Thursdays 1-2.30pm CLASSES START UP AGAIN WEEKLY FROM 13th FEBRUARY 2025.
  • 13 Feb – 24 April is Watercolour Basics with Jenny Lee. 
  • Learn mixing colours / wet on wet / wet on dry / textures / transparency
  • Start anytime
  • No experience necessary
  • All materials supplied
  • $15 casual or $10 with a concession card. A 6-click concession card costs $30 and 10-click costs $50. Each click is worth $5 so this class would use up two clicks per class. These cards can be used to pay for any of our Centre-run classes and are valid for a year from the date of purchase
  • Join in anytime and do as many classes as you like
  • No enrolment but numbers are limited by the space in the room so book ahead to avoid disappointment. You can book as many dates as you like up to 8 weeks in advance
  • To book, email arts@tewhare.org or phone 981 2881. Please give us a phone contact when you book
  • The topics and tutors change every few months for this class. Scroll down to see previous topics.
2024 TOPICS:
  • December is Easy Acrylics with Maree

Cost is $10 for 3 weeks. Dates: 5-19 December.

  • November is Wild vs Polite Watercolours with Maree

We’re running this topic again there were so many people wanting to sign up. Cost is $15 for four classes. Dates: 7-28 November.

  • October is Wild vs Polite Watercolours with Maree
Let Maree teach you simple watercolour techniques to paint glorious wild landscapes, rivers and iris flowers. The block course costs $18 all up for five classes. The dates are: 3 – 31 October 2024.
  • September is Spray Can Textures with Maree

Release your inner graffiti artist! Have fun with spray cans and other texture techniques and apply them to a simple painting or artwork.

  • August is Printing and Stencilmaking with Maree

Print your own t-shirt (byo t-shirt), gelli plate prints, monoprints and learn how to cut your own stencils.

  • July is Pastels with Maree: Native Forest, Moonrise over Sea and more!
  • May and June is Watercolour Painting with Jenny Lee
  • April is Drawing Skills for Watercolour Painting with Jenny Lee

Where do you start when you paint a watercolour? It depends on what you want to paint but it’s helpful to do simple sketches first to help with the layout, proportions and focal points. It’s different from a finished pencil drawing because it stays there in the background and you don’t want too much of it to show.

Simple sketches to prepare for watercolour painting. This can lead you into our watercolour painting classes in May and June as part of Arts and Crafts for 55+ or you can do this block as a standalone.

  • March is Wet Felting with Barbara Johns
  • February is Silk Ribbon Embroidery with Barbara Johns
TOPICS in 2023:
November/December: Textile Xmas – Felting, Crochet, Wreaths with Barbara Johns
October: Bead Jewellery & Ornaments with Tamara Rookes
June-September: Watercolour Painting with Jenny Lee
April & May: Paint on Glass with Maree
February & March: Felting with Barbara Johns
2nd Feb: Felt Beads
9th Feb: Texture and design
16th Feb: Felt bowl with texture 
23rd Feb: Cowl scarf, nuno felting
2nd March: Painting with wool
9th March: Needlefelting a picture
16th & 23rd March: Felting using a wire frame.
30th March: Finishing Projects
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TOPICS IN 2022:

1-15 December 2022: Beading with Barbara Johns

Sew beads of all shapes and sizes onto fabric to make a bracelet or brooch. By sewing beads together we can make a lovely Christmas decoration.

We will have a good selection of beads and fabrics but you’re welcome to bring your own in the colours and styles you like.

4-24 November 2022: Felting with Barbara Johns

We will cover both wet-felting and needle-felting, starting with making a piece of wet-felted fabric and then making a bowl or bag with lots of colour and texture.

Later we will needle-felt either a 3-dimensional gnome or penguin or needle-felt onto the piece of felt we made earlier, depending on what participants want to do.

6 – 27 October 2022: Origami with Akiko.

1 – 29 September 2022: Knitting and Creative Mending with Pamela Gibbons

28 July – 25 August 2022: Make your own cards with Jenny Lee

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3-24 November: Felting with Barbara Johns
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1-15 December: Beading with Barbara Johns
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6 - 27 October 2022: Origami with Akiko
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6 - 27 October 2022: Origami with Akiko
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Tea LIght Holder origami
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1 - 29 September 2022: Knitting and Creative Mending with Pamela Gibbons
Textile Wednesdays in the Mini
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28 July - 25 August 2022: Make your own cards with Jenny Lee
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28 July - 25 August 2022: Make your own cards with Jenny Lee