Learn how to use colour, shape, line and value in paintings.

This is a skills-based art workshop exploring painting techniques. We’ll start with some drawing exercises, including learning about mark-making and different ways to warm up the muscles in our hands. Next, we’ll do some mini studies to start understanding our subject, looking at shape, value (light and dark), line and colour. After we’ve learnt some new skills, we’ll apply this to creating a painting, working from line to value to colour to create an original painting.

This workshop is designed for young artists aged 12 - 16. We have two teaching artists in every workshop and cap participants at 15 students, meaning there is plenty of one-on-one support.

To note:

Parents/guardians will be asked to sign children in upon arrival and provide a contact number for the day. Children must be picked up from the workshop by a parent/guardian.
Art making is messy, please wear clothes that are not precious.
Snacks are welcomed.

Images are created by our teaching artist, Holly, and are for illustrative purposes. We emphasise creativity alongside skill-building, so your child's artwork will look uniquely theirs.

Meet our teaching artists, Mim and Holly

Illustrations by Gabriel Evans.

Mim loves to crochet, paint and craft. She is an Early Childhood Educator who is often found running Story Time and Book Clubs at Paper Bird. Mim's loves to read junior fiction, particularly tales with heart.

Holly loves to paint, draw, sew, knit, sculpt and carve and is always finding new mediums to try. She is a pre-service Secondary Educator who majored in Art History and Literature and found the perfect place to combine her interests as an teaching artist at Paper Bird. Holly has travelled to Japan, Europe, Canada, New Zealand and more, collecting inspiration for her art practice.