Membership Special $38 per month + Startup Art Pack

Hello Everyone Im really excited to announce the launch of Art Box Workshops new Start-up Membership. 
Unfortunately due to unforeseen events that have delayed our launch for two weeks I am asking for your help to share this membership special to friends and family that you think will benefit from our services.

Our Vision

This is a start-up membership platform and your financial contribution each month will help to grow and support our online creative community.  We have a future vision of our members support helping us to pay it forward and help other community startups that bring awareness and support the regeneration of our planet for future generations.

How to become a member

Our new website is in the last testing phase.  For now please sign up to our mailing list just on the right side of this page where it says. “Subscribe to News and Updates”.
We will then send you an email with the link to our new Art Box Workshops website on Wednesday 15th of December 2021.
The new site looks amazing and is still being worked on with transferring all of the blogs from the past 10 years and live testimonials from the parents of children that attend our classes.

What does each household get for their membership?

• We are offering a special founding member price of just $38 per month for your household to have lifetime access to new art classes every week.
• These new online classes will be a fun and informative pre-recorded / online version of the face-to-face classes. Art Box Workshops have been successfully teaching over 3’600 School Holiday workshops and over 5’200 term time classes for students during our 10-year history and we are still providing these classes face to face, from our Neutral Bay home studio.
• You will also be provided with monthly Zoom catch up and creative review, a poll will be created on the dates located on the timetable below for the best time for students to attend for each age group and time zone that they live in Australia or the world.

Does the membership cost change and can I cancel?

• The Membership price per month that you have signed up for will not change for the lifetime of your membership.
• Membership can be cancelled at any time with 30 days’ notice in writing to julia@artboxworkshops.com.au.
• No refunds are given after purchase for start-up art packs or Creative kids vouchers.

Will I get My art pack for Christmas?

• Sorry, I cannot guarantee that you will get your art pack for Christmas I was delayed by two weeks of this launch and it has stuffed up my Christmas art pack sales. I will try my best to get it sent to you as soon as possible. as soon as you order they are packed and ready to go……
• Creative kids Vouchers will not be accepted for the online membership and start-up art pack after the 28th of December 2021.
• 29th December 2021  – 3rd of January I will be taking a short break in my camper van, heading to the country and will be offline.

Terms and Conditions with Creative Kids Vouchers,  Discount coupons.

• No other Coupon discounts can be used on the founding Members special price of $38 per month.
• Creative kids vouchers can only be used towards the membership and startup art pack that is listed at the bottom of this page.
• Creative kids Vouchers will not be accepted for the online membership and start-up art pack after the 28th of December 2021.
• We are not currently accepting annual payments. The founding membership special price is a one-off offer that will not be offered again.
• The founding membership special price of $38 per month will go up to $45 per month on February  1st 2022.
• Art Box Workshops gifts primary schools discount coupons these coupons can only be used on the Membership price of $45 per month starting on February the 1st  2022.

What is?  Introduction and Inspiration – Live?

I will introduce and talk about the next series of art classes and the inspiration behind each class subject, to start off with it will be a pre-recorded video.
I will create it as a live feed once we have the numbers, I will answer questions and will have moderators online to keep it a safe space for sharing.
A future vision is to invite other community art school special guests and perhaps launch an online summit for educators and carers.

What is Zoom catch up and creative review?
All of the art classes and school holiday workshops will be dripped fed on the dates listed below.
The Zoom catch uptime is an opportunity for our members to chat ask questions and show the artworks they have created and I can also answer any questions or listen to any ideas or suggestions, a poll will be created for the best time on the dates and below and I will ensure procedures are followed to keep the zoom space safe for children.

If any other questions come up I’ll include the answer on this page.

Art Box Workshops Online Membership Curriculum 2022

Christmas Eve 2021 & Summer School Holiday Workshops Online 2022

• Introduction and inspiration as soon as you sign up.
• Workshop #1: Midnight Christmas Eve 2021, “Little Penguin with a Santa Hat”.
• Workshop #2: Midnight Christmas Eve 2021, “Beachscape with a Little Penguin”.
• Workshop #3: Monday 10th of January, “Sea Lion painting”+ BONUS CLASS.
• Workshops #4: Monday 17^th of January, “surprise class”.
• Workshops #5: Monday 24th of January, “Under the sea painting”.
• Workshops #6: Monday 31^st of January, Seashells on the seashore”.
• Zoom catch up and creative review: Monday 31^st of January.

Term One, 2022 – Fundamentals of Drawing and Painting.

Each class will have two classes designed specifically for students 6 – 8 yrs. old and 9 + yrs. old.

• Introduction and Inspiration – Live Monday 7^th of February.
• Class #1: Monday 7^th of February, “Draw a still life”.
• Class #2: Monday 21^st of February, “Paint in watercolour”.
• Zoom Catch up and creative review: Friday 25^th of February.
• Class #3: Monday 7^th of March, “Draw a still life for a watercolour painting”.
• Class #4: Monday 21^st of March, “Paint a still life in watercolour”.
• Zoom catch up and creative review: Friday 25^th of March.

 Easter School Holiday Workshops Online

• Introduction and Inspiration – Live Monday the 4^th of April.
• Workshop #1: Monday 4^th April, “Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo painting”.
• Workshop #2: Monday the 11^th April, “Kookaburra Painting”.
• Workshop #3: Easter Monday the 18^th April, “Bilby drawing and painting” + BONUS CLASS.
• Workshop #4: Monday the 25^th April Anzac Day, “Special red poppy painting”.
• Zoom catch up and creative review: Friday the 29^th of April.

Term two, 2022 – Animals and the Environment, Mixed Media and Printmaking.

Each class will have two classes designed specifically for students 6 – 8 yrs. old and 9 + yrs. old.

