Weekly Drawing classes- Michael Tietz-Geldenhuys

These classes are ideal for both beginners and individuals looking to expand their drawing skills.
Participants will explore classical and contemporary drawing techniques, with a focus on
observational and responsive drawing.

Key areas of learning include developing expressive drawing styles, modelling form through value
scale, and understanding light and shadow. Subjects and topics covered include portraiture still life
master copies, exploratory and experimental drawing.

Participants will experiment with various drawing materials and exercises, encouraging a consistent
daily practice. This approach will help foster creativity, enhance mindfulness, and remain present in
the artistic process while developing drawing skills, visual perception and a personal style.

Tuition: R400 per lesson (3 hours) excludes materials

Venue:  PETER CLARKE ART CENTRE (previously known as Frank Joubert) – Vredenhof Cul-de-sac,
off Keurboom Road, Newlands 7708 

Dates and Times: Wednesday evenings 18:00 – 21:00 starting September
Booking essential

For more information or to reserve your spot, please contact Michael via WhatsApp or email.
WhatsApp: 0733026571
Email: mikhailtietz6@gmail.com

INGE SEMPLE’S WATERCOLOUR MORNING CLASSES

Watercolour is an exquisite, extremely portable and addictive art medium which has fast gained popularity
worldwide in studio and en plein air.
Join Inge Semple for an 8-week or 16-week exploration of watercolour techniques and fun ways of creating
both detailed and loose paintings in a varied programme.
A thorough grounding in the critical timing, tone, composition, brushwork, colour theory, and sketches vs

finished painting will be covered with comprehensive exercises including wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and dry-
brush techniques with a variety of subject matter, mostly working from life. Some basic pencil drawing

exercises are included.

TIME: MONDAY MORNINGS: 9h30-12h30, Fish Bowl Classroom, Peter Clarke Art Centre.
DATES: Government School terms are adhered to due to use of Peter Clarke Art Centre.

Term 1: 2, 9, 16, 23 February 2026; 2, 9, 16, 23 March 2026
Term 2: 13, 20 April 2026; 4, 11, 18, 25 May 2026; 1, 8 June 2026

Regret no catch-up classes offered unless Inge misses a class (This would be on a mutually arranged morning
for the entire class).
Morning students are encouraged to come at 9.00 am onwards by prior arrangement before morning class
with catch up or current class queries and extra requests for help. Many have found this regular pre-class slot
very helpful.
The morning class starts officially at 9.30am sharp.
VENUE: Peter Clarke Art Centre, Vredenhof Close, off Keurboom Road, Newlands. Parking at the field at the
bottom of the hill and entry through the pedestrian gate.

Term 1:
R3600 for 8 lessons, non-refundable, payable up-front soonest, or by 15 December 2025 latest, to book your
space in the class. Cost includes tuition, tea/coffee and a snack and excludes materials.
Term 2:
R3600 for 8 lessons, non-refundable, payable up front soonest, or by 15 February 2026 latest, to book your
space in the class. Cost includes tuition, tea/coffee and a snack and excludes materials.

If you would like to attend both terms 1 and 2 2026:
DISCOUNT COST: R6880 If both terms are requested and payment is made up front by 15 December 2025.
If termly payment is made, R3600 per term- first term by 15 December 2025, second term by 15 February
2025.

NUMBERS PER CLASS and LEVELS: Maximum 8-10 students only per class.

All levels- beginner, intermediate and advanced welcome.

INGE SEMPLE is a professional fine artist and 5th generation teacher with a BA Fine Art HDE degree from
Stellenbosch University, who has taught art to people aged 1-90 years old. She has been mentored and taught
by Carlo Russo, a modern American realist still-life master, from 2020-24. Her preferred mediums are
watercolour and oils. She ran her own art school from 1986-2023, and has subsequently co-founded
Cornerstone Art Atelier, a recently formed classical realist atelier grounded in the 21st century for adults and
teens that facilitates ad hoc classes and workshops across the Western Cape, teaching drawing, painting and
sculpture from life.

For bookings, contact Inge at: ingesempleart@gmail.com

INGE SEMPLE’S WATERCOLOUR EVENING CLASSES:

Watercolour is an exquisite, extremely portable and addictive art medium which has fast gained popularity
worldwide in studio and en plein air.
Join Inge Semple for an 8-week or 16-week exploration of watercolour techniques and fun ways of creating
both detailed and loose paintings in a varied programme.
A thorough grounding in the critical timing, tone, composition, brushwork, colour theory, and sketches vs

finished painting will be covered with comprehensive exercises including wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and dry-
brush techniques with a variety of subject matter, mostly working from life. Some basic pencil drawing

exercises are included.

TIME: WEDNESDAY EVENINGS: 18h00-21h00, Yellow Door Classroom, Peter Clarke Art Centre.
DATES: Government School terms are adhered to due to use of Peter Clarke Art Centre.

