Master Copy Class
5 weeks class wendsday 6:15pm -8:45pm | 15 July -12 Aug payments options: full upfront payment - $400 Instalments payment - 3 instalments x $150
Time & Location
15 July 2026, 6:15 pm – 8:45 pm
Linden New Art, Bunurong Boon Wurrung Country, 26 Acland St, St Kilda VIC 3182, Australia
About the event
Master copies are one of the oldest ways to train in the art of drawing and painting. Across the history of art, artists learned by studying and copying great works: Roman artists studied Greek sculpture, medieval artists reworked Greco-Roman models, Renaissance students copied their workshop masters, and by the 18th and 19th centuries, museum copying had become a standard part of academic training (for many students, it was also a practical way to build skills and even earn income by selling copies).
In this class, we’ll treat master copying as both a historical practice and a learning tool. You will learn how paintings are designed and constructed, and how to observe the decisions an artist made, including:
composition and pictorial decisions
value structure and light
colour and palette choices
anatomy and proportion