Watercolours for Beginners: Watercolour Dinosaurs with Emilie (Online)
Event description
In this intro to watercolours class, Emilie will teach the basics of colour mixing and brush work through some fun dinosaur illustrations !
And how cool are dinosaurs?Â
We’ll learn about mixing our watercolours to make the most of the beautiful textures that watercolour has to offer. We’ll also start to develop more control of the brush with some easy exercises accessible to all.Â
You'll complete three watercolour dinosaur illustrations and resources to keep leaning more!
What will we cover?
This beginner’s painting class will:
- Teach the basic of watercolour paints through a playful approach
- Focus on using watercolour and illustration skills
- Explore colour mixing and application
- Help you achieve watercolour dinosaur illustrations!
What will I need?
- Watercolour set (or any water based paint)
- Paper (ideally watercolour paper 300GSM, but any thick paper will do)
- Water and brushes
- Pencils, eraser, paper towel, any drawing material you have
- Optional: Waterproof fineliner (UniPin or Sakura Micron for instance)
- Optional: gelly roll white pen (Sakura gelly roll for instance)
Accessibility
- Closed Captions
- Discounted Early Bird Tickets
- Free Tickets for First Nation AttendeesÂ
- Auslan Interpreted Upon Request
Who will be teaching?Â
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. In 2023 she is running Glow Comics Trails festival with Laneway Learning, celebrating Melbourne's booming comics scene.
Important information:Â
Photo of Artist's own wonderful work.
Questions about the class or other ways we can assist with accessibility? Just email us at  melbourne@lanewaylearning.com
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