The courses
Three doors into the same habit.
All run in person, in the Paddington studio, built from short exercises and a starter palette. Prices are the full term fee including GST. Nothing added at the door.
Non-accredited leisure courses: no certificate, no qualification, just the habit.
One price, the whole term
Next start, price and seats, up front.
Small classes, four to eight weeks, one evening or morning a week. Start dates are demo dates until Mara confirms what is free.
Most requested
Watercolour Foundations
Water, pigment, paper, negotiated from the first class. Materials supplied for the term.
Next start demoTue 3 Nov
- When
- Tuesday mornings, 10am
- Length
- 6 weeks, 2 hours a class
- Class size
- Up to 10 seats
- Level
- Complete beginners
- Materials
- Supplied, yours to keep
Expressive Landscapes
The flagship. Weekly critique included, materials supplied.
Next start demoThu 5 Nov
- When
- Thursday evenings, 6pm
- Length
- 8 weeks, 2 hours a class
- Class size
- Up to 10 seats
- Level
- Some experience
- Materials
- Supplied, yours to keep
The Sketchbook Habit
Four weeks, small daily pages. Bring your own kit; a starter list is emailed on booking.
Next start demoSat 7 Nov
- When
- Saturday mornings, 9am
- Length
- 4 weeks, 90 minutes a class
- Class size
- Up to 10 seats
- Level
- Complete beginners
- Materials
- Bring your own kit
Not sure which door?
Start where you are.
Write and tell Mara what you want to paint. She will answer honestly, even if the answer is “not this course”. Ask about a term
- Never held a brushFoundations or the Habit. Both assume nothing.
- Want a small daily habitThe Sketchbook Habit: four weeks, small daily pages.
- Done a term of FoundationsExpressive Landscapes moves faster and suits you, in this studio or elsewhere.
- Want critique every weekLandscapes, with weekly critique included.
Every course
The same four things, whichever door.
The method is the same whether it is your first class or your fourth term.
Small classes
Ten seats at most, so everyone in the room gets looked at.
Short exercises
Nothing over twenty minutes. One idea, one page, and the brush is wet before the hesitation arrives.
Honest critique
Kind, specific, and about the page in front of us, never a template reply.
A starter palette
One round of pans, two brushes, one pad of paper. Nothing to buy on the first night.
What’s included
A starter palette, mapped for you.
Every course works from the same short list: one round of pans, two brushes, one pad of paper. Where materials are supplied, they are yours to keep.
Nobody is asked to buy anything on the first night. The full supply list, with where to get it locally, goes out when you book.
The starter palette.
There is usually a seat left in the next term.
Classes are small on purpose, so the earlier you ask, the better the chance.
Next course starts Tue 3 Nov · $220 · up to 10 seats demo date
Next: Tue 3 Nov · $220