Past Online Classes
Take a look back at the online classes we’ve run.
Past Online Classes
Making Crêpes: Tips & Tricks with French Native Océane
Want to learn to make delicious crêpes like the real French? Making tasty home-made crêpes doesn’t require much equipment, but it does require a certain know-how. Come and learn all the tips & tricks to make delicious crêpes for breakfast and parties with the authentic recipe of a French grandma and the advice of her granddaughter - experts…
Printing with a Press with Emilie
Printmaking is a fun and accessible art form, but the main difficulty beginners encounter is access to a press! KANGA PRESS is a new 100% Australian made printmaking press and Emilie is offering a one-off curriculum to learn to use it for block printmaking (linocut, woodblock, etc). No experience necessary! Come and join this fun…
Pardon My French: How to Swear Properly in French with Océane
Sacrebleu ! P**n, petit fripon, malotru, m***e, tu m’énerves ! French may be well known as a language of manners, but they also know how to curse! Learning swear words in another language is always good for a laugh. But it can also be really informative about cultural contexts and history. Discover with us the…
Intro to Linocut with Emilie
More than just a floor covering! Did you know that linocut has been used in printing for over a century and this technique was originally for making wallpaper? Printing with linocut is similar to woodcut printmaking but a bit easier to work with (because it has no grain to consider like wood). In this…
Make Your Own Silver Ring with Qing
**This is a two-part class with the class taking place on Tuesday Nov 21st and Tuesday Nov 28th (fee covers both classes)** Come and make your own silver ring! Making something yourself if always so meaningful, and to make a ring - something significant that we likely wear everyday - has even extra charm. This class…
Make Your Own Silver Ring with Qing
This class also runs at 7: 45pm Tues Nov 21st**This is a two-part class with the class taking place on Tuesday Nov 21st and Tuesday Nov 28th (fee covers both classes)** Come and make your own silver ring! Making something yourself if always so meaningful, and to make a ring - something significant that we likely…
Journaling Writing to Embrace the Variety of Life with Ingrid (Online)
Knowing what you don't want can be a valuable stepping stone to working out what you do want. Both aspects add to the wonderful variety of life and ease decision-making. As you learn a unique step-by-step journal writing framework, you’ll also be inspired to appreciate all of your options. Imagine you were stepping into a…
Meditative Doodling for Beginners with Ethel
Fancy an art class that really, truly requires no drawing experience? Love art but don't always feel creative? This class give you an introduction to simple doodling using straight forward but versatile techniques. Pairing things black to simple black and white, learn to creative bold and striking patterns with just a single pen. As well…
DIY Organic Skincare with Lily
Lily's organic skincare class is educational, practical, and extremely effective. Using simple products that are good for you and the environment Lily can guide you through the use and creation of eco-friendly, vegan and natural beauty products for your face and body. No harsh or polluting chemicals, and reduced single-use plastics, these ingredients create products that are usually so much…
Watercolours for Beginners: Beautiful Botanicals with Marloes (Online)
Join wildlife artist Marloes and learn to paint beautiful botanicals with watercolours. Marloes will guide you through the steps and methods for applying and manipulating watercolour paints and pencils, as well as tricks and tips to get awesomely realistic (and sometimes deliberately less realistic) effects. Join us for a fun session that’s a great way to start your…
An introduction to Yonkoma Manga with Mek
Laneway Learning and artist Emilie Walsh have partnered to run Glow Comics Trails: an art trail by Melbourne comics artists featuring glow-in-the-dark easter eggs for you to find! As part of the event, Laneway Learning is offering the selected artists an opportunity to run a beginner workshop with us! A special opportunity to meet Melbourne…
Shortbread and Mince Pies in Time for Christmas with Jennifer (Online)
Very traditional and very delicious; who doesn’t love shortbread and shortcrust pastry? Learn all the tips and tricks before the silly season is upon you! In this class we will be inspired to make some classy shortbread and mince pie gifts for your friends and tuck away a little bit for ourselves. Cook along with this…
Macrame for Beginners: Bottle Bag with Maddy
Are you likely to be gifting a bottle of wine this Xmas? Or need to know you'll remain H2O hydrated all through the Summer, with your loyal drink bottle by your side? How about a fun reusable bag that you've made yourself? So many creations are possible with macrame, which in its basic form is…
Polymer Clay: Miniature Food – Festive Edition with Maria
How adorable are mini polymer clay creations? ! These clay cuties can be made into earrings, keyrings, fridge magnets or delicious looking table nicknacks! Polymer Clay is a medium that is easy to work with - with many fun colours to choose from. In this festive season class we'll learn how to make a tiny…
Beginner Pottery: Handforming Vessels with Maddy
Come and explore the world of pottery and hand forming! Maddy will guide you through an introduction to pottery, supporting you to make your own piece of pottery art from air-dry clay. You might like to make an ornamental dish, a bud vase, a little pinch pot. . . whatever you can think of! At…
