Selwyn Community Education

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Art and Craft

Welcome to our Art and Craft category.

Join our experienced art tutors for weekend workshops or for evening courses in painting, drawing, pottery, sculpture, craft or mosaicking.

Have fun, develop your skills, create some art and meet new people in a friendly and supportive environment. Selwyn Community Education is based at Selwyn College in Kohimarama, Auckland.

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Name	Duration	Price (inc. GST)	Next Running
Art and Craft
A Celebration of Plant and Pattern with Zoë Nash	One day	From $135.00	29 Nov
A Creative Decoupage Experience – Gilded Seashells	Two hours	From $85.00	14 Mar
Abstract Painting	Eight classes	From $195.00	06 May
Abstract Painting – Intermediate & Advanced	8 weeks	From $168.00	Register interest
Abstraction and Pattern	One day	From $115.00	06 Jun
Action Painting (Abstract Expressionism)	One day	From $115.00	16 May
Alcohol Ink Blooms	Four hours	From $95.00	14 Mar
Art for Children (6 - 14 Years)	Six classes x 90 minutes	From $160.00	Register interest
Art for Mental Wellbeing: Candle-Making for Beginners	Two hours	From $25.00
Art from Anything: Create Your Own Indoor Sculpture	Eight sessions	From $230.00	04 May
Beaded & Coloured Glass Earrings Workshop	Four hours	From $70.00	Register interest
Beginner’s Calligraphy: An Introduction to Beautiful Writing	Full weekend, Saturday & Sunday	From $190.00	09 Feb
Block Printing on Fabric and Paper	One day	From $128.00	16 May
Botanical Drawing and Painting: Capturing Nature in Art	One day	From $145.00	17 May
Calligraphy - An Introduction	One day	From $88.00	14 Mar
Calligraphy Creations- Create a Tote or a Towel	One Day Worskshop	From $120.00	31 Oct
Calligraphy for Everyday Use	One Day	From $120.00	30 Aug
Calligraphy on Silk: Create Your Own Scarf	One day	From $120.00	29 Aug
Calligraphy, Gold Foiling and Embossing	Six classes	From $198.00	04 May
Calming the Mind with Collage	6 hours	From $87.00	15 Mar
Candle Making for Beginners	Three hours	From $56.00	14 Mar
Carve and Play Your Own Māori Puoro (Wind Instruments)	One day	From $195.00	07 Jun
Carve Your Own Pounamu Māori Whale's Tooth Pendant	One day	From $215.00	15 Mar
Children's Book Illustration with Sandra Morris: Character Development	Two days	From $264.00	19 Sep
Children's Book Illustration with Sandra Morris: Storyboarding and Making a Dummy Book	Two days	From $243.00	Register interest
Children's Book Illustration with Sandra Morris: Techniques	Two days	From $240.00	Register interest
Contemporary Textile Art: Flaming Hot Fibres	Two days	From $285.00	Register interest
Corner to Corner Crochet	Four classes/One day	From $120.00	16 May
Craft Your Own Gingerbread Candle	Three hours	From $60.00	01 Nov
Create an Extravagant Wearable Art Piece	Two days	From $185.00	Register interest
Create an Internal Self Portrait in Paper Collage	Four hours	From $53.00	Register interest
Create Your Own Calendar	One day	From $110.00	20 Sep
Create Your Own Printed Fabric Book Cover	Five hours	From $104.00	Register interest
Create Your Vision Board – Dreams to Reality	Three hours	From $54.00	Register interest
Creating a Visual Journal	Four evening classes or one day	From $123.00	05 May
Creating Abstract Landscapes in Oils	One day	From $168.00	17 May
Creating Art with Mixed Media	Eight classes	From $195.00	09 Feb
Creating Beautiful Natural Dyes	One day	From $169.00	19 Sep
Creative Calligraphy: Design Your Own Alphabet	One day	From $98.00	Register interest
Crochet for Beginners	Four classes	From $153.00	03 Mar
Crystal Macramé Jewellery	Three hours	From $92.00	17 May
Cyanotype Photographic Printing	Half day	From $72.00	15 Mar
Decoupage Pots - Introduction to the Art of Decoupage	Two hours	From $70.00	Register interest
Divine Art: Slavic Icons and Their Stories	Six classes	From $130.00	29 Jul
Drawing Contemporary Portraiture	Five hours	From $85.00	Register interest
Drawing for Beginners	Six classes	From $138.00	11 Feb
Drawing for Beginners Workshop	One day	From $98.00	05 Jul
