Teaching & Tutoring
- Royal Art Society of NSW
- Bathurst Mitchell School of Arts / ArtScene
- Grafton Artsfest
- Equipment List
Royal Art Society of NSW
Lesley is currently on the teaching staff of the Royal Art Society of NSW in North Sydney.
She teaches portraiture on Wednesday mornings, from9.30am to 12.30pm.
Please contact Lesley, or The Royal Art Society of NSW, for further details.
Bathurst Mitchell School of Arts
Lesley also tutors at the Bathurst Mitchell School of Arts Summer and Winter Schools.
The Winter School in 2009 runs from the 12th to the 18th of July.
Lesley’s course is Drawing and Painting Portraits in Oils.
For enquiries and bookings contact THE ART SCENE by
phone: (02) 9807 6900 or online at
www.artscene.com.au
See details below of the equipment list for Lesley's courses.
Grafton Artsfest
From October 6th to Sunday October 11th, Lesley O’Shea and Joe Penn are teaching a 6 day workshop in drawing at Grafton Artsfest.
The course covers life drawing, still life and “plein air” landscape sketching.
For enquiries and bookings contact Grafton Artsfest on (02) 6643 1528 or on the web at www.artsfestgrafton.com
Typical Equipment List (oils)
Bathurst Winter School 2009
Tubes of Art Spectrum or Windsor and Newton Oil Paints in the following colours:
- Titanium White
- Lemon Yellow
- Cadmium Yellow Deep
- Cadmium Red
- Alizarin Crimson
- Cobalt Blue
- Ultramarine Blue
- Burnt Umber
- Yellow Ochre
Note: Students just beginning with oils can purchase the students range by Windsor and Newton which are called Winton Paints.
A selection of filbert and round brushes in sizes 6, 8 and 10.
Palette.
Palette knife.
2 Prepared boards, canvas boards or canvas stretchers of sizes = 16" x 20" or larger.
2 small canvas boards, approximately 14" x 16".
A3 drawing pad or sketch book.
2B Graphite pencil.
1 x putty eraser.
Plenty of cotton rags and a roll of paper towel.
2 glass jars.
Students can bring their own easel or one will be available from The Art Scene at the college.
Note: Photographs being brought by students should be clear and preferably a close up. Photos measuring approximately 8” x 10” would be ideal.