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 piece of Spring floral watercolour art!

What will we cover?

This beginner’s painting class will:

Focus on using watercolour and illustration skills

Cover drawing and composition
Teach the basics of watercolour paints through a playful approach
Help you achieve a watercolour floral illustration!

What will I need?

Watercolour paints
Brushes
Watercolour paper
Paper towel for blotting if desired

Accessibility

Closed Captions
Free Tickets for First Nation Attendees
Auslan Interpreted Upon Request

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 is running Glow Comics Trails festival with Laneway Learning, celebrating Melbourne's booming comics scene.

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Any other questions or accessibility requests just email Maddy (she/her) at melbourne@lanewaylearning.com.