Create some celebratory cards using acrylic gouache! In this fun, hands on class Emilie will teach you easy techniques to create colourful, geometric paintings with acrylic gouache.

This workshop is great chance to try out the unique applications of acrylic gauche paint or anyone who wants to add a add of personality and colour to their gift giving these holidays.

At the end of the class you will take home a series of original cards created by you!

This is a beginner-friendly class! All skill levels encouraged.

What will we cover?

In the class you will:

Create a color palette
Learn about design and composition
Develop scraping and masking tape techniques to create beautiful clean paintings on your cards

All materials provided - just come and have a wonderful time!

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible Venue
Gender Neutral Bathrooms
Quiet Spaces
Free Tickets for First Nation Attendees

Who will be teaching?

Emilie (she/her) is an artist and educator based between Melbourne and Marseille (Fr), working across media with a focus on community-based practice and education. She graduated from her PhD in Fine Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2020 and has been an art resident at Testing Grounds (2020), Making Space (2021) and the Comic Art Workshop (2021).

Emilie has exhibited her works at FortyFive Downstairs gallery, the Abbotsford convent, No Vacancy Gallery, Arcade and George Patton Gallery.

In 2021, Emilie opened Couleur in Collingwood, a printmaking studio focusing on DIY, hand-prints, and experimental printmaking. Since 2023, Couleur Studio has relocated in South of France. Emilie is also a comic book artist and her illustration has been published by the Lifted Brow and she self-published her first graphic novel in 2018 with Tree Paper Comics in Melbourne.

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Any other questions or ways we can assist with accessibility? Just email Maddy (she/her) at melbourne@lanewaylearning.com.

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