DERIVAN TEACHER’S PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
Teacher Workshops Calendar 2015
“Understanding Visual Arts Materials”
ABOUT
Derivan Education Division has specifically designed professional development hands-on workshops for art
educators. Our workshops focus on practical strategies that implement evidence based effective teaching
methods.
To request a copy of the Enrolment Form, please contact Elza McInnes on:
(02) 9736 2022 or email em@derivan.com.au or for more information and to download relevant documentation
on these Accreditation Courses go to www.derivan.com.au/derivan/teacher-development
TUTORS
Our tutors have current relevance and are leaders in their field. All tutors model best practice to assist teachers
to develop their skills so that in turn they can confidently teach their students.
VENUE & COSTS
All workshops are conducted at Derivan HQ located at Unit 4 / 23 Leeds Street, Rhodes, NSW 2138.
Workshops costs are $130 (inc. GST) each. Lunch and all materials will be provided.
Each completed course within the program, “Understanding Visual Arts
Materials”, will contribute 5 hours of QTC Registered PD addressing 2.1.2,
3.4.2, 4.4.2, 6.3.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
Derivan Pty Ltd. - NSW Institute of Teachers’ endorsed provider of Institute Registered
professional development for maintenance of accreditation at Proficient Teacher.
Derivan Pty Ltd
ABN 36003 273 925
Unit 4/23 Leeds St. Rhodes NSW 2138
T: +61 2 9736 2022 F: +61 2 9736 3637
E: derivan@derivan.com.au W: www.derivan.com.au
TEACHER WORKSHOPS CALENDAR 2015
Understanding Visual Arts Materials
TERM 1, 2015
WORKSHOP NAME STENCIL ART — FROM THE STREETS TO THE CLASSROOM
DATE & TIME
Thursday 19th February, 2015 — 9:30am to 3:30pm (lunch provided).
DESCRIPTION
If you’re finding it a challenge to engage your students then this is the course for you.
Tutor Christopher Tamm has done work for organisations such as Amnesty, Greenpeace, Unions
and YWCA as well as comic studios, working with titles such as Batman and Lost in Space. His
experience will give you the skills to inspire both you and any budding Banksys in your classroom!
Although the emphasis in this course is on applying stencils without aerosol paints, Chris will
demonstrate techniques for using spray paint safely and effectively. The remainder of the course
aims to teach you how to convert photos or images to stencils via Photoshop, techniques for
creating stencils by hand and the application of stencils to t-shirts, posters, stickers, canvas and
more.
Find out just for yourself – and your students – just how extensive and interesting stencil art can be.
CODE
DEDU1501/1
TUTOR
Christopher Tamm
WORKSHOP NAME CRASH COURSE IN PRINTMAKING
DATE & TIME
Tuesday 3rd March, 2015 — 9:30am to 3:30pm (lunch provided).
DESCRIPTION
If printmaking remains a mystery to you, then artist Melissa Read-Devine can broaden your art
horizons with a range of simple and effective printmaking techniques. She will demonstrate and
de-mystify such things as dry-point, woodcutting, linocuts, collagraph, hand-colouring prints and
gelatine print making.
The emphasis in this course is on the acquisition of practical skills. Get ready to discover new
materials and techniques that you can then demonstrate to your students with confidence.
CODE
DEDU1501/2
TUTOR
Mellissa Read-Devine
WORKSHOP NAME INTERPRETING THE AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE
DATE & TIME
Tuesday 24th March, 2015 — 9:30am to 3:30pm (lunch provided).
DESCRIPTION
There is a unique beauty in the Australian landscape and artist Paul McCarthy has created this
course to show you how to make working drawings and sketches that can be developed into
landscape paintings. Using the Parramatta River for inspiration, Paul will show you how aspects
of composition, form and light all play an important role in the creation of successful Australian
landscape paintings.
Your initial working drawings will be created with pen and wash techniques, then transferred
onto canvas using acrylic paints and mediums. Paul wants his students to understand that every
successful landscape begins with a considered framework. You’ll never look at Australian landscape
paintings in the same way again!
A VAPD will be provided to record samples of processes, explorations and technical information.
This will make a great practical classroom resource.
CODE
DEDU1501/3
TUTOR
Paul McCarthy
TERM 2, 2015
WORKSHOP NAME LINO INTENSIVE
DATE & TIME
Tuesday 28th April, 2015 — 9:30am to 3:30pm (lunch provided).
