Watercolour is a wonderful medium to start learning about the basics of colour theory. Get your watercolour set and join this class to learn all about composing a colour palette and mixing your watercolours!
We’ll work on a couple of illustrations exploring the full spectrum of colour and learn to control the tonal value of your colours for shading and better contrast.
Whether you are a complete beginner or already play around a bit with watercolour, you’ll expand your skills and understanding of colour in this fun and engaging class.
What will we cover?
Emilie will cover the very basics of colour theory and you’ll get to learn through a hand-on approach all about primary, secondary colours, adjacent and complementary colours as well as creating a beautiful mixing grid of colours.
What will you 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, fine liner and any drawing material you have
- Optional : Masking tape/washi tape, white gelly roll pen (such as Sakura Gelly roll), white gouache, hair dryer
Accessibility
- Discounted Early Bird Tickets
- Free Tickets for First Nation Attendees
- Auslan Interpreted Upon Request
Who will be teaching?
Emilie (she/her) is a Melbourne based artist and educator, 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) and the Comic Art Workshop (2021).
Emilie moved from France in 2014 and has been developing her art practice in Melbourne since, exhibiting her works at FortyFive Downstairs gallery, the Abbotsford convent, No Vacancy Gallery, Arcade and George Patton Gallery. 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 2021, Emilie opened Couleur in Collingwood, a printmaking studio focusing on DIY, hand-prints, and experimental printmaking.
Important info:
Image teacher’s own wonderful work
Have a question or accessibility request? Feel free to email Maddy (she/her) at melbourne@lanewaylearning.com.