Shadows and Rendering – what makes your painting pop – explore ways to drop in shadow to your Artwork and discover the beauty of rendering to model your subject to show off the form – This Ticket includes $25 towards a ‘Picnic Lunch’ Catered by BillyKart West End Chef Ben O’Donoghue – with Ben Roberts looking after you on the Deck!
We’ve got a very big weekend coming up starting 4th November 2022 – 6pm to 7.30pm
Come and Meet the Artist and share – Drinks and canapés along with a mixed media Dragon art demonstration by Artist – Tammy Martin before she heads to Supanova Brisbane for the next two days after that!
Phew! we’re all excited Tammy !!!!!
WHERE – FISH LANE STUDIOS – 4 Edmondstone Street – South Brisbane – Qld – 4101 …………3 blocks away from the BRISBANE Convention Centre along Melbourne Street towards West End – turn right at Edmondstone Street and walk up the hill to us!
Christmas Picnic and Paint – Modern Botanical – Fresh from the Brisbane Flower Markets – We will celebrate a year of great painting and lots of fun – experimenting with colours and textures – papers and mediums – this will be the showcase Workshop Saturday November 2022 – Fish Lane Studios 10am to 2.30pm – Picnic Lunch catered by BillyKart Restaurant 4 Edmondstone Street – South Brisbane – Qld 4101 – Ticket includes $20 towards our ‘Picnic Lunch’ catered by BillyKart Restaurant on the Deck – scroll down for ‘Art Materials’ to bring with you!
Choose your Day – 8 or 9 October 2022 – For a ‘Watercolour Masterclass – Understanding the 4 Pillars’ by Alvaro Castagnet. This workshop is an intense day of inspiration, hard work and productive learning. You can choose to attend both days or only the one day – Saturday 8th October and/or Sunday 9th October – they are ticketed separately to enable you to choose the amount of time you have to Workshop comfortably with Alvaro.
Choose your Day – 8 or 9 October 2022 – For a ‘Watercolour Masterclass – Understanding the 4 Pillars’ by Alvaro Castagnet. This workshop is an intense day of inspiration, hard work and productive learning. You can choose to attend both days or only the one day – Saturday 8th October and/or Sunday 9th October – they are ticketed separately to enable you to choose the amount of time you have to Workshop comfortably with Alvaro.
Combining Stories – A Landscape and Icons that you love! For this Workshop we are taking the imagery I demonstrated at the Royal Brisbane Ag Show – The EKKA 2022 and using these as our working images!
We will explore how to lay a landscape out onto your paper and bring it to life with vibrant colour – the landscape we will draw inspiration from is taken from the mouth of Stumers Creek – on the Sunshine Coast and the ‘Icons’ will be The Australian Flora that we have been working with in our Studio lessons over the last few weeks – Gum Blossoms and/or Grevillea you are welcome to join me for this Workshop.
Don’t forget BillyKart Restaurant is open on the Deck beside us and make the best Brekky’s – you can buy a coffee or full breakfast and enjoy it while you paint – Ben and his team are amazing and will deliver to us in the Studio! 10am start on Saturday 10th August 2022 – to 1pm.
A Working Watercolour – What is this?
Watercolours over the ages have been used by Artists to capture their immediate fresh image of a landscape or portrait – and then often this is transposed into an Oil painting on canvas! Very much an old Masters technique – and this is the same today ………. come and learn how this piece of Work – taken from images of Lake Tekapo – shared by a client whose fond memories of this lake were driving this decision to have a painting, and understand how you can translate your images from one medium to the other AND/OR just enjoy the Watercolour !!! Remember – BillyKart Restaurant is open for Breakfast so not need to go hungry – drop in and order breakfast and have it while you paint or grap a tea and coffee to warm you up – all welcome in the Studio – but come a little before 10am to get set up and organised!
For this Wednesday Workshop – we will continue to explore the beauty of Australian Flora – taking on board the many colours of Grevillea and the amazing twist and turns of the Banksia as it grows and ages! Your welcome to bring your own images or find some native branches along the way to inspire us – see below for the ‘Materials to Bring’ – BYO your own lunch and a mug – tea and coffee provided!
This Stage 2 is a slightly advanced class for those Artists wanting to explore further the new finishes Wet on Wet techniques open up for their artwork – it is recommended that you have attended some of our Workshops previous to this or have some experience with watercolour painting…….for my regular students – a novelty ‘No Ink’ ……. if you are coming straight from Work – BillyKart Restaurant is open and you can have your dinner delivered to the Studio – coffee and tea available – wine can be purchased from BillyKart as well!
Brisbane – Fish Lane Studios – Artist Wyn Vogel – geared to enable you to conquer those brushes, water and paint! Fish Lane Studios – 4 Edmondstone Street – South Brisbane – Queensland 4101 We have decided to move the … Read More
Taking inspiration for this Workshop from the beautiful Blue Mountains and the drifting mists! Artist Wyn Vogel will work with you to shape your painting – taking you into the mysterious crevices of the Mountains – having grown up in the Blue Mountains these images are embedded in her heart!
Check below for the ‘Materials to Bring’ and lunch will be available to purchase from the River la Vie Cafe where we will be painting – a tea/coffee will be available to welcome you to class on arrival – 20 April 2022 – 10am to 1.30pm
A Boutique Class with Artist Jan Lawnikanis – HOW TO CREATE LIGHT EFFECTS IN WATERCOLOUR!
You will be – Mastering the use of tone, colour, light and shadows is essential for successful watercolour paintings and learning how to create atmospheric impressions to suit a variety of subjects while discovering the differences in natural and artificial light.
With a combination of theory, demonstrations and individual projects, you will gain new skills for manipulating subject matter to depict different moods and effects.
A Boutique Class with Artist Jan Lawnikanis – PAINT and PENCILS – Combining watercolours and colour pencils for a range of subjects.
Watercolours and colour pencils are a perfect match and this workshop will explore how to use them together in individual ways. “Failed’ watercolour paintings can be improved with the addition of pencils or they can be used simultaneously as a mixed-media artwork. Be surprised by the range of surfaces compatible with using these mediums together.
Techniques with aquarelle (water-soluble colour pencils) will also be covered. It’s quite rare to find workshops with these pencils, but students will learn many tips on how to get professional results.
Some basic experience with watercolour is essential, but newcomers to colour pencil art are welcome.
NOTE: Aquarelle Pencils will be available for sale in the Studio, along with paints and paper – if you need them, but please, check the booking page for materials to bring.
Re-live your favourite travel destinations in this workshop for all skill levels. Bring along a photo of a street scene or landscape and recreate it in your preferred medium – watercolour, oil, acrylic, pastel, pen& ink… Artist Des Lambert will share his tips and techniques to paint from your travel photos.
Des works in a variety of styles and mediums – samples of his work are shown above and below. He will guide you through the process of using photo references to create a compelling and satisfying work of art. This includes how to identify the essence of what you want to capture from a treasured scene and then select what to keep, remove and re-imagine, all underpinned by a solid drawing foundation.
Join us for the last – 2 Months November and December 2021 – Celebrating the end of the Year that was! Events Nov 2021 | A Final Picnic and Paint – with Artist-in-Residence Wyn Vogel Artist-in-Residence – Wyn Vogel … Read More
The Australian Watercolour Muster team – 2021 – Helping Our Artists in Lock Down 95% of sales back to the Artists! We have sat down over the last few weeks and discussed the Covid lock down situations and decided that … Read More