PADU 2026 THREE DAY FESTIVAL WEEKEND TIMETABLE

    Workshops, paint outs, exhibitions, awards & prizes, free demonstrations and artist talks. This festival celebrates everything to do with outdoor painting.  All ages, all mediums, all skill levels.

    Come and paint, or come and watch!

    FESTIVAL WEEKEND DAY ONE   |   Sat 26 Sept 2026   |   Mandurah 

    Presented by Ray White Mandurah

    NEW SATURDAY FORMAT & TIMETABLE

    In and Around the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Ormsby Terrace

    8.30am onwards

    • Sign-in and board stamping for registered artists
    • Artists complimentary coffee provided by Ray White Mandurah
    • Leon Holmes Products: shop open inside ManPAC
    • Watch artists painting around Mandurah’s CBD, Cultural Precinct, Eastern Foreshore, Marina & Town Beach
    • Spirit of the Landscape Art Exhibition: Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery

    11am – 3pm FREE ACTIVITIES FOR ALL THE FAMILY

    • Junior Painting Activity with Artist Karen Greaves
    • Ray White Mandurah Children’s Art Activity and Face Painting
    • Bendigo Bank Children’s Art Activity
    • Have-a-go Watercolour Activity for Grown Ups, with Artist Roy Harris
    • Live music with Tipsy Jipsys music
    • Feature Artist Leon Holmes painting demonstration at 1pm

    1.00pm Leon Holmes Free Outdoor Oil Painting Demonstration (outside ManPAC) 

    Inside Mandurah Performing Arts Centre (ManPAC)

    Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Fishtrap Theatre Presentation:

    • 2.30pm Creating Sellable Paintings, Focus: creating emotional and visual impact

    with Feature Artist Greg Barnes (USA) presented by Mandurah Arts Festival

    BONUS: Includes live Pastel Painting Demonstration

    Sessions in the Fishtrap Theatre are included in Access All Areas Pass for fully registered artists. 

    Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Ormsby Terrace

    5pm onwards

    • Bar open, food available for registered artists, with compliments Ray White Mandurah
    • Feature Artist Panel Discussion
    • Meet the Artists and watch the exhibition grow
    • Spirit of the Landscape Exhibition, Alcoa Mandurah Art Gallery

    FESTIVAL WEEKEND DAY TWO   |   SUN 27 Sept 2026  |   Pinjarra

    Edenvale Heritage Precinct and Town Centre, Pinjarra

    10am onwards FREE ACTIVITIES

    • Watch the artists painting along the Pinjarra Heritage Trail
    • Have-a-Go watercolour activity for grown-ups with Artist Roy Harris
    • Children’s Art Activity with Artist Karen Greaves
    • Peel Growers Market
    • Live Music with Best Friends Duo
    • Nu.Arts Collective at Liveringa Gallery
    • Roger May Machinery Museum
    • Pinjarra Patchwork and Quilters
    • Murray Districts Historical Society
    • Pinjarra Arts Hub Shop

    Feature Artist Painting Demonstrations

    (check exact locations at the Bendigo Bank Marquee)

    11am             Leon Holmes (Aus): Oil Painting Demonstration

    1pm               Greg Barnes (USA): Pastel Painting Demonstration

    2.30pm          Andy Dolphin (Aus): Watercolour Painting Demonstration

     

    Are you a visiting Artist and need transportation to the site? Email pleinairdownunder@gmail.com to advise.

    Casual Sunday Evening Gathering and Meal, Back at Mandurah

    5pm – 7pm:       Artist artwork delivery at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre.

    6pm onwards:

    Artist’s dinner: location TBA

    FESTIVAL WEEKEND DAY THREE   |   MON 28 Sept 2026   |   Mandurah

    Mandjar Square, outside the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Ormsby Terrace

    8.00am onwards       Coffee and breakfast van on site

    8.30 – 9.30am            Quick Draw registration and board stamping for participating artists

    10am to 12 noon      Two Hour Quick Draw Painting Competition

    12.15 – 1.00 pm        Quick Draw Judging, Awards, Easel Exhibition and Sales

    Inside Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Ormsby Terrace

    1.30pm onwards

    • Festival Art Exhibition Opens
    • Major Awards Presentations
    • Artwork sales
    • Door prize

    Ticket Information:

    FREE to attend the three-day festival and watch all outdoor activities or

    REGISTER to PARTICIPATE AS AN ARTIST.

    QUICK DRAW

    Registration to paint

    Two Hour Painting Competition 29 September

    Adults $20.00 

    Youth aged 18 and under: $10

    Quick Draw register here

    ADULT Artist

    ADULT ARTIST: ACCESS ALL AREAS PASS, INCLUDES QUICK DRAW

    Registration to paint

    Paint, learn, exhibit and sell at all events between 22-29 September

    Adults $95 Early Bird to 31 July, $120.00 from 1 August

    Register here

    YOUTH Artist

    Registration to paint

    Paint, exhibit and sell at all events

    Aged 18 and under

    $10.00 Includes Quick Draw registration Register here

    In addition to the above, there are many other paint outs, workshops and activities held before and after the festival weekend of 26 – 28 September, all designed to celebrate the art of painting outdoors.

    View the full five week program here

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