Date: Wednesday 21 January 2026- Time: 10am - 2pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $35
- Registrations close: 4pm, Sunday 18 January 2026 - FULLY BOOKED
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Unleash your inner artist in this exhilarating, hands-on workshop with our January exhibiting artist Deborah Zibah as she ignites your imagination to elevate your painting practice.
Dive into the world of design and tonal magic to explore rich, textured surfaces using an eclectic mix of mark-making tools and layering techniques.
Participants will work with acrylics, graphite, wax crayons, dry media, collage, scrapers and squeegees to spark new possibilities.
Whether your style leans abstract or representational, you’ll gain fresh skills and confidence to push your work into bold, uncharted territory.
This is not just a workshop - it’s a creative adventure. Get those creative juices flowing and open the door to new artistic vistas!
- Date: Saturday 7, 14, 21, 28 February and 7, 14, 21, 28 March 2026
- Time: 10am - 12pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $110
- Registrations close: 4pm, Wednesday 4 February 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Join artist Anastasia Wright to develop your knowledge of the elements of art and design: line, space, shape, form, colour, value and texture, and how to better understand and use these elements in art making. Participants will be guided through sketching exercises, colour mixing, painting and experimenting with textures to complete a landscape painting incorporating the seven elements of art.
This course is suitable for beginners and practicing artists who are looking to refresh and deepen their understanding of the basics.
- Date: Thursday 5, 12, 19, 26 March 2026
- Time: 10am - 12pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $90
- Registrations close: 4pm, Sunday 1 March 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Join Peter for an easy to follow step by step approach to teaching beginners and those who would like to learn the basics of acrylics. Peter will guide you through the process of how to plan and compose a painting, along with tips for mixing and blending colours to obtain depth in a painting.
Date: Wednesday 11 March 2026- Time: 10am - 1pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $20
- Registrations close: 4pm, Sunday 8 March 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Join exhibiting artist beingbaker to transform an ordinary paper bag into a performance ready mask.
During this workshop participants will design and customise a bold mask using paper and collage elements, similar to the mask used in beingbaker's The Sea Cure exhibition.
As you make your masks participants will explore through discussion the benefits of masks in performance, and how they can influence emotion and concepts being utilised in The Sea Cure's work.
- Date: Friday 20 and 27 March 2026
- Time: 10am - 1pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $55
- Registrations close: 4pm, Sunday 15 March 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Award winning wildlife artist Angelina Crotty will guide you through her process to create accurate representations of your favourite pets and animals.
Through this two-part hands-on workshop, participants will be guided to develop skills with judging proportions, values and scale.
This workshop is aimed to help people who are new to pastels, or who would like their work to appear more realistic and closer to the reference they are using.
- Date: Thursday 9 April 2026
- Time: 10am - 2pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $55
- Registrations close: 4pm, Wednesday 1 April 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Exhibiting artist Val Brooks shares her skill and knowledge in this workshop, which caters for those beginning their pastel journey, or to builds on existing skills for the more experienced pastellist
Val will assist you to develop techniques with soft pastels to explore the colours, shapes and shadows of the WA coastline. Build your confidence to use pastel layers to create the depth, colour and movement of the ocean, and explore the varied tones of morning shadows and light on the coastal vegetation.
- Date: Thursday 16 April 2026
- Time: 10am - 1pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $35
- Registrations close: 4pm, Wednesday 8 April 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Exhibiting artist Saskia Lopes will guide participants to gain practical skills in working with acrylic paint on coloured grounds by exploring how washes and transparent layers can establish depth, atmosphere, and tonal variation.
The workshop aims to develop confidence in paint removal techniques - wiping back, scraping, and lifting using a range of tools to activate the surface and reveal underlying layers. Through experimentation and play, participants will uncover unexpected marks and layered histories within their work and conclude the workshop with a group discussion, reflecting on our findings.
Date: Wednesday 22, 29 April and 6, 13 May 2026- Time: 10am - 12.30pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $80
- Registrations close: 4pm, Sunday 19 April 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Join Rockingham artist Tich Dixon as she shares her skills and knowledge of Lino Printing.
Participants will be guided from the intial drawing and design through to carving and printing a lino block using the relief method. in creating a line drawing as a starting point, which is transferred on to the block and then carved out (Relief method).
Participants will also experiment with different techniques of inking and reduction printing, and working back into the prints with other mediums.
- Date: Friday 24 April
- Time: 10am - 1pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $30
- Registrations close: 4pm, Sunday 19 April 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Join artist Bridget Seaton to create an A5 sketchbook from scratch using specialist bookbinding materials and quality acid free art papers.
Learn the techniques to fold, assemble and bind your book and receive a set of instructions allowing you to continue the craft at home.
