David Giles Art Gallery
Dream of being an artist? Want to connect with your inner creative self? Or just want to lose yourself in the joy of painting? Join David Giles for his next 8 week 'Creative Therapy' art course.
“I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed myself. It has been an extremely supportive and nurturing experience, creatively and in regards to my well-being.” Shirley, High School Art Teacher
TERM 3, 2022 COURSES WITH DAVID GILES
@ STUDIO 11 ART GALLERY FREMANTLE
OR ON ZOOM
Art and Self Expression
In person or on line “creative therapy” art course
with David Giles
8 WEEK COURSE
VENUE: Studio Eleven 11, Captains Lane, Fremantle
SESSION TIMES: 5 to choose from. Friday 10-1 or Friday 1.30-4.30 or Saturday 10-1 or Saturday 1.30-4.30 or Sunday 10-1. You attend one session a week and choose which session to attend. To attend on line you will need zoom on your device.
DATES: 15/16/17 July – 2/3/4 September
COST: $320 BYO acrylic paints and brushes. Easels, tables water jars palettes etc provided
BOOKING: 0416 079 204 or davidgilesartist@hotmail.com www.davidgilesartgallery.com
Payment please to bsb 036306 account David Giles 532506 - please confirm booking before making payment thanks
Each session starts with a short painting demo by David Giles (approx. 30 mins) and concludes with an (approx. 45 mins) show and tell review where you can talk about your painting and the process and insights you have learnt from it. This enables you to reflect on your painting practice and what you are saying to yourself (and the world) through it.
The goal is not necessarily to finish your painting in the session though often this is the case. Works can be finished at home and posted on our private facebook page for further comment and feedback.
All participants can exhibit in the end of term Freedom School Art Awards Exhibition with total prize pool value of $5000.
Term 3 we will look at some very expressive contemporary artists and use their work as inspiration for our own
Week 1 Claire Kirkup
Week 2 Llewellyn Skye
Week3 Frederik Lindskor
Week 4 Rikke Lilholt
Week 5 Jason Craighead
Week 6 Jane Burton
Week 7 Freestyle: Finding your own artistic voice
Week 8 Freestyle: Finding your own artistic voice
I have been teaching painting as a creative therapy process for nearly 30 years with more than a thousand people participating in my programs over that time. Whilst many have gone on to become multi award winning artists my main goal has always been to help people use creative processes to connect with their inner creative self and learn to become more free, authentic and fulfilled in their lives. As well as running my own private programs I have trained and worked for many years as an arts worker in the mental health field, working in various “creative therapy” processes based on positive psychology and transpersonal approaches to support people to use art to connect with their inner self and live more conscious lives. In these course I bring all this experience together, along with my success as a multi award winning exhibiting artist, to support you to use art to connect more deeply with your inner self, feel the bliss of pure creativity, and learn, through painting, to open your heart, let go and embrace the divine within, embrace the mystical, the wonderful and the enigmatic, “Inner Creative Self’. I hope you will join me on this journey of self - discovery.
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TERM 2, 2022 COURSES WITH DAVID GILES AT STUDIO 11 ART GALLERY FREMANTLE
Art and the Inner Self
In person and on line “creative therapy” art course with David Giles
8 WEEK COURSE (AVAILABLE IN PERSON OR ON LINE)
VENUE: Studio Eleven 11, Captains Lane, Fremantle
SESSION TIMES: 5 to choose from. Friday 10-1 or Friday 1.30-4.30 or Saturday 10-1 or Saturday 1.30-4.30 or Sunday 10-1. You attend one session a week and choose which session to attend. To attend on line you will need zoom on your device.
NB DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND ONLY SUNDAY SESSION 10-1 HAS VACANCIES THIS TERM
DATES: 29/30 April / 1 May – 17/18/19 June
COST: $320 ($280 early bird price - pay by 9 April) BYO acrylic paints and brushes. Easels, tables water jars palettes etc provided
BOOKING: 0416 079 204 or davidgilesartist@hotmail.com www.davidgilesartgallery.com
Each session starts with a short meditation and painting demo by David Giles (approx. 30 mins) and concludes with an (approx. 45 mins) show and tell review where you can express your feelings about your painting and the process and insights you have learnt from it. This enables you to reflect on your painting practice and what you are saying to yourself (and the world) through it.
