Enhance your mosaic vocabulary and visual grammar with our comprehensive curriculum designed to develop your skills in Mosaic. This carefully crafted program, refined over two decades of teaching practice and curriculum development, empowers students to move towards creating their own mosaic art.
​Explore a sequential and progressive approach that fosters a deep understanding of visual grammar, mosaic vocabulary, and fundamental principles of visual arts.

LEVEL 1
A Taste of the Classics

Introduces several laying styles that are common in classical mosaic. Understanding these styles and how they are put together is extremely valuable as they form the building blocks of almost all mosaic. 
​Sample by Amanda Buchanan

LEVEL 2
Dynamic Andamento

Introduces basic sdoppiamento, flared sdoppiamento, spiralling & scaling tesserae, and creating volume in mosaic. 
These techniques help you to create more fluid movement and seamless dynamic flow in mosaic.

LEVEL 3
​Colour Theory Immersion

Introduces Colour as a three dimensional concept.
​Learn to use and understand the elements of colour
Hue, Value and Chroma. Complete a series of small colour theory samples & extended studies which bring together colour theory and andamento.

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LEVEL 4
 Value + Volume = Andamento

Extended colour theory and palette building. 
Deriving andamento from value, volume and materials, bringing together and extending  Levels 1, 2 and 3 in more complex studies,
​Sample by Lynette Price

LEVEL 5
Interpreting Imagery

Interpreting Imagery - simplification and mediation of images in genres of Still Life, Landscape and Water. Development of comparative value, comparative chroma and mixed media.
​Extended integration of Art Theory​
​Sample by Galia Menin

LEVEL  6
Moving Towards Abstraction

A sequential journey through Modernist approaches to the deconstruction of form, where students will learn about the development of abstraction in visual arts and respond to these techniques in a range of studies.
​Sample by Caitlin Hepworth

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​I completed Level 1 and Level 2 simultaneously. Caitlin is an experienced and patient teacher and artist.
She is generous with her technical knowledge and feedback, and expertly wrangled the technical aspects of online learning to make it easy and straightforward for our student groups.

Maggie Kedulka, Tasmania Australia

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​I can’t begin to explain how much I have benefitted from these courses, your teaching style and passion & knowledge is simply inspiring.
It is so clever how you have put these together to make sense after much practice, Haha!
I will never see another piece the same and am intuitively beginning to use all of the techniques you have shared, giving me a new found confidence and even more love for the art, definitely a mosaic junkie.

Debbie Sweedman, QLD

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​Each class is a perfect balance and pace of history, classical examples, drawings designs and making physical mosaic samples.
Caitlin’s classes cater for students with varying levels of experience with a focus on learning each week’s skill and applying that knowledge in subsequent lessons.
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​​Her feedback is thorough and generous, and she encourages students to learn from each other in a positive, supportive environment.
​I highly recommend Caitlin’s classes and I can’t wait to enrol in the next level.

Maggie Kedulka, Tasmania

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MOSAIC ARTS ONLINE

SCULPTURAL MOSAICS

Online Courses, delivered by video tutorial with long term access,

SALVAGED TREASURE

Online Courses, delivered by video tutorial with long term access,

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I had contemplated doing a mosaic sculpture but had no idea of how to proceed.
Then Caitlin’s course appeared on MAO. After viewing the intro video and further investigating Caitlin’s work online, I was confident that I would be learning from a master and the investment in this course would be worth it. I was right.
​This course is comprehensive and it highlights integrity in every phase: planning, form construction, colour considerations, tile placement, and finishing. It draws on concepts and skills I have learned in other courses and kicks them to new levels in this exciting 3-D application. I highly recommend this excellent course to anyone considering sculptural mosaics.

Betty Cleffman Hager, USA

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Wonderful course. You stress the importance of all the pre-planning that ends up making the process much more straightforward and the final piece has more potential to be what you hoped for. I can tend to shoot from the hip more I think because I haven’t had art training to really understand all the components of process. You lay out visualising your piece and getting it on paper. I absolutely will spend more time doing this going forward. 
Love your work. Great teacher.
​Thank you.

Cynthia Haines, USA

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Caitlin's mixed media course is really informative and fun!
The videos and instructions are clear and easy to follow.
​I've learnt new skills and techniques and found my confidence grow with each

Jacqui Mc Cooke, Victoria Australia

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To view more mosaic works created by students of Hepworth Studios Student Work Galleries