DIY Kitchen Lithographs: Printing with Emilie
In this new class, Emilie will teach the fun and accessible printmaking technique: kitchen lithography. Lithography is a Fine Arts printmaking technique that usually requires a big limestone block, chemicals and an etching press. But with this DIY version, you can get a taste on the technique at home and create some beautiful prints! Come…
Feldenkrais: Floating Legs with Ralph (Online)
Come and experience Feldenkrais as we help you create lightness and ease in the legs. Your teacher Ralph will guide you through a series of floor exercises that soften and mobilise the legs and coordinate their movement with the pelvis and back. The result is easy, graceful walking with a feeling of weightlessness and floating…
Intro to Acrylic Markers: Colourful Patterns with Emilie
In this class, Emilie will teach you how to design colourful patterns using acrylic posca markers. Posca are paint markers that create beautiful smooth surfaces that give striking results for pattern design. Fill some notebooks with mini patterns and test out all the combinations of colour and shapes your imagination can think of! And enjoy…
Intro to Resin: Trinket Trays with Maria
Resin is a popular material that offers great variety in the projects you can make and the decorations that you can encase. Join us for an intro into resin where we will learn how to mix, colour and pour our resin into silicone moulds to make and decorate our own trinket trays. To achieve clear,…
Intro to Resin: Trinket Trays with Maria
Resin is a popular material that offers great variety in the projects you can make and the decorations that you can encase. Join us for an intro into resin where we will learn how to mix, colour and pour our resin into silicone moulds to make and decorate our own trinket trays. To achieve clear,…
Concrete Crafts: Make a Planter with Maria
From the humble construction material to popular home decor, concrete is being used as a designer material for candle holders, planters, platters, and more. Come join this class and learn how to use concrete in your craft and design projects and make a planter to take home! What will we cover? We will make a…
DIY Eco Paints & Painting: Proboscis Monkey with Serene
Come and learn how to create eco paints from safe, natural ingredients from your kitchen! And put them immediately to use as you learn to paint a proboscis monkey! Did you know that know that traditional acrylic paints, while bright and cheery, contain plastics that end up in our waterways? Not just their packaging, but…
Tofu: Healthy Plant-Based Japanese Recipes with Naoko (online)
How delicious is fresh Japanese! Such attention to detail of flavour, texture, colour, and aroma. While requiring an attention to details, Japanese cooking doesn't need to be too complicated to be both incredibly tasty and healthy. In this class you'll be able to cook along with Naoko in Kanazawa, Japan, as she demonstrates how to…
Signature Scents: Make Your Own Perfume with Lily
Have you been looking for an eco-friendly, vegan or a natural perfume? Maybe you've always wanted to design your own signature scent! Come and join Lily for this much anticipated Laneway Learning workshop and make your own natural perfume! Whether you're a floral fan, or citrus enthusiast - or perhaps earthy and spicy! - you'll certainly find…
SOLD OUT – Signature Scents: Make Your Own Perfume with Lily
Have you been looking for an eco-friendly, vegan or a natural perfume? Maybe you've always wanted to design your own signature scent! Come and join Lily for this much anticipated Laneway Learning workshop and make your own natural perfume! Whether you're a floral fan, or citrus enthusiast - or perhaps earthy and spicy! - you'll certainly find…
Dry Felting 101: Cute Fruit with Heather
What’s it all about? Needle felting is the simple process of turning loose wool into a solid felt using a barbed needle. It’s a very easy craft which doesn’t require extensive equipment. You can make toys, ornaments and decorations - a very fun and creative hobby! In this beginner class we'll be learning to dry…
Pet Portraits with Marloes (Online)
Would you like to draw a super cute portrait of your pet? Or really any other animal you love! Come and learn how to create an adorable pet image and how to create the perfect animal fur texture with artist Marloes! This class welcome beginners! What will we cover? Through this draw along workshop you…
Acrylic Painting for Beginners: Starry Flinders St with Fran
Ever wanted to paint the most famous Melbourne landmark, but intimidated by where to start? Maybe you've always wanted to try painting with acrylics but haven't felt confident enough with the materials to get going! In this class, you will be taken step by step through a guided painting tutorial of the iconic Flinders St…
Beginner Mosaics: Trinket Trays with Heather
What’s it all about? Mosaic is a great technique for giving a colourful lift to everyday items - plant pots, coasters, table tops - with no project to big or small! It's a simple process of cutting ceramics, tiles and glass to size (or repurposing broken crockery), adhering it to a suitable surface, and…
Acrylic Gouache: Geometric Painting with Emilie
In this super fun, hands on class Emilie will teach you easy techniques to create colourful, geometric paintings with acrylic gouache. This workshop is great for anyone keen to explore the world of acrylic gauche paint or just wants to get in touch their creative side. At the end of the class you will take home…
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