DESCRIPTION
Lino printing is more than carving basic shapes and printing them on paper. Professional printmaker
Mark Rowden invites you to explore different printing techniques that will take your skills and
knowledge to the next level.
In this intensive one day course you will learn how to transcribe your photos, images and drawings
into beautiful artworks. The fundamentals of lino printing will be explained to get you carving
your image, before moving on to the inking and printing processes. Get ready to explore different
printing techniques, such as black & white, multi-coloured and watercolour prints. The results of
each technique will help you to advise your students on the best ways to interpret their initial
concepts.
Participants will need to bring a few images (Minimum 15x15cm approx., black and white if
possible) to work from for your lino design.
CODE
DEDU1502/1
Derivan Pty Ltd
T: +61 2 9736 2022
TUTOR
Mark Rowden
ABN 36003 273 925
Unit 4/23 Leeds St. Rhodes NSW 2138
F: +61 2 9736 3637
E: derivan@derivan.com.au
W: www.derivan.com.au
TEACHER WORKSHOPS CALENDAR 2015
Understanding Visual Arts Materials
TERM 2, 2015 (cont)
WORKSHOP NAME TEACHING DRAWING SKILLS — STILL LIFE
DATE & TIME
Tuesday 12th May, 2015 — 9:30am to 3:30pm (lunch provided).
DESCRIPTION
Are you interested in still life drawing but don’t know where to start? Then this concentrated one
day course is for you.
Aimed at the beginner, Michael Herron will take you through all aspects of still life drawing, covering
basic materials, proportion, lighting and space. Michael understands that as teachers you want
to be able to translate the skills acquired in this course to your classroom, and so he will explore
strategies for teaching drawing, covering a variety of different approaches, media and techniques.
The role of still life drawing and learning objectives for students will be discussed.
CODE
DEDU1502/2
TUTOR
Michael Herron
WORKSHOP NAME PHOTO EMULSION SCREEN PRINTING
DATE & TIME
Friday 19th June, 2015 — 9:30am to 3:30pm (lunch provided).
DESCRIPTION
Add a new dimension to your screen printing skills with this course which aims to show you
techniques to transfer images to your screens with ease.
Printmaker Andrew Totman will walk you through the steps you need to know, from creating an
image to print, transferring that image to a screen and then pulling your first prints.
Andrew also wants you to be able to replicate these steps effectively in your teaching life. He will
cover the basics of screen printing in a classroom situation so you can demonstrate these methods
to your students effectively.
The ability to do photo emulsion printing is a great skill to possess. Enrol today and let Andrew
demystify it for you and your students!
CODE
DEDU1502/3
TUTOR
Andrew Totman
TERM 3, 2015
WORKSHOP NAME STENCIL ART — FROM THE STREETS TO THE CLASSROOM
DATE & TIME
Thursday 23rd July, 2015 — 9:30am to 3:30pm (lunch provided).
DESCRIPTION
If you’re finding it a challenge to engage your students then this is the course for you.
Tutor Christopher Tamm has done work for organisations such as Amnesty, Greenpeace, Unions
and YWCA as well as comic studios, working with titles such as Batman and Lost in Space. His
experience will give you the skills to inspire both you and any budding Banksys in your classroom!
Although the emphasis in this course is on applying stencils without aerosol paints, Chris will
demonstrate techniques for using spray paint safely and effectively. The remainder of the course
aims to teach you how to convert photos or images to stencils via Photoshop, techniques for
creating stencils by hand and the application of stencils to t-shirts, posters, stickers, canvas and
more.
Find out just for yourself – and your students – just how extensive and interesting stenciling can be.
CODE
DEDU1503/1
TUTOR
Christopher Tamm
WORKSHOP NAME EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION
DATE & TIME
Friday 14th August, 2015 — 9:30am to 3:30pm (lunch provided).
DESCRIPTION
Where does inspiration come from?, How do we observe and connect with what is before us?
Tutor Denis Clarke has created this workshop for participants who are looking to be invigorated by
new ideas and approaches to drawing and mixed media.
Referencing historical examples you will work from a variety of objects to open up your senses of
sight and touch in order to interpret the ‘feel’ of reality. Using dry media you will be exploring a
variety of marks, observational techniques and strategies to deal with space, movement, shape,
volume, and tone. Explore a sense of structural composition from plant life along with freer
interpretive methods using layering of mixed media ink/watercolour washes, fluid line and wax
resist (oil pastel, etc.).