The hardbacked sketchbook has an exposed spine and features the robust and decorative binding method of French Link stitch which enables the book to open flat. Personalise your book with the addition of washi tape or stenciling.
- Date: Saturday 9 and 16 May 2026
- Time: 10am - 1pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $30
- Registrations close: 4pm, Sunday 3 May 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Join artist and academic Helen Coleman for an art-meets-science experience to learn how to make your own paints using ancient techniques in this two-part, hands-on workshop.
In the first session, participants work with a range of local earth samples, using the levigation technique to create fine pigments suitable for paintmaking. During the following session, these pigments are mulled with a range of natural binders to create smooth tempera, glair and gouache paints.
This workshop also covers lightfastness of natural paints, paint-pan filling and the purpose of various paint additives. Students will explore these paints as art mediums, creating swatches and artworks to take home along with workshop notes.
This workshop is ideal for beginners to experienced artists who are keen to incorporate natural pigments in their practice.
- Date: Thursday 21 May 2026
- Time: 10am - 1pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $40
- Registrations close: 4pm, Sunday 17 May 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Everyone is creative!
Tara will take you through the elements of art and design and provide examples of how these can be seen in everyday surroundings.
Come and discover the unique ways your creativity can shine in this expressive art workshop and gain an understanding of what inspires you to confidently express yourself visually.
No art skills required.
- Date: Friday 29 May 2026
- Time: 10am - 2pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $50
- Registrations close: 4pm, Sunday 24 May 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
This is the perfect workshop for students curious about trying watercolour painting, or those who have tried it but never had the materials and techniques explained and demonstrated properly.
Annette Pesek will guide you through the different types of watercolour materials including hot press, cold press, rough papers; types of brushes, paints, pencils; other required equipment such as sketch pad, tracing paper, drawing/graphite pencils, erasers, masking fluid, etc.
Students will be shown how to stretch watercolour paper and the equipment used. The various watercolour techniques such as colour mixing, wet on wet, wet on dry, etc will be demonstrated and then practiced in the form of structured exercises.
- Date: Friday 24, 31 July and 7, 14, 21, 28 August 2026
- Time: 10am - 2pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $110
- Registrations close: 4pm, Sunday 19 July 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Another wonderful workshop opportunity with Annette Pesek as participants use real life flowers, fruit, vegetables and other plants as inspiration to create beautiful watercolour paintings.
Participants will learn and practice observational drawing and watercolour painting skills to create realistic and artistic illustrations of their own chosen 'Botanical Beauties'.
- Date: Saturday 25 July 2026
- Time: 10am - 2pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $35
- Registrations close: 4pm, Wednesday 22 July 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Discover the beauty of traditional printmaking with artist and educator Ashlea Reale in this hands-on two-hour workshop.
Learn the fundamentals of drypoint etching, a technique that creates rich, expressive lines and textures without the use of acid. Guided step-by-step, you’ll design and etch your own plate, then print a series of unique artworks to take home.
Participants will also explore how to create etchings using recycled and repurposed materials, making printmaking accessible and sustainable.
No prior experience is needed - this workshop is perfect for beginners and open to all abilities. All materials are provided.
- Date: Wednesday 5, 12, 19, 26 August and 2, 9 September 2026
- Time: 10am - 1pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $110
- Registrations close: 4pm, Wednesday 29 July 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Artist and facilitator Vanessa Liebenberg offers another series of exciting workshops for 2026 with Drawing Birds and Flora focussing on developing drawing skills.
Students will observe nature from life and photos, and transferring on to paper and wood surface, using fine liner pens and watercolour pencils.
Students will focus on how to use colour pencils to their full potential and how this medium can be used in layers on wood to give the desired outcome.
Each week will consist of a study of nature and birds to hone their drawing skills and colour theory. Each week we will draw a different bird with some flora from life. 3 sessions will be on paper doing studies, and 3 sessions on wood
- Date: Wednesday 14, 21, 28 October and 4, 11, 18 November 2026
- Time: 10am - 1pm
- Location: Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent Street, Rockingham
- Cost: $110
- Registrations close: 4pm, Wednesday 7 October 2026
- To book: Call the Rockingham Arts Centre on 9527 0734, Wednesday to Sunday, 9am to 4pm.
Under the instruction of talented artist and facilitator Vanessa Liebenberg students will be focusing on the theme of Flora to explore the use of oil paint as a medium.
Both the theme and medium is important and we will focus on oil paint application, colour mixing, mediums and painted surface preparation, as well as observing nature and translating the form, colour, texture and light onto your artwork surface.
We will be working on primed paper for 3 to 4 sessions and canvas for the remaining sessions.