Elysium Art Courses

Exhibition announcement

Melbourne based professional painter and educator, Elio Sanciolo introduces the art of still -life painting to beginner and intermediate level artists who wish to deepen their knowlegde of painting techniques and processes and refine their skills.

Melbourne professional painter and educator, Elio Sanciolo introduces the art of painting to beginner and intermediate level artists who wish to deepen their knowledge of how to create effective landscape paintings.

Prominent Melbourne Artist and Sculptor Bart Sanciolo, will introduce Workshop participants to traditional techniques and methods involved in creating a small bas-relief in plaster. Each participant will be guided to select subject matter of their choice and prepare a drawing to be developed into bas-relief. Ample time will be provided for discussion and demonstrations to explain the basic features and characteristic of this type of sculpture. Similarly, examples and demonstration of modelling, mould making and casting will be used to illustrate the various stages of production. The workshop will include all stages of production, namely, creating a design, modelling in plasticine, plaster mould making, casting into plaster and surface finishing completed bas-relief. On completion of work, participants will prepare their bas-reliefs for a short-term exhibition at Elysium Gallery where they will be able to present their work to family and friends. (Dates and details will be negotiated with participants.

This workshop aims to stimulate a personal creativity and inquiry by exposing participants to visual stimuli, method and rationale for approaching the task of ‘drawing’ through a variety of traditional and experimental drawing media to validate curiosity and intuition. Participants will be introduced to specially devised drawing techniques aimed at understanding the human form and learning how to manifest a personal vision. Apart from providing an opportunity to experience Life Drawing as both a way to study the human form and as a way of producing drawings as finished artworks, this tutored workshop is designed to also develop a way of ‘looking’ through ‘subject matter’ to liberate a capacity to ‘see’ and arrive at a personal and unique product. On completion of the practical workshop, students have the option to select their best pieces of work and present them to their families and friends in a short-term group exhibition at Gallery Elysium (Dates and Details will be negotiated with participants). - A3 and A2 Cartridge paper supplied About the Tutor: Bart Sanciolo is a Melbourne based artist whose extensive career includes lectures, consultancies, design projects and workshops for art instructors as well as teaching and commissions. Sanciolo has also held ten solo exhibitions and participated in numerous collective ventures. Many of his sculptures, paintings and drawings can be found in corporate and private collections both in Australia and overseas. Sanciolo’s artistic passion for the figurative artworks that express imaginative and narrative contexts is matched by his ability and experience in developing art pieces of contrasting sizes and using a variety of materials, techniques and methods. His artworks demonstrate a continuing search for a dynamic relationship between line, form and emotion; expressed through a contemporary format, yet building upon a classical tradition. www.bartsanciolo.com www.foxgalleries.com.au #bart_sanciolo_art

Program description: A two day practical workshop for Senior Art & Design Students in Architectural Model Making. Specifically designed for VCD students Units 1-4