Rigorous observation provides the impetus to convert the reality of nature to abstract equivalents
on the flat picture plane so as to create expressive compositions and some ideas and inspiration
to take back to your class .
CODE
DEDU1503/2
Derivan Pty Ltd
T: +61 2 9736 2022
TUTOR
Denis Clarke
ABN 36003 273 925
Unit 4/23 Leeds St. Rhodes NSW 2138
F: +61 2 9736 3637
E: derivan@derivan.com.au
W: www.derivan.com.au
TEACHER WORKSHOPS CALENDAR 2015
Understanding Visual Arts Materials
TERM 3, 2015 (cont)
WORKSHOP NAME MONO PRINTING
DATE & TIME
Tuesday 15th September, 2015 — 9:30am to 3:30pm (lunch provided).
DESCRIPTION
Introduce your students to the multiple facets of image reproduction without the lengthy and
elaborate technical processes of traditional printmaking practices.
Mono printing is characterised as the most painterly method among the printmaking techniques.
Its spontaneity and possible combination of printmaking, drawing and painting media constitutes
Mono printing’s advantages and versatility.
Unlike other printing methods mono printing produces expressive and unique one off prints; no
two images can be reproduced exactly.
In this workshop, printmaker Pauline Zuffery will explore strategies for teaching simple printmaking
processes. Using a still-life setting as reference, Pauline will walk you through registration & multiplate printing, additive & subtractive methods, direct painting, collage techniques and how to
develop layers plus complex colour relationships in your prints.
CODE
DEDU1503/3
TUTOR
Pauline Zuffery
TERM 4, 2015
WORKSHOP NAME INTEGRATING MIXED MEDIA & COLLAGE
DATE & TIME
Monday 12th October, 2015 — 9:30am to 3:30pm (lunch provided).
DESCRIPTION
Tutor Kerrie Lester is a successful Australian artist with a career spanning 35 years. She has been
hung in the Archibald Prize 16 times.
With a diverse range of skills and experience to offer, Kerrie focuses on mixed media and collage
in this course, which aims to show participants the many ways they can interpret the landscape
around us using mixed media and found objects.
With an eye for the unusual and the beautiful, Kerrie will show you how to work with unorthodox
materials to express different perspectives and to create new interpretations and forms.
Participants are encouraged to bring a collection of items to work with and an open mind. This
course will also explore resources, materials and techniques that build the capacity of teachers to
deliver effective teaching strategies.
CODE
DEDU1504/1
TUTOR
Kerrie Lester
WORKSHOP NAME “IN THE SPIRIT OF FRANCIS BACON” PORTRAITS
DATE & TIME
Thursday 5th November, 2015 — 9:30am to 3:30pm (lunch provided).
DESCRIPTION
Although he may have been described by Margaret Thatcher as “that man who paints those dreadful
pictures”, the influence of artist Francis Bacon lives on in this one day course run by successful and
well-known Australian artist Peter Griffen.
Using the life and art of Francis Bacon as inspiration, Peter encourages the self-expression of
participants. Photographs will be crumpled, ripped, slashed, repaired and then worked over with
paint. Distortion will be encouraged.
Appropriating Bacon to achieve inventive results will assist teachers in creating engaging student
activities with particular emphasis on composition, line, strong colour and collage.
CODE
DEDU1504/2
TUTOR
Peter Griffen
WORKSHOP NAME TEACHING DRAWING SKILLS — STILL LIFE
DATE & TIME
Tuesday 1st December, 2015 — 9:30am to 3:30pm (lunch provided).
DESCRIPTION
Are you interested in still life drawing but don’t know where to start? Then this concentrated one
day course is for you.
Aimed at the beginner, Michael Herron will take you through all aspects of still life drawing, covering
basic materials, proportion, lighting and space. Michael understands that as teachers you want
to be able to translate the skills acquired in this course to your classroom, and so he will explore
strategies for teaching drawing, covering a variety of different approaches, media and techniques.
The role of still life drawing and learning objectives for students will be discussed.
CODE
DEDU1504/3
Derivan Pty Ltd
T: +61 2 9736 2022
TUTOR
Michael Herron
ABN 36003 273 925
Unit 4/23 Leeds St. Rhodes NSW 2138
F: +61 2 9736 3637
E: derivan@derivan.com.au
W: www.derivan.com.au