Art classes for all ages and abilities

My name is Jenny Sutherland, I am a practicing artist as well as being a qualified primary school teacher and secondary school art teacher. I have also taught drawing for the Dunedin School of Art night classes, and have over a number of years taught a range of craft and book art classes throughout NZ, Australia and even in Paris.

Central Art Space is a large brand new, purpose built working art studio situated in the lovely township of Lake Hawea, 12 kms out of Wanaka. Central Art Space caters for Drawing, Printing & Painting workshops. We are well resourced and offer classes for all ages and abilities, across these disciplines. Our goal is to ensure we provide a creative and enjoyable workspace to allow participants to pursue their artistic endeavors.

We offer support to learn and develop technical skills so that confidence is achieved along side an understanding of materials and how best to use them.

Art Classes

Art Discovery for Children

An after-school 8 week art course. Every child gets to develop at its own pace in a supportive and fun environment…

Drawing with Confidence

An 8 week introduction drawing course. Learn solid foundational drawing skills and fill your drawing toolbox…

Confident Drawing

An 8 week art course to extend your experience of drawing and consider how it might be developed into painting…

Life Drawing

Life drawing reinforces an understanding of mass, light, line, expression, form, proportion and space…

News & Events

Special Workshops

As well as having block classes scheduled in the studio, we do run one-off workshops on a range of topics. These special workshops often have guest tutors bought in. These workshops are highly sorted after

August 28, 2018

Who’s Jenny Sutherland?

My name is Jenny Sutherland, I am a practicing artist as well as being a qualified primary school teacher and secondary school art teacher. I have also taught drawing for the Dunedin School of Art

April 6, 2018

What they say about Jenny

I’ve learned loads from Jenny’s classes. She’s always friendly and nice too. Minnie age 12 Thank you Jenny for making the drawing classes such fun to attend, and with an end result to be proud

April 6, 2018

Art Gallery

"I would like to thank you SO much for the lovely drawing of our RUFUS, He is so life like that it is like having him back with us. The detail that you were able to capture in his face, with his whiskers on the side of his face and the lines in his forehead were absolutely amazing. His Eyes are so bright and life like. He is always looking at us with a cheeky look. You are simply amazing with the time and patience you put into our little man..."

Wendy LelliottBrisbane, Australia

"I attended Jenny’s class for two terms and enjoyed the challenges. It definitely set out what it proved to be and I benefited from it."

Heather HallidayNew Zealand

"I found Jenny as a tutor very generous with her vast knowledge. Her encouragement enabled me to approach my artwork with more confidence while teaching me the skills I needed to progress. Classes are fun and rewarding and I will be returning to learn more advanced techniques with her in the future. "

Lesley RawlingsNew Zealand

"Drawing classes with Jenny have been a way to enhance and extend my art practice. I enjoyed that she offered the exploration of drawing in many different ways using a good range of artist models. Jenny’s drawing classes were a way to develop drawing skills but also to explore ideas with a range of media and techniques. I enjoyed used some of the drawings and extended them into printmaking."

Liz HawkerNew Zealand

"Jenny is an inspiring tutor who taught us a variety of drawing skills and styles which we explored and used in our art works. In a comfortable environment, Jenny motivated us to apply our skills and ‘think outside the box’ as we moved on to more complex compositions."

Carol SaxbyNew Zealand

"I've learnt loads from Jenny's classes. She's always friendly and nice too.”

MinnieAge 12