"Anyone can paint if they are given the right instructions.” - Marcel Desbiens, Master Artist and Principal Tutor
Marcel has designed learning pathways to give students structure as they develop from novice to advanced artist.
If you have limited or no experience with Watercolour paint, then we recommend you start with Penelope Gilbert-Ng who will help you learn the basics of Watercolour painting in a friendly and supportive environment.
Penelope offers beginners and intermediate workshops, as does Jan Lawnikanis
If you fancy playing with Watercolour while sipping your drink of choice, come to one of the regular Paint & Sip events.
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Once you have built your confidence with Watercolour, it's time to develop and broaden your skills with a weekend workshop run by a guest artist, covering a range of subjects.
About the workshop Designed for the absolute beginner, this two-day workshop will introduce you to the wonderful world of watercolour painting! Jan will guide you step-by-step with learning all the basics you’ll need to create simple paintings of beautiful flowers. No drawing skills are required as references will be provided to transfer. Learn from an expert the methods of not only how to use watercolours correctly, but exactly what to avoid and how to fix mistakes. Have an...
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About the workshop Land and Seascape painting is one of Watercolour’s most satisfying and popular genres. We know this because our fundamental love of countryside can be combined with the thrill of achieving real depth for a change of sometimes miles - not metres - and with a watery medium that is absolutely perfect for achieving haze and distance. But we need to be able to do it reliably, with an understanding of the land and sea’s colours and tones that can change and make it...
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Szczepan’s (Stefan) BEYOND BEGINNERS watercolour workshop are intended to be a relaxing environment for students with a “solid basic grounding” in watercolour to come and immerse themselves in a total watercolour experience. This workshop aims to extend each student basic watercolour skills by using well understood watercolour techniques in “easy to follow”, step by step painting methods. What will I learn? This workshop will cover a broad range of watercolour basics, including; •...
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Add colour to your festive season with this unique paint and sip style watercolour event, in which you supply the drink or food and we supply the rest! This casual, relaxed class – held all year round – is perfect for absolute beginners, as no prior painting experience is needed. We can host at our art studio or come to your workplace! During the session, you’ll have the opportunity to experiment with watercolour paints in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere while creating your own...
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Australian born, Heidi Willis is an entirely self-taught Natural History watercolour artist, specialising in botanical illustration and bird painting. Her work intricately illustrates our native and exotic plants, flowers, fruits and seed capsules, whilst her powerful & distinctive portraits of our spectacular bird life offers viewers an insight into the world as she experiences it. Through demonstrations, step by step tuition and guided hands on learning, this workshop will...
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About this class Paul Margocsy is considered to be one of Australia’s best wildlife painters and a member of “The Wildlife Art Society of Australasia”. Paul will show you the beauty and wonder of wildlife art and with the use of watercolours, gouache and air brushing it will enable you not only to paint feathers and fur, but to paint attitude, character and photo quality within your subject. The backgrounds and the “props” of wildlife art are important when you are painting...
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This workshop is suitable for absolute Beginners and those that wish to hone in their watercolour skills. Tony White is a Watercolour Artist living in Hobart, Tasmania. He has established a great following with collectors and students alike. His work has been sold internationally and by art collectors. His social media following is gaining momentum and with over 11,000 Facebook followers, he is hitting his stride around the world. He is fast becoming a much sought-after tutor,...
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Szczepan’s (Stefan) BEGINNER watercolour workshop are intended to be a relaxing environment for students with “LIMITED” to “NO” watercolour experience. This workshop aims to teach each student basic watercolour skills by using well understood watercolour techniques in “easy to follow”, step by step painting methods. All materials are included. All you need to do is turn up! What will I learn? • an understanding of what materials to use and why, including paper, paint and brushes •...
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About the workshop After two decades of designing colour charts and teaching colour theory, Jan has developed what she considers to be the easiest system of learning about colour for artists. Using the true primaries –Cyan, Magenta and Yellow, students will only need 3 tubes of paint to produce an enormous range of hues. Learn why red is not a primary colour at all and why previous colour systems were so tricky to use. Easy colour mixing and matching will be a revelation to...
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Szczepan's (Stefan's) Watercolour Essentials for Beginners - Extended workshop is a relaxing environment for students with a basic grounding in watercolour to come and immerse themselves in a new watercolour experience. It will extend the “Absolute Beginner” students beyond the basic techniques of “wet-on-wet” and “dry-brush”. This weekend workshop will challenge students and take them beyond the basics and into experimental territory. What will I learn? You’ll be exploring...
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