Mornington Peninsula Blooms Coastal 5 Day Painting Workshop

$500.00$2,950.00

Pay $500 deposit to secure your place with full payment due prior to the workshop or $2,950 upfront

Jacqueline’s MORNINGTON PENINSULA BLOOMS COASTAL 5 DAY Painting Workshop
Tuesday April 8 – April 12, 2025
Lunch, refreshments and cheese platter provided,
All art supplies supplied.

Max 8 students per workshop

MORNINGTON PENINSULA

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Blooms Coastal 5 day Painting Workshop

MORNINGTON PENINSULA

WITH JACQUELINE COATES

Tuesday April 8 - April 12, 2025

Join me for exploring Coastal themes and creating a collection of paintings in just 5 days. Explore easy to do painting Blooms Freestyle techniques that explore working in acrylics and also oils.

From small scale studies to a large masterpiece in oils using a range of techniques all demonstrated before your eyes in real time so you can do it too! All my support on hand to help you get the best out of your painting.

NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

DAY 1- PAINTING WARM UP

VENUE ROSEBUD GIRL GUIDES HALL

Paint a series of 6 paintings in acrylics on canvas boards, with demonstrations taking students through a number of useful painting techniques, from learning the summer coastal colour palettes to blending, using a variety of tools to explore & capture coastal themes, how to paint clouds, water, pathways, flora and more.

A great warm up for our week as well as producing artworks to treasure.
Lunch, refreshments, & art supplies, included.

OPTION TO JOIN JACQUELINE ON THE NEARBY FORESHORE AFTER CLASS AND CAPTURE THE CHANGING LIGHT WITH OUR CAMERAS

Includes 2 white picture frames for your favourite pieces.

DAY 2- PAINT OUTDOORS & AT OUR STUDIO

VENUE OUTDOOR TO BE ADVISED AND OUR STUDIO AT ROSEBUD GIRL GUIDES HALL

EN PLEIN AIR DAY; EN PLEIN AIR DAY; Own Car required as we visit several destinations and enjoy a lunch out. Or go with Jac in her car.

VENUE MEET UP AT NYC BAGELS ROSEBUD
1245 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud

FOR A COFFEE AND BAGEL ( INCLUDED) BEFORE VISITING THE NEARBY FORESHORE TO MAKE AN EN PLEIN AIR PAINTING USING EASELS

Jac takes the group to a lunch venue after painting at an outdoor location (weather permitting) and at our studio. If the weather doesn’t suit we will work from the comfort of the studio. The group can decide on the day.

We explore some beautiful areas that make for lovely paintings and capture with our cameras or smartphones to collect painting reference, on the Mornington Peninsula which is local to us.

Paint two mid-size paintings today and enjoy being on the doorstep of the coastal environment. Make sure your camera is charged up!
All equipment, supplies and catering provided so all you need to do is arrive and enjoy painting.

DAY 3- PAINT TWO MID SIZE PAINTINGS INCLUDING COASTAL FLORA, CLOUDS & COASTAL SUBJECTS AND ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES

VENUE BASE: OUR STUDIO AT ROSEBUD GIRL GUIDES HALL

Today, learn about oils, explore oil impasto and acrylic impasto in a series of mid size paintings. We explore coastal flora subject matter, including banksia and gum nuts, and how to paint clouds or paint from your photo reference from the previous day.

All equipment, art supplies and catering included.

DAY 4MORNING SESSION PAINTING
Paint colourful beach boxes, adding to your coastal painting series.

Learn techniques to keep the painting fresh whilst capturing detail!
AFTERNOON SESSION After a delicious lunch, we start our big coastal painting and lay the foundations.

VENUE: STUDIO AT ROSEBUD GIRL GUIDES HALL

Today enjoy a morning session creating a beach box painting. After our lunch together, enjoy learning about how to use a variety of tools to get the foundations of your BIG COASTAL PAINTING down quickly. No drawing or painting skills required. This is so much fun and highly productive.

