Expressive Spring Florals or Still Life in Mixed Media

What will be covered in this course?

Learn how to create a large scale artwork ready to hang on your wall in two days. Step by step instruction and demonstrations of how to build up a painting in layers, using negative shapes to pull out shapes. Adding line with pens, charcoal etc.

By the end of this course students will:

Students will understand and apply expressive painting techniques. Feel confident combining media and abstraction. Complete one unique expressive artwork. Develop a voice in mixed media.

THIS CLASS IS FOR: Beginners to intermediate.

LOCATION: Woolgoolga Gallery 73 Turon Parade Woolgoolga

TIME: Saturday 18 & 25 September 9.30 am - 12.30 pm

DURATION: 3 hours

TUTOR: Julianne Gosper

COST: Member $90/ Non Member $100

REQUIRED MATERIALS

Acrylic or watercolour paint
Brushes and palette knife
Crayons or pastels
Mixed media paper (available from tutor)
Canvas minimum 60 cm X 50 cm
Charcoal, ink or markers
2-3 floral or still life reference photos or real flowers

ABOUT THE TUTOR

Julianne Gosper is a multimedia artist living on the mid north coast of New South Wales. She spent her childhood immersed in nature on the family farm in Central New South Wales. It was here that Julianne developed a love and appreciation of the Natural world.

Julianne completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from U.N.S.W and a Grad Dip Arts Education at Deakin University. She has participated in many solo and group exhibitions in the Hunter and Clarence Valley regions. Julianne has won numerous awards including The Yulgilbar fellowship (Grafton Regional Gallery), Most Outstanding Animal Artwork and Peoples Choice at The Sydney Cruelty Free festival. Regionally she was awarded The Bendigo Art Prize, Grafton Regional Gallery Acquisitive prize, The Louis Ellem Award for Most Outstanding Artwork and Peoples Choice at The Jacaranda Art Exhibition and Go Art Exhibition, The Soundscape Award and Most Outstanding Artwork at LCAC 8x8 Exhibition, Maclean.

Working with a fluid and experimental approach, Julianne combines water-based mediums—including charcoal, inks, spray paint, gouache, watercolour, acrylics, and water-based crayons—to create evocative works inspired by the Australian environment.

Deeply drawn to the symbolic power of Australian flora and fauna, Julianne’s work is informed by a fascination with Aboriginal myths and creation stories. These cultural narratives, rich with meaning and connection, echo through her compositions. Her art seeks to capture not just the form, but the essence or personality of her subjects—be they birds, flora, trees, or elemental forces within the landscape.