Morag Stokes

Website: www.stokes.net.nz

Area of Operation: New Zealand, Wellington

Morag is a Scottish born NZ painter and her work is largely inspired by the material possibilities of paint. She enjoys the challenges of abstraction in painting, and her finished works reflect the interplay of materials and processes. Dragging paint over and off surfaces, and working with what is left behind is the essence of how she paints. The end results, which she calls her ‘drag’ and ‘text’ works, often have a strong linear quality. Her main influences come from Celtic, Aboriginal and Pacific Island art forms. Morag runs weekly workshops for 'outsider artists' at Pablos Art Studios in Wellington and for psychiatric patients at Kenepuru Hospital in Porirua. Through her work as an artist educator with GOLDEN Artists Colours Ltd., she has developed a programme of structured workshops for artists which are usually held on a monthly basis from her studio in Wellington. In addition to this, Morag also offers the less structured Artist Sessions in 6 week blocks for artists who want to work on their own projects with tuition and materials on hand.

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• Drawing in the style of.....PORTRAITS

  This workshop runs over one and a half days, with all materials provided. It aims to expand upon your existing drawing skills, with the human face as our focus. It is ideally suited to people who would like to develop their own style by looking at a wide range of approaches to drawing, and is suitable for any level of drawing ability, from complete beginner to accomplished artists. Inspiration will come from a diverse range of artists, many well-known, including Egon Schiele, Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach, Ralph Hotere, Andy Warhol, Henri Matisse and many more. You will choose a small selection of images to study and replicate, to get a feel for that artist’s style. On the second day, you will move towards making your own self-portraits in the style of your choice from a mirror image, incorporating your own personal mark making. A wide selection of drawing materials and surfaces will be available for you to try. They include graphite, charcoal, pastels, inks and High Flow acrylic (ink-like paint). Drawing tools will include pens and pencils of different types, quills, fine brushes, and extrusion bottles. You will also get a feel for mark making on some unusual acrylic gels and pastes which make interesting grounds for drawing, such as Fine Pumice Gel, Coarse Molding paste, Acrylic Ground for Pastels, Silverpoint Drawing Ground, Micaceous Iron Oxide and Fibre Paste. Place numbers are restricted to 6.

  Date: May 10th, 2025 - May 11th, 2025

  Time: 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

  Venue: morag stokes studio, Waikanae, , New Zealand

  Contact: Morag Stokes

  Email: [email protected]

  Phone: 0273803282

  Fee: $230

  Event Open to Public

  www.stokes.net.nz

• Art Nouveau Design

  This weekend workshop is one and a half days long with materials provided. It will look at some of the design elements in the work of Charles Rennie MacIntosh, a Glasgow born architect, designer, artist and one of Scotland's most influential creative figures. We will look at some of his works to identify the basic design elements he became famous for during the Art Nouveau period – a contrast between strong right angles and floral-inspired decorative motifs with subtle curves, elongated forms, flowing lines, restrained colour, symbolism, geometric patterns, and emphasis on the rectilinear. You will play with those elements to make your own MacIntosh inspired designs, coloured with options from QoR water colour, Fluid and High Flow Acrylics, and coloured pencils.

  Date: April 5th, 2025 - April 6th, 2025

  Time: 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM

  Venue: morag stokes studio, Waikanae, , New Zealand

  Contact: Morag Stokes

  Email: [email protected]

  Phone: 0273803282

  Fee: $250

  Event Open to Public

  www.stokes.net.nz

• The Artist Sessions #2 2025

  The Artist Sessions are an alternative to structured workshops which will give artists the opportunity to work on their own projects in a well- equipped studio, with tuition, group discussion and critique available. An extensive range of GOLDEN paints and products will be at hand with advice and guidance on their use to enable you to explore your every painterly whim! Each session is three hours long, available in blocks of six.

  Date: March 18th, 2025 - May 6th, 2025

  Time: 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

  Venue: morag stokes studio, Waikanae, , New Zealand

  Contact: Morag Stokes

  Email: [email protected]

  Phone: 0273803282

  Fee: $170 for 6x3 hour Sessions

  Event Open to Public

  www.stokes.net.nz

• Gelli Plate Monoprinting

  This workshop will show you the techniques you will need to make a range of monoprints using the latest synthetic gelatine plates from Gelli Arts. Using a variety of stencils, masks, stamps (some commercial, some home-made), and pressed leaves you will work with GOLDEN’s OPEN Acrylics to make your multi-layered prints without a printing press. You can then take them a stage further using High Flow paint in paint pens or with brushes. These prints make beautiful art works and are also ideal for use in collage, scrapbooking and greeting card making. Gelli prints can also be incorporated in layers into your regular paintings – the possibilities are endless! In creating several small art works on paper, you will learn about working with transparent and opaque paints and the outcomes of layered colour mixing. You will also use iridescent colours for some special effects. Class numbers are limited to 6 and the day is suitable for beginners to art as well as experienced painters and print makers.

  Date: March 8th, 2025

  Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM

  Venue: morag stokes studio, Waikanae, , New Zealand

  Contact: Morag Stokes

  Email: [email protected]

  Phone: 0273803282

  Fee: $180

  Event Open to Public

  www.stokes.net.nz

• The Artist Sessions #1 2025

  The Artist Sessions are an alternative to structured workshops which will give artists the opportunity to work on their own projects in a well- equipped studio, with tuition, group discussion and critique available. An extensive range of GOLDEN paints and products will be at hand with advice and guidance on their use to enable you to explore your every painterly whim! Each session is three hours long, available in blocks of six.

  Date: February 4th, 2025 - March 11th, 2025

  Time: 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

  Venue: morag stokes studio, Waikanae, , New Zealand

  Contact: Morag Stokes

  Email: [email protected]

  Phone: 0273803282

  Fee: $270 for 6x3hour Sessions

  Event Open to Public

  www.stokes.net.nz

• Airbrushing with High Flow

  Always wanted to know how to use an airbrush for your painting, fabric or craft projects? During this workshop you will use masking to make layered images with GOLDEN’s airbrush acrylics (High Flow), while learning how to control the paint and air flow. You will also use interference fluid paint with airbrush medium to create special effects on 3D objects. There will be no spirit or lacquer mediums used. I will be hosting this workshop to be taught by multi-award winning artist and designer Fifi Colston, whose skills as an artist and teacher I cannot recommend highly enough. She airbrushed professionally as a commercial artist for 20 years, and now uses it for her wearable art, costume and props projects. She knows all the tips and tricks! Class numbers are limited to 6 and the day is suitable for beginners to art as well as experienced painters.

  Date: February 1st, 2025

  Time: 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM

  Venue: morag stokes studio, Waikanae, , New Zealand

  Contact: Morag Stokes

  Email: [email protected]

  Phone: 0273803282

  Fee: $195

  Event Open to Public

  www.stokes.net.nz