Tutors

Gordon Alexander

Gordon currently teaches Watercolour at Atwell Art Centre on Wednesdays and is available for tutoring either in the studio or en plein air.

He is also available to give demos, workshops and private lessons in Watercolour, oils, acrylic and drawing.

Stephanie Boyle

Stephanie is an experienced Watercolour Tutor having taught over a long period of time at Claremont School of Art, Tresillian Centre, Atwell Gallery and other Art Schools.

She has conducted many workshops and demonstrated at numerous Art Societies and private Art groups. Stephanie is currently available for demonstrations or workshops. Please contact her if you have any specific requirements.

Padma Hamilton

Padma is currently teaching Sketching with watercolours, at the Fremantle Arts Centre, one day workshops.

Teaching at her studio: watercolours and drawing, individual lessons and small groups, for adults and children.
Studio: Chadwick Street, Hilton

Sue Hibbert

Sue has been teaching watercolour painting for over twenty years and currently teaches at Tresillian Arts Centre and Beaufort Street Community Centre.
Sue has taught overseas workshops in Italy and France and enjoys sharing her knowledge of Plein air painting and sketch booking.
She is available for art society demos and workshops.

Beaufort Street Community Centre:

Watercolour Painting – Monday, 9.30 – 11.30am

Tresillian Arts Centre:

Tuesday:

– Big Brush painting – 10am to 12.30pm
– Big Brush painting – 1.30pm to 4pm

Wednesday:

– Travel Sketchbook/Watercolour – 9.30am – 12pm
– Watercolour Intermediate/Advanced – 1pm – 4pm

Rhonda Hickey

Rhonda teaches Beginners /Intermediate students at Trescillian Arts C Thursday & Friday am.

Focusing on techniques and mark making. She enjoys stand alone workshops and is available upon request in both watercolours and pastels.

Barbara Hunt

Barbara is teaching the following classes at Tresillian Arts Centre, Nedlands:

Portrait of Plants: Friday, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Flowers and Foliage: Friday, 1pm – 3pm

Jane Li

Jane Li comes from Beijing China, and is an international artist currently based in Perth, Western Australia. Jane has always had an interest in art from a young age. While in China she studied Chinese fine art and Chinese calligraphy under famous Chinese master painters Tian Han 田寒and Li Zhe 李喆 and has continued to do so while in Australia via her masters webinars and goes back to China for group classes with her masters. Jane is best known for her detailed wild life art and her traditional Chinese fine art paintings. Jane draws inspiration from her surroundings, especially native wildflower parks and Kings Park Botanic Gardens in Perth. Her botanical sketches are used by herself and her fellow volunteer guides at Kings Park when leading guided walks. She has held art workshops for various organisations, not only locally but also in Victoria Park, Dunsborough, Narrogin, Beverley, and Manjimup, as well as for Amy Art in South Perth, WA Museums, and other venues. Jane’s creativity extends beyond painting. She is a 4th Duan Tai Chi instructor and, in 2013, achieved the 6th highest ranking in Yang style Tai Chi at a competition in Beijing, China. She believes Tai Chi has taught her patience and steadiness of hand, enabling her to create the fine, smooth brushstrokes that define her work. Jane was commissioned to illustrate a children’s book, now available on Amazon, and to translate Faith of Our Fathers from English into Chinese. She creates exquisite watercolours and traditional Chinese artworks, and is also known for her botanical sketches, woodblock printing, and pyrography. Specialising in traditional Chinese fine art on silk and Xuan paper — a delicate paper made from the bark of a special elm tree — her Gongbi works, known for their meticulous detail, are highly sought after. A selection of her works can be viewed at www.janeliart.com and on Facebook at facebook/janeliart. Jane has held nine solo exhibitions and participated in many group shows. Highlights include receiving “Highly Commended” at the WA Watercolour Society Annual Awards in 2018, followed by First Prize in the General Category in 2019. In 2018, she shared a wildflower-themed exhibition with a photographer, sponsored by the City of Kwinana. She was invited back in 2019 and 2020 for solo wildflower exhibitions as part of Kwinana’s annual wildflower celebration. In 2021, she exhibited at Kooliney Art Centre and became a finalist in the Rockingham, Belmont, and Gosnell Art Awards, also receiving “Highly Commended” at both the Pinjarra and Cossack Art Awards. In 2023, she received the Excellent Award at the Oriental Charm International Art Exhibition. Her artist residencies include Beverley Station Arts, Narrogin, Kings Park Aspect, Goldfields Art Centre, and Manjimup. She has also led popular workshops on painting birds, dumpling making, and Tai Chi, often alongside her exhibitions. As the president of Oriental Culture and Art Western Australia she organized and curated the group exhibition at Victoria Park Centre for Arts in 2025. Jane was invited to exhibit at the WA Museum Boola Bardip from Saturday 5 July 2025 to Sunday 22 February 2026.

Jan Pittman

Jan Pittman is an active member of the Watercolour Society of WA, BASA and AGRA. Jan paints in the botanical art style, and has won many prizes. A keen traveller, Jan has enjoyed recent trips to China, Italy and India with the WSWA for exhibitions, and remote parts of Scotland and its islands, and Scandinavia, where she has painted and drawn people, castles and scenery. Living on a large bush block in Gidgegannup, on the outskirts of Perth, with hundreds of wildflowers found nowhere else on Earth, gives her plenty of material to paint. Jan recently helped to organise a botanical art exhibition in Perth at the Holmes a Court Gallery. Jan was a finalist in the inaugural Splash Award for Contemporary Watercolour, and has won many prizes (including Best In Show) at local shows and exhibitions. Former Premier of WA, Colin Barnett, used images of her paintings (of Nuytsia floribunda and Eucalyptus erythrocorys) for two of his Christmas cards. Jan teaches at a number of local facilities, including at her own home.

Jude Scott

Jude is a tutor with 20+ years experience in watercolour. During that time she has taught at Claremont School of Art and at Atwell gallery for 10 years. Over the past 9 years she has taught from her Canning Vale studio.

Jude is available to tutor private groups and workshops in city and rural WA by request.

In 2024 workshops will be held Canning Vale, Albany, Morocco, WA’s mid west, The Kimberleys and Tasmania, please see website for more details.

International workshops have included several in Ubud Bali, Tuscany, South West France.

Regular classes are held in Jude’s studio every Thursday with a diverse range of subjects demonstrated, faces, places and florals. Times are 9.30am-12.00pm and 1.00pm-3.30pm.

June Sullivan

June has Been teaching watercolours for approx 10 years now. June prefers conducting workshops rather than weekly sessions. Now frequently holds workshops at Trycan, Yanchep. In the past has held workshops and demonstrations at the Watercoloursociety of Wa, Jackson’s Art Shop, Wanneroo Joondalup Art Society, North Coast Art Club, Trigg Art Club

Anastasia Wright

Anastasia is teaching watercolour beginners course at   Mosaica Cultural Learning Centre every second Saturday. To join the group please contact Anastasia by email.

Anastasia is running Watercolour Mediation sessions around Perth. To see the next available session and to book your spot follow the link to her webpage below.

Renata Wright

Jane Zandi