Term 1: 4, 11, 18, 25 February 2026, 4, 11, 18, 25 March 2026

Term 2: 15, 22, 29 April 2026, 6, 13, 20, 27 May 2026, 3 June 2026

Regret no catch-up classes offered unless Inge misses a class (this would be on a mutually arranged evening for
the entire class.)
Evening students are encouraged to come at 5.30 pm onwards by prior arrangement before evening class with
catch up or current class queries and extra requests for help. Many have found this regular pre-class slot very
helpful.
The evening class starts officially at 6.00 pm sharp.
VENUE: Peter Clarke Art Centre, Vredenhof Close, off Keurboom Road, Newlands. Parking inside the large staff
gate.

Term 1:
R3600 for 8 lessons, non-refundable, payable up front soonest, or by 15 December 2025 latest, to book your
space in the class. Cost includes tuition, tea/coffee and a snack and excludes materials.
Term 2:
R3600 for 8 lessons, non-refundable, payable up front soonest, or by 15 February 2026 latest, to book your
space in the class. Cost includes tuition, tea/coffee and a snack and excludes materials.

If you would like to attend both terms 1 and 2 2026:
DISCOUNT COST: R6880 If both terms are requested and payment is made up front by 15 December 2025.
If termly payment is made, R3600 per term- first term by 15 December 2025, second term by 15 February
2025.

NUMBERS PER CLASS and LEVELS: Maximum 8-10 students only per class.

All levels – beginner, intermediate and advanced welcome.

INGE SEMPLE is a professional fine artist and 5th generation teacher with a BA Fine Art HDE degree from
Stellenbosch University, who has taught art to people aged 1-90 years old. She has been mentored and taught
by Carlo Russo, a modern American realist still-life master, from 2020-24. Her preferred mediums are
watercolour and oils. She ran her own art school from 1986-2023, and has subsequently co-founded
Cornerstone Art Atelier, a recently formed classical realist atelier grounded in the 21st century for adults and
teens that facilitates ad hoc classes and workshops across the Western Cape, teaching drawing, painting and
sculpture from life.

For bookings, contact Inge at: ingesempleart@gmail.com

Botanical Drawing & Art (Beginners Class) 2026 Term 1- ELNA LUBBE

Part 1. BEGINNERS BOTANICAL DRAWING – GRAPHITE PENCIL
Learn the art of detailed botanical drawing. Plants, flowers and nature is the inspiration for practising
drawing skills and shading techniques.
This introductory course will prepare you to work on your own after completion, or you can
choose to continue with the intermediate course.
Classes will be suitable for anyone who loves nature and would like to create
botanical art in a peaceful environment.
Students will be encouraged to work in the style that becomes their own and to create
vibrant, realistic drawings.

Requirements:
• Pencils: h, hb, 3b, 4b, 6b and sharpener.
• 1 X A4 Sketch pad, smooth paper or individual sheets as we progress.
• 1 X Eraser and 1x kneadable eraser.
• All botanical specimens will be supplied throughout the course.

Part 2. BEGINNERS BOTANICAL DRAWING – COLOUR PENCIL
This is an extension of your graphite drawing into colour pencil techniques, by careful
observation and the practice of colour pencil drawing skills and shading techniques. Layering and mark
making techniques will be practised.
Students will be encouraged to work in the style that becomes their own and to create
vibrant, realistic drawings in colour.
Requirements:
• All plant specimens will be supplied throughout the course.
• A set of Coloured Pencils, any set of starting with 18 or 24 and more (if you have) and a sharpener.
• 1 X A3 Sketch pad, smooth paper or individual sheets as we progress.
• 1 X Eraser and 1x kneadable eraser.

Part 3. Botanical Drawing & WATER COLOUR
You will learn to do detailed botanical drawing from plants and flowers created by careful
observation and the practice of WATER COLOUR skills.
Some exercises will be more spontaneous in application. This introductory course will
prepare you to work on your own after completion.
Students will be encouraged to work in their own style.
Requirements:
• Most plant specimens will be supplied throughout the course.
• Pencils in h and hb, sharpener and kneadable eraser.
• Water colour brush shape and sizes: round, 0, 2, 6 and 9 round painting brush with a
pointed tip and a cheap synthetic mixing brush.
• Water colours: Cotmans watercolour tubes, Lemon Yellow, Permanent Rose, Intense
blue (phthalo blue) and Sap green, or Cadmium yellow, Cadmium red and
Ultramarine blue and Sap green. if you have good quality watercolours of your own,
bring those.
• 1 X Paint well or a porcelain mixing tray +- 8 -10 wells for colour mixing.
1 X A3 multi-media sketch pad (or water colour pad, Hot pressed, smooth, 350gsm)
or individual sheets as we progress.
When: Saturday 7, 14, 21, 28 February; 7, 14 March; 11, 18 April and 9 May = 9 classes
Time: 9:15 -11:45

Contact details, Elna Lubbe
Cell 0827842678
E-mail: Lubbemagdalena@gmail.com
Total Cost: R2730, payable at the start of Part 1

OIL PAINTING BASICS ELIZABETH
PEARSON

MONDAY or TUESDAY MORNING CLASSES 2025

Learn the basics of oil painting – from how to mix your colours, tonal
values, composition and perspective. Knowing the basics allows you
to free up for the actual exciting process of painting in this
wonderful, flexible medium.