The goal is not necessarily to finish your painting in the session but to create enough to show and express your feelings. Works can be finished at home and posted on our private facebook page for comment and feedback.
All participants can exhibit in the end of term Freedom School Art Awards Exhibition with total prize pool value of $5000.
Based on my book “Painting as a spiritual practice” we will explore three different techniques of painting associated with aspects of personal and spiritual growth which are outlined below. After each technique we will apply this technique the following week to a landscape / seascape subject matter but still with a focus on expressing our feelings rather than representing objects or what a landscape looks like as such.
Week 1 Calming the mind: Blended colour fields techniques
Week 2 Applied blended colour field techniques: Mystical Seascape
Week3 Opening the heart: Lyrical mark making techniques
Week 4 Applied lyrical mark making techniques: Impressionistic landscape
Week 5 Letting go: Expressive gestural mark making techniques
Week 6 Applied expressive mark making: Expressive seascape
Week 7 Embracing the divine: Finding your own artistic voice
Week 8 Embracing the divine: Finding your own artistic voice
I have been teaching painting as a creative therapy process for nearly 30 years with more than a thousand people participating in my programs over that time. Whilst many have gone on to become multi award winning artists my main goal has always been to help people use creative processes to connect with their inner creative self and learn to become more free, authentic and fulfilled in their lives. As well as running my own private programs I have trained and worked for many years as an arts worker in the mental health field, working in various “creative therapy” processes based on positive psychology and transpersonal approaches to support people to use art to connect with their inner self and live more conscious lives. In these course I bring all this experience together, along with my success as a multi award winning exhibiting artist, to support you to use art to connect more deeply with your inner self, feel the bliss of pure creativity, and learn, through painting, to open your heart, let go and embrace the divine within, embrace the mystical, the wonderful and the enigmatic, “Inner Creative Self’. I hope you will join me on this journey of self - discovery. Term 2, 2022 i am offering two courses. Art and the Inner Self - a creative therapy painting course and Learning to critique your art - a creative therapy course where the whole session each week is spent on discussion and feedback on your work in progress and what you are trying to say and learn about yourself from it, with painting done between sessions
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Term 1 2022
‘Abstract Landscape’ Painting with David Giles
In person, Fridays 1.30-4.30 at Studio 11, Fremantle
Live on zoom Sundays 10-1 or 1.30- 4.30
In this course we will discuss and explore our own take on three abstract expressionist painters, who whilst their paintings are very abstract draw inspiration from the landscape around them or memories of environments they have experienced. I call their work “abstract landscape” painting but it is not necessarily a term they would use. However, painting abstractly about the environment around me and how it makes me feel has always been a driving force in my practice and is something I would like to explore further. I invite you to join me in a journey of exploration.
Each session begins with a live demonstration by David Giles and concludes with a friendly and supportive show and tell where you can talk about your work and get feedack.
VENUE FOR IN PERSON: Studio Eleven 11, Captains Lane, Fremantle
SESSION TIMES IN PERSON: 1.30-4.30 Fridays;
SESSION TIMES ON ZOOM: 10-1 Sundays or 1.30-4.30 Sundays
DATES IN PERSON: 18 February - 9 April
DATES ON ZOOM: 20 February - 11 April
COST: $320 BYO acrylic paints and brushes.
(Canvases available for sale at Studio 11 or bring your own)
Term 1 2022 Program contents
We will spend two weeks on three different artists with the last two weeks free for you to explore your own style.
Week 1 Krista Harris
Week 2- Krista Harris
Week 3 - Leah Thiessen
Week 4 - Leah Thiessen
Week 5 - Bobbie Burgers
Week 6 - Bobbie Burgers
Week 7 - Freestyle
Week 8 - Freestyle
SUITABLE FOR ALL LEVELS INCLUDING COMPLETE BEGINNERS
BOOKING: 0416 079 204 or davidgilesartist@hotmail.com
Payments to bsb 036306 account david giles 532506.
Please book before making payment thanks.
Full payment of fees is required to confirm bookings. Fees are not refundable