Full demonstrations and guidance from the colour palette for your painting, the supply of the subject matter and how to get those freed up marks, demonstration of alternate tools, layer of colour and tones, and building a rich surface in oils.

We will start the painting in the afternoon then continue it and finish it the next day.
Please advise of the largest painting size you can fit in your car face up – sizes options will be provided beforehand and supplied at the workshop. The largest size will be 36 x 4 inches or 90 x 120cm and there will be canvases of 30 x 40 inches.

DAY 5- Continue our BIG COASTAL PAINTING AND FOLLOWING THE DEMOS WITH JAC TO COMPLETE THE COASTAL MASTERPIECES! LUNCH OUT AND IN THE AFTERNOON FINISH THE LITTLE DETAILS ON THE BIG PAINTING. VARNISH ANY OTHER PIECES THAT ARE DRY. FINISH BY 5.30pm

VENUE BASE: OUR STUDIO AT ROSEBUD GIRL GUIDES HALL

Learn how to build your COASTAL painting and bring it to a finish with some clever NO FAIL techniques. Then we enjoy lunch at the nearby Greek cafe & restaurant.

After lunch we take care of any little details and finishing touches including to our other works plus varnishing or framing. We pack up at leisure . Workshop closed by 6pm.

Includes all art supplies, equipment, brushes and tools to keep, plastic sheeting for your car if you need it, palette, fold out aluminium easel to keep, catering and refreshments.

Transport students own. Accommodation students own to arrange.

I recommend Air Bnb- try Dromana, McCrae and Rosebud.

A private group facebook page will be created prior to the workshop.

Deposit required $650 pp with balance due by December 29th or pay in full $3450

MONTHLY PAY PLAN OFFER

This opportunity may not come round again and it’s a great way to get on top of the painting and enjoy a painting holiday at the same time.

If you’d like a pay plan of a deposit of $1950 followed by a monthly pay plan x 3 months at $500 per month from February – April, 2025 then please email jacquelinecoates1@gmail.com to arrange and confirm your place!

MONTHLY PAY PLAN OFFER

This opportunity may not come round again and it’s a great way to get on top of the painting and enjoy a painting holiday at the same time.

Here’s what you’ll gain:

✅
 Learn how to paint coastal scenes step-by-step, even if you’ve never painted before.
✅ Master paint handling techniques, including oils, oil impasto, and acrylics and acrylic impasto.
✅ Gain Freedom to create with confidence
✅ How to colour mix the Coastal Summer painting palettes 
✅ Knowledge and experience of how to use alternative painting tools
✅ Create your own collection of beautiful artworks – from a series of 6 studies, a series of midsize paintings and a BIG Coastal Painting – all in 5 days
✅ Enjoy painting en plein air in a stunning foreshore location and in our dedicated studio
✅Learn how to paint coastal clouds, coastal flora, and colourful beach boxes
✅ Feel supported in a warm and friendly environment with expert guidance, personalised assistance and breakthrough tips
✅ Curated inspiring photo references for the purpose of painting supplied throughout
✅ Photographic sessions to build your painting reference collection
 
What’s included:
 
🌟 Five days of hands-on painting tuition
🌟Portable compactable lightweight easel yours to keep Value $30
🌟 Art supplies inc all brushes and additional tools – Value $130
🌟 All canvas boards and canvases supplied Value approx $200
🌟Use of Blooms Travel Paint Box and French Box Easel
🌟 Catering for all lunches and refreshments and some aperitifs after workshop time
🌟 All sessions designed to build your confidence and skills.
🌟 Delicious catered lunches & refreshments daily.
🌟 A picturesque foreshore location to spark your creativity
🌟 As well as our workshop hours of approx 9-5.30pm we have the opportunity to be flexible and enjoy time on the foreshore after painting time
🌟 Sunscreen, clean up materials and hand creams
Don’t miss this chance to immerse yourself in art, nature, and inspiration.
Set your creative compass for 2025!

ACCOMODATION

VENUE ROSEBUD GIRL GUIDES HALL

We will have a fb group page so you can chat with other students about possibly sharing an accom on air bnb.

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