DIY Paint-making with Sheree Martin

A hands-on experience transforming plant material and minerals into a natural colour paint palette.

Thursday 25th November

6.30pm - 8.30pm

$55 / $41

Learn how to make your own paint! The paint you will take home is all natural and safe for you and your kids to enjoy.

The schedule for the session is as follows

Choose your plant and mineral materials
Learn how to prepare for pigment making, includes cutting, drying, grinding
Mixing the pigments and combining with binders
Testing out the pigment colours
Exploring and creating with your handmade paint/dye/ink to create an artwork

WHAT YOU'll GET

Knowledge of what and how to make your own pure paints at home
An opportunity to learn from a professional local artist who specialises in natural art-making
A playful experience creating an artwork to take home
New connections with other creatives

WHAT TO BRING

Apron/old shirt, or clothes you don't mind getting dirty
Notebook and pen to take notes
4 empty jars for paint samples to take home (we will have some if you are unable to bring your own)

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL

Please book via Humanitix so that we know you are coming.

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR

Sheree Martin from The Little Red Art Shed is a professional artist who brings curiosity, imagination and wonder together in her uniquely designed and facilitated ARTplaydates for young children and families… and now for Adults!

ARTplaydates engage ‘art as a creative process’… where the play and exploration is what matters!… where hearts and minds flow freely in the unfolding and often messy fun of nurturing our creative flow.

Sheree is a passionate community-based artist and advocate for nurturing creativity in this ARTplayful style along with sharing the joy and benefits that engaging in this process brings to enhancing our health and wellbeing.