Classes are on-going throughout the year. Studio is based in
Kenilworth area.

PRICE: R700 a month payable monthly in advance.

The cost applies whether you attend class or not or
whether there are 4 or 5 weeks in the month

TIME: 9.30 – 12.30

REQUIREMENTS: A4 Sketch book, 2B and 4B pencils, putty rubber.
Basic colours of Cadmium red, Ultramarine blue, Cadmium yellow,
Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Ivory Black and Titanium white.
Recommended brands are Zellen, Maimeri Classico, Daler Rowney,
Winsor & Newton. Basic brush sizes 4, 8 and 12. Canvas boards, 2-
ply toilet paper, old towel and apron. Only genuine turps to be used.

Bookings and Enquiries:
Elizabeth Pearson – 021 671 8941 / 082 658 5533
email: lizp@iafrica.com

CLASSES IN OIL PAINTING
Deon Liebenberg

Individual tuition in a spacious classroom.
Beginners to advanced.

Thorough grounding in oil painting technique, colour theory, basic drawing skills, tonal modelling,
composition, expression, abstraction, and the use of subject-matter and concepts.
Students are encouraged to develop their own style and vision – one that is a true expression of their
experience and perception of the world they live in. To this end the course is tailored and adapted to the
individual requirements of each student.

Days & times: Evening classes: Thursdays 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Sessions: 8

Dates: 22 January – 12 March 2026

Cost: R1800

Enquiries & Booking: Deon Liebenberg
082 7260 722
deon.liebenberg125@gmail.com

Deon Liebenberg has lectured in colour, painting, drawing, life drawing and related fine art subjects at
the Cape Peninsula University of Technology from 1984 to 2016. He has also done short spells as a
visiting lecturer at Stellenbosch University’s Department of Fine Art.
He is also active as a research fellow at Stellenbosch University, regularly publishing articles in
academic journals, both local and international, on art history and theory, architecture, and on myth.
He has a PhD in Visual Arts from Stellenbosch University and a BA Fine Art from UCT.
He has had a number of solo exhibitions of his paintings, as well as taking part in group exhibitions.
His work can be viewed on Instagram at deon.paint

OIL PAINTING CLASS                                                                                ANNE FOALE

“There is an energy in the creative process that can uplift, unify and give an experience of wholeness” 

Whether you are a beginner, an artist who has lagged on the same creative plateau for years or simply deserve the space and time to paint, you will be most welcome to join my oil painting workshops. The course includes the study of line, form, pattern, composition and perspective together with sound oil painting technique and the theory of colour.

I will advise you on which canvas, paint and brushes to purchase. 

THURSDAYS: 19h00 – 21h00

DATES: 19 January to 9 March 2023 ie 8 sessions

SESSIONS: 8

PRICE: R1300.00

Bookings and Enquiries:  

Anne Foale – sms: 076 374 4255 / email: annefoaleprice@gmail.com 

PRE SCHOOL, PRIMARY TEACHERS & MOTHERS ART ENRICHMENT COURSE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           MAVIS FOALE

Teachers and mothers have a tremendous responsibility to establish a positive learning environment in which creativity and individuality thrive.

This art programme will inspire enthusiastic and dedicated teaching with exciting lessons, many different media and techniques.

Through slides on the development stages of Child Art, the theory of colour and practical application, participants will be challenged to nurture the seeds of creativity in their schools and homes and grow as artists themselves. 

The six evenings include gauche, tempera paint, watercolour, clay, drawings in pencil and charcoal, mono printing, oil pastel and collage sessions. 

TUESDAY: 19h00 – 21h00   

DATES: 2022 TBC       

SESSIONS:            6

PRICE:                  TBC

Enquiries and bookings: Mavis 021 689 3819 emfoale@gmail.com

WELLNESS GROUP                                   DEBBIE BUB

• Do you spend most of your time sitting at home because you are feeling down and have low energy?
• Do you often feel anxious and isolate yourself from other people?
• Have you stopped doing the activities that you used to enjoy and are struggling in your life roles?
• Are you wanting to expand and enrich your experience of yourself and your life?
• Come and join a weekly therapeutic group that offers opportunities to create, engage, socialise and share.
• DAYS AND TIMES:  Thursdays 10h00 – 12h00
• DATES:        Weekly in 2024
• PRICE:           R350 per lessonSessions are facilitated by a registered occupational therapist.  Fees can be claimed from your medical aid.

• Enquiries and bookings:           Debbie Bub: 079 239 3134 debbiebub@gmail.comDo you spend most of your time sitting at home because you are feeling down and have low energy?Do you often feel anxious and isolate yourself from other people