• Introduction and Inspiration – Live Monday the 2nd of May.
• Class #1: Monday the 2^nd of May, “Draw a Koala”.
• Class #2: Monday the 16^th of May, “Paint a Koala”.
• Zoom catch up and creative review: Friday 27^th of May.
• Class #3: Monday the 30^th of May, “Introduction to printmaking”.
• Class #4: Monday the 13^th of June, “Print Creation”.
• Zoom catch up and creative review: Friday 24^th of June.

Winter School Holiday Workshops Online.

• Introduction and Inspiration – Live Monday the 27^th of June.
• Workshop #1: Monday the 27^th of June, “Galah Cockatoo painting”.
• Workshop #2: Monday the 4^th of July, “Pygmy Possum Painting”.
• Workshop #3: Monday the 11^th of July, “Powerful Owl” + BONUS CLASS.

Term Three, 2022 – Drawing Design and Sculpture.

Each class will have two classes designed specifically for students 6 – 8 yrs. old and 9 + yrs. old.

• Introduction and Inspiration – Live Monday the 18^th of July.
• Class #1: Monday the 18th of July, “Cat design for sculpting”.
• Zoom catch up and creative review: Friday 29^th of July.
• Class #2: Monday the 1^st of August, “Fundamentals of working with clay”.
• Class #3: Monday the 15^th of August, “Sculpting a cat”.
• Zoom catch up and creative review: Friday the 26^th of August.
• Class #4: Monday the 29th^th of August, “Sculpting a cat”.
• Class #5: Monday the 12th of September, “Painting the cat sculpture”.

Spring School Holiday Workshops

• Introduction and Inspiration – Live Monday the 19th of September.
• Class #1: Monday the 19th of September, “Rainbow Lorikeet painting”.
• Class #2: Monday the 26^th of September, “Surprise Spring Class”.
• Class #3: Monday the 3rd of October, “Bellingen Turtle”. + BONUS CLASS

Term Four, 2022 – Portraiture classes.

Each class during term time will have two classes designed specifically for students 6 – 8 yrs. old and 9 + yrs. old

• Introduction and Inspiration – Live Monday the 10^th of October.
• Class #1: Monday the 10th of October. “Draw a self-portrait”.
• Class #2: Monday the 24^th of October. “Grid method portrait drawing”.
• Zoom catch up and creative review: Friday the 28^th of October.
• Class #3: Monday the 7^th of November, “Portrait in colour (1)”.
• Class #4: Monday the 21^st of November, “Portrait in colour (2)”.
• Zoom catch up and creative review: Friday the 25^th of November,
• Class #5: Monday 5^th of December, “Portrait in colour (3)”.
• Class #6 – Monday the 19^th of December, “Christmas Special”.

Some changes may occur to the dates any changes will be highlighted to our members, this could include special requests or showcasing a members workshop.

What is in the Start-Up Art Pack?

I have selected these art materials based on personally testing each one for quality of pigment, value for money and most important not being toxic and child friendly. There is enough material for a full year of membership art creations, apart from…

Information on suppliers and links will be available on our new website link that I will email to our mailing list, don’t forget to subscribe.

• 2 x Acrylic – Paint Pads (A4 110gsm x 25 sheets each) Monte Mart.
• Watercolour – Pad (A4 180gsm x 15 sheets) Monte Mart.
• 10 x 75ml Impasto Acrylic paints – Global – Australian made, can be watered down for washes, high pigmented colours
  (Cool Yellow, Warm Red, Cool Red, Purple, Cool Blue, Turquoise, Deep Green, Burnt Amber, Black, White)
• 4 x Acrylic – Brushes (Flat 10, 16, Round 12, 6) Monte Mart.
•  Watercolour – Paint set, (24 x high pigmented colours + 1 brush) Monte Mart.
• 4 x Watercolour – Brushes ( Mop 12, Detailer, 2, 4, 6) Monte Mart.
• Oil Pastels – (24 high quality, excellent blending) Monte Mart.
• Wax Twister – (Colour-intensive wax with food colouring, break-resistant) Staedtler.
• Colour pencils – (24 vibrant colours) Monte Mart.
• Colour Wheel – (Great for colour theory) Monte Mart.
• 2 x 2B graphite – Pencils (Great for general sketching and shading) Monte Mart.
• Eraser – Pencil (Great for erasing finely detailed areas) Monte Mart.
• Two-hole steal sharpener – (German blades) Staedtler.
• Glue Stick – (22g Plant-Based)
• Frame – A4 Ikea. (Included to inspire you to frame and hang your artwork or give it as a gift)

What is not in the Art Pack?

• Paper: you may want to buy larger sized Art paper, canvas or frames the art pack provide 50 sheets of A4 painting paper and 15 sheets of A4 watercolour.
• Printmaking tools: Foam or lino prints, carving tools, glass or Perspex, barrens, rollers and printing inks, you will need to source for yourself we have two classes for each age group that demonstrates how to make a drawing into a print.

Art Materials that you can source and recycle at home.

• Painting pallets –  an A4 – A3 –  Flat food container with a sealed lid, lined with damp kitchen paper towel and baking paper makes a fantastic pallet that can keep your paints wet for three days and you throw away the paint on the baking paper instead of washing it down the sink.
• Water containers – I use large recycled glass jars or large nappy soaking powder containers.
• Water spray Bottle – Great for abstract painted backgrounds and keeping your paint pallet damp.
• Paper kitchen towels – Great for drying paintbrushes after washing cleaning up small drips.
• Old t-shirt or kitchen apron to wear whilst painting  – a short-sleeved art t-shirt is the best as it doesn’t drag into your artwork.

I look forward to you joining our membership program –

Creatively yours

Julia Sawicki