Drawing with Colour: Expanding Basic Skills with Pastels and Watercolour Pencils	Six classes	From $148.00	06 May
Drawing, Painting & Photography - The Selfie Project (7 – 12 Years)	Six hours	From $72.00	Register interest
Embossed Metal for Textile Art	One day	From $167.00	29 Nov
Ex-Voto Painting - The Mexican Art of Gratitude	One day	From $103.00	05 Jul
Experimenting with New Materials & Techniques with Evan Woodruffe	One day	From $98.00	04 Jul
Floral Design: Dried Flower Panel Art	Two and a half hours	From $90.00	12 Jun
Floral Design: Preserving Petals: Flower Pressing	Two and a half hours	From $90.00	01 May
Flowers in Watercolour	1 day	From $108.00	04 Jul
From Cubism to Abstraction	One day	From $115.00	29 Aug
From Dreams to Reality – Create Your Vision Board	One day	From $54.00	14 Mar
Gelli Plate Printing	One day	From $160.00	29 Nov
Gold Foiling Inspired by Christmas	One day	From $105.00	20 Sep
Hand-stitched Bookbinding and Creative Techniques with Lettering	Two days	From $196.00	04 Jul
History of Art in Ancient Mexico	Eight Mondays x 1.5 hours each	From $98.00	05 May
Illustrate Your Life: A Visual Journal	Four classes	From $123.00	Register interest
Illustrate Your Life: A Visual Journal (Weekend)	1 day	From $99.00	Register interest
Innovative Fibre Arts: Off-Loom Weaving and Wet-Felting Techniques	One day	From $180.00	17 May
Intro to Amigurumi Crochet	Four classes	From $153.00	05 May
Introduction to Art History - Renaissance to Surrealist Art	Six classes	From $130.00	Register interest
Introduction to Tambour Embroidery	Five hours	From $92.00	15 Mar
Japanese Incense Making	Two hours	From $125.00	06 Jun
Learn to Needle-felt a Mini Masterpiece	One day	From $175.00	16 May
Life Drawing	Four hours	From $93.00	Register interest
Light Up Canvas Art for Adults	One day	From $120.00	Register interest
Māori Bone Carving Workshop	One day	From $195.00	19 Sep
Meditative Art	Seven x 90 minute classes	From $167.00	10 Feb
Mixed Media Magic	1 day	From $125.00	29 Aug
Mixed Media Portraiture	One day	From $105.00	Register interest
Modern Calligraphy	Duration 6 hours	From $96.00	16 May
Modern Calligraphy Weekly Course	Six weeks	From $220.00	10 Feb
Modern Masters for Children: Explore Art & Create Your Own! (ages 6 - 14)	8 weeks	From $160.00	11 Feb
Mosaics - Contemporary Mosaics with Vintage China	One & a half days	From $142.00	06 Jun
Mosaics - Junk Style Mosaic	One day	From $98.00	Register interest
Mosaics: Create a Mosaic Bird Bath	One & a half days	From $142.00	16 May
Mosaics: Mosaic a Garden Rock or Paver Stone	One & a half days	From $142.00	31 Oct
Narrative Art -Telling Your Story with Art	One day	From $106.00	01 Nov
Oil Painting with Evan	One day	From $95.00	Register interest
Oil Painting: An introduction	Six classes	From $188.00	10 Feb
Overcome Obstacles to Creativity	Six classes	From $149.00	Register interest
Painting Birds with Soft Pastels	Five classes	From $172.00	Register interest
Painting Daffodils in Oils	One day	From $168.00	14 Mar
Painting Drinks in Watercolour	One day	From $130.00	04 Jul
Painting Landscapes in Watercolour for Beginners	Four evenings or one weekend	From $115.00	25 Aug
Painting Landscapes with Acrylics on Canvas	One day, six hours	From $110.00	19 Sep
Painting Shells in Oils	One day	From $168.00	30 Aug
Painting Water with Watercolours	One day	From $98.00	Register interest
Painting with Acrylics	Eight classes	From $182.00	11 Feb
Painting with Acrylics - Intermediate and Advanced	Eight weeks	From $195.00	27 Jul
Painting with Acrylics Workshop	One day	From $95.00	Register interest
Painting with Gold Leaf and Acrylics	One day	From $92.00	Register interest
Pebble Mosaics	One day	From $150.00	20 Sep
Portrait Painting	Six classes or one full day	From $125.00	06 Jun
Pottery Beginners	Eight evenings or three days	From $310.00	10 Feb

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Welcome to our affordable and easily accessible evening, weekend and daytime short courses with experienced tutors in a friendly environment.

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