Come and enjoy the wonderful world of watercolour paintings!

This beginners class will teach you skills and techniques to create your own piece of watercolour art.

You will experiment with colour and shapes to create a pretty portrait!

Emilie's classes are accessible and fun. No one is left behind and absolutely no prior experience is required!

What will we cover?

This beginner’s painting class will:

Focus on using watercolour and illustration skills
Cover drawing and composition
Teach the basic of watercolour paints through a playful approach
Help you achieve a watercolour portrait illustration!

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
Feel free to use a picture or photograph you would like to use for inspiration
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 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. In 2023 she ran Glow Comics Trails festival with Laneway Learning, celebrating Melbourne's booming comics scene.

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Photo: Artist's own wonderful work.

Have a question or a accessibility question? Just shoot an email to Maddy (she/her) at melbourne@lanewaylearning.com.

Contact the host of Watercolour for Beginners: Picturesque Portraits with Emilie (online)