new participants or those returning after undertaking the first Imaginative Realism.
This course will build on the foundations of the first Imaginative Realism and go deeper into the skills that define the genre. We’ll look more at how to invent forms (both with and without references), delve deeper into composition and look at how to utilise acrylic paint to create final artworks.
Over 7 weeks, you'll develop a finished piece from concept to completion, exploring narrative, atmosphere, and personal style along the way.
Please ensure that you have read and understand the student Code of Conduct and the Terms & Conditions.
Required materials:
Graphite pencils
Hard & kneadable erasers
A4 or A3 sketchbook
Week 4 - 7: acrylic paints, canvas or panel board (we’ll talk about what kind in class)
Final project materials will be discussed in the course
Week 1 - Inventing forms
Week 2 - Creating creatures
Week 3 - Figure & environment
Week 4 - Colour harmony & mood in paint
Week 5 - Using paint to create atmosphere
Week 6 - Final piece — 2 week project begins
Week 7 - Continuation of final project
Please note: This course is designed for people with previous drawing experience.
If you are a beginner you’re still welcome to join the course ☺️ Just a heads-up, you might find the more advanced concepts and techniques a bit of a challenge if you’re just starting out.
6 - 8:30 pm Monday 27 July - 7 September (7 week course) | 7 Weeks
Spend a course developing and designing your own world and characters. Explore finding your unique style and incorporating imaginative drawing and fundamental techniques.
This seven-week course guides you through character creation from initial concept and silhouette design to fully realised character art. Whether you’re interested in OCs, comics, games or illustration these tools will help you build standout characters that tell stories on their own.
Materials Required:
Pencil
Paper
Hard + kneadable erasers
You are welcome to bring in digital drawing tablets and any other materials you want to create with ☺️ Please make sure that you’ve read and understand the workshops Terms & Conditions and behavioural Code of Conduct before enrolling.
Week 1- Intro week - exploring successful character design
Week 2 - Worldbuilding
Week 3 - Character personality, archetype & backstory
Week 4 - Character Portrait
Week 5 - Costume, props & begin final artwork idea generation
Week 6 - 2 week final project
Week 7 - 2 week final project
Sunday 2 August - Sunday 20 Sept (excludes Sunday 6 Sept for Father’s Day) | 7 weeks
2:30 - 5:00pm
Dive deeper into watercolours with this 7-week course.
Explore how to draw and simplify the complexities of people and botanicals to suit watercolour art. Throughout the course, we’ll learn techniques that capture the organic forms of people and botanicals, from loose gestural washes to intricate layered detail.
Whether you’re drawn to portraiture, botanical illustration or a blend of both, this course will equip you with the confidence to work with watercolour.
Please ensure that you have read and understand the student Code of Conduct and the Terms & Conditions.
Required materials:
Watercolour Set - if you have one already bring that ☺️ if not a Mont Marte set like this is a cheap option and the Koi palette is a better quality option but a little pricier
Soft Brushes
A4 or A3 Canson Watercolour Sketchbook
Paper towel
Graphite pencils
Hard & kneadable erasers
Optional: Water Brush Pen
Week 1 - Intro/refresher to watercolour properties & mark-making
Week 2 - Painting plants: form, texture & colour
Week 3 - Drawing Portraits
Week 4 - Drawing the full figure
Week 5 - Combining people & botanicals
Week 6 - Starting 2 week project
Week 7 - Continuing 2 week project
Teen Courses | Years 7 - 12
1-3pm | 12 May - 16 Jun (6 weeks)
Held at 370 Magill Rd, Kensington Park SA 5068
This course is designed for Homeschooled Teens | aged 12 - 17
This weekly art club invites homeschool teens to bring in the images they want to draw ✍️Whether it’s a favourite character, animal, landscape, or something from their own imagination.
Students will need to bring images that they want to draw each week, an A3 or A4 sketchbook, 2B + HB graphite pencils and hard and kneadable erasers PLUS any other materials that they want to experiment with and get feedback on👩🎨
Students will develop their drawing skills at their own pace while receiving supportive, personalised feedback to help them grow as young artists. With a focus on confidence-building, creative exploration, and learning how to refine their ideas, this club offers a welcoming space for teens to connect, experiment, and deepen their artistic voice.
Venue located at 370 Magill Road - Parking available on Water Street.
Please ensure that you have read and understand the student Code of Conduct and the Terms & Conditions.
Course image: 2026 Term 1 Pastel Drawing Participant
1:15 - 3:30pm Saturday 1 August - 12 September | 7 weeks
This isn’t your regular art course - it’s like D&D… but with extra drawing!
In this otherworldly art adventure teens will be encouraged to create imaginative sketches, solve intriguing puzzles and take part in collaborative storytelling.
Following along from adventures of the Myth & Magic I - III - journey into a strange a magical world filled with mystery. Don’t worry if you weren’t here for previous courses, we welcome new adventurers ⚔️
Each student will create a character that they will play as for the course, and keep a record of each session in their “field journal”, documenting the strange creatures, plants and people they encounter through art.
Materials required:
Sketchbook
Pencils
Erasers
All other materials are provided
Please make sure that you’ve read and understand the workshops Terms & Conditions and behavioural Code of Conduct before enrolling.
