ART SCHOOL
WELCOME TO NOOSA ART SCHOOL
Noosa Art School is a dynamic offering of Noosa Art Gallery, created as a welcoming space to nurture artistic flow and connection. Located in Noosaville, it blends inspiration from a curated gallery of acclaimed artists with the creative energy of a working studio—providing a warm and inviting environment for artistic practice. Designed for artists of all levels, it offers classes, workshops, and community events that encourage growth and personal expression. With a focus on creativity and connection, Noosa Art School extends the gallery’s vision—bringing people together through arts practice, shared experience, and creative flow.
Warm welcome!
We’re excited to share our 2025 course offerings—designed for artists of all levels, from complete beginners to experienced creatives.
I’m Luke Deacon, a professional artist, gallery director, and registered Art Teacher. I graduated with a BA in Visual Arts in 1999, majoring in Painting, completing my Honours year in Japan, where I studied brush painting and ceramic. I later returned to Australia to complete a Bachelor of Teaching, specialising in Art Education. With over 25 years of experience as a practicing artist and educator, I’m delighted to now offer classes through our own art school—Noosa Art School—a space created to inspire, uplift, and enrich your creative journey.
All classes are relaxed and welcoming. Enjoy a chai while building your creative confidence and foundational skills.
Life Drawing and Oil Painting are perfect for developing technical abilities in drawing and painting.
Colour and Chaos is ideal if you’re looking to explore expressive, intuitive, and more abstract approaches.
Paint and Chai offers a calming, daytime class to simply unwind and enjoy making art.
Youth classes are tailored for ages 8–14, and teens are welcome to join adult classes if they’re ready.
There’s always plenty of inspiration on offer at the gallery, with a highly talented collective of artists showcased in our rotating themed exhibitions.
If you have any questions, please reach out—we’re here to support your creative unfolding.
Hope to see you soon at Noosa Art School!
Luke Deacon
Noosa Art Gallery Director
and School founder
TERM 4 courses 2025
Find our art schools course offerings below. There are stricly limited numbers to each course for each term and early bookings are advised to avoid dissapointment. If you find a course is marked as booked out and would like to go onto our wait list please send us a quick message to info@noosartgallery.com.au
Life Drawing- THE ART OF SEEING
The Life Drawing is a journey into the art of figure drawing, designed for all levels, from beginners to experienced artists. Through progressive lessons, students will refine their skills in gesture, proportion, anatomy, and composition. The course begins with quick sketches to capture movement and energy before advancing to structure, light, shadow, and expressive mark-making. Participants will explore foreshortening, perspective, and anatomical accuracy, developing confidence in both realism and abstraction.
Term 4, 2025
Time: 6-7:30 pm
Start date: Thurs 16th October
End date: Thurs 4th Dec. ( 8 weeks)
Cost: $280 includes materials paper, board, clips, easel etc.
Bring: drawing materials- pencils, charcoal eraser etc
OIL PAINTING- ESSENTIAL OILS
Oil Painting is a skill-building course designed for beginner /intermediate and those looking to strengthen their technique. Guided by professional artist and educator Luke Deacon, this course introduces the essentials of oil painting in a relaxed and supportive studio environment. You'll explore colour mixing, brushwork, composition, and layering techniques while working from still life, landscape, and reference images. Emphasis is placed on building confidence, understanding materials, and developing your own creative expression. Whether you're completely new or returning to painting, this course offers a strong foundation in traditional methods with space to grow your personal style. All materials provided.
Term 4, 2025
Time: 6-8 pm
Start date: Wed 15th October
End date: Wed 3rd Dec ( 8 weeks)
Cost: $400- ALL MATERIALS SUPPLIED (canvas, paint, brushes etc)
Bring: A4 journal for note taking and exercises
COLOR AND CHAOS- expressive painting
Color and Chaos – Expressive Painting is an 8-week course designed for both returning and new students eager to deepen their expressive and abstract painting skills. Participants will explore advanced color theory, layering, composition, mixed media and gesture-based techniques while developing their personal artistic voice. Each session combines structured lessons, live demonstrations, and guided exercises, encouraging creative risk-taking and artistic growth. Students will experiment with texture, mixed media, and large-scale works, culminating in a final showcase of their pieces.
Term 4, 2025
Time: 6-8 pm
Start date: Tues 14th Oct
End date: Tues 2nd Dec. ( 8 weeks)
Cost: $400
Bring: Journal A3, Basic acrylics and brushes
PAINT n CHAI
This is a relaxed Acrylic Painting designed to build confidence and skill in acrylic techniques. Starting with an introduction to materials and basic brushwork, students will explore color theory, composition, and underpainting to create depth and balance in their work. As the course progresses, participants refine their understanding of light, shadow, blending, and expressive brush techniques. Through guided exercises, students experiment with different styles, from still life to abstract, while developing their personal artistic voice
Term 4, 2025
Time: 12-2pm
Start date: Tues 14th Oct
End date: Tues 2nd Dec ( 8 weeks)
Cost: $400
ALL MATERIALS SUPPLIED
Bring: A3 art journal and pencil for notetaking
YOUTH ART STUDIO
Youth Art Class is an inspiring weekly session designed for young creatives aged 8–14. Led by professional artist and registered art educator Luke Deacon, this class nurtures artistic skills while encouraging imagination, confidence, and self-expression. Students will explore a wide range of mediums including drawing, painting, collage, and mixed media, while learning foundational techniques such as shading, colour theory, composition, and creative thinking. Each term includes exciting themed projects and opportunities to develop individual style. The atmosphere is relaxed, supportive, and filled with encouragement—perfect for budding artists to flourish while having fun. All materials are provided.
Term 4, 2025
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Start date: Tues 14th Oct
End date: Tues 2nd Dec. ( 8 weeks)
Cost: $320 ALL MATERIALS SUPPLIED
COASTAL ABSTRACTS- 2 DAY ART RETREAT
WITH LUKE DEACON
Join Noosa based coastal artist Luke Deacon for a experiential 2 day Art Retreat. Day 1 will be based in at 1st Bay Coolum Beach where we will spend the morning working in Plein Air taking in the sensory elements of this beautiful coastline to inspire ways of interpreting the landscape developing a series of small studies inspired by this magnificent coastline through semi abstract and abstracted approaches. Day 2 we will bring our studies into Luke’s resident studio at Noosa Art Gallery, here we will go deeper into our studies to work them into a more developed artwork on canvas.
All materials supplied- Just bring a medium/ large canvas ( or your own paints/materials if you prefer - student quality paint and materials supplied)
What to bring:
You could bring an old yoga mat/picnic rug to work on the ground, cushion or camp chair, easel ( if you would like to work seated), good hat and water bottle. For day 2 bring a medium/large canvas, Luke’s studio has easels and art supplies.
Art location is 100m from Car park.
What’s included:
Morning tea and all art materials. Luke will provide studio easels at his studio. Just bring medium/ large canvas (and own paints if you prefer) for day 2.
Day 2. Morning tea and a shared lunch will be provided.
Cost: $290
