Exploring Aussie Landscapes – Techniques and Tricks – Artist Wyn Vogel – Sunday 11th May 2025 – Hamilton Victoria

‘Aussie’ skies and landscapes have the richest textures and colour of anywhere in the world – this one-day Workshop is designed to share with you some techniques and tricks to enable you to explore the images and ideas you collect as you travel around the regions of Australia and/or overseas!

Artist Wyn Vogel – was very happy to explore and paint for 7 Days in the Kimberley WA, in late 2024 and now based in the Western Districts of Victoria – she has a wealth of images and material to share with you.

Wyn works step by step – so that you don’t have to be an experienced Artists to enjoy a relaxed BYO Picnic and Paint Day in her new Fish Lane Studios in Hamilton Victoria – BYO your own lunch – tea and coffee are available, cold sparkling water and some treats!

Bring a Picnic Lunch and a Mug

This is a full day Workshop – from 10am to 2.30pm or there about – so bring a picnic lunch – tea and coffee are available and a fridge of cool water is at your fingertips.

Art Materials to Bring With You:

All of these items listed below are available to buy in Studio if you don’t have them – !

• At least 1 sheet Arches 300gsm Cold Pressed Watercolour Paper
• And some smaller sheets of watercolour paper to try out ideas – again experimental so these can be scraps from other Work if you have them!

PAINTS | Watercolour Paint – Watercolour Pencils – Watercolour Inks – 

but please bring whatever colours you have in your kit –

• Ultramarine Blue
• Indigo
• Cadmium Yellow – Deep
• Phthalo Blue
• Alizarin Crimson and/or Deep Cadmium Red – or similar colours – you are welcome to bring colours of your favourite roses see the images on the montage of Roses

Brushes – at least those below –

but please bring whatever brushes you have in your kit:

At Least 1 of each brush below – more will help you:

• 1 each x 1/2 inch and 3/4inch Angle Shader
• 1 x wide wash brush at least 2 inches in width – for wet work, we recommend the 2 inch Art Spectrum Soft Varnish Brush – I would recommend you have at least 2 with you, and
• 1 x wide dry brush at least 2 inches in width – feel it with you hand and maker sure it is very soft Goat Hair recommended – for dry work –
• 1 x Squirrel Needle point or Chinese style calligraphy brush for detailed line work and layering of your colours – we recommend No10 – NEEF Squirrel Needle Point – see the images below and on the cover photo for guidance!

Other Tools:

• 1 x old kitchen spray bottle – washed out and ready to have clean water to spray across your paints – I recommend an old ‘Windex’ Bottle of similar to give you a good spray of water.
• a 2B pencil and if you would like a rubber
• Hair dryer to dry your work between layers
• Backing board to tape your sample papers down (core board or similar from Bunnings) and tape to manage your paper – we don’t use an easel we tape the paper to the backing board so we can move the paper and tilt or turn as needed to manage your paint and water.

REFUND POLICY

** refunds will be in full if we are notified 72 hours ahead of the Dates,

** we will withhold the card fee, but refund bookings notified within 24 hours of the Workshops – however,

** if there is a no-show on the day without notification, we will not refund the ticket at that time.