Watercolour Painting at Home: Australian Plants and Birds

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Learn to paint beautiful Australian native plants and birds with watercolours!


Fran Cane
Fran Cane
(Lady Bird Design)
5.0 (367)
3k followers

4 x 2 hours Class size 1 to 20 guests

$145 (Afterpay available)

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Watercolour Painting
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Kid Friendly
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Creative Kids
Come learn how to paint with watercolour and channel your inner nature lover with this fun online painting course!
Guided by friendly and experienced teacher Fran, based in the Blue Mountains, you'll get to grips with the techniques behind basic watercolour painting and brushwork.
In each session, you'll work on a range of exercises to prepare you for painting a new piece. The drawing for the painting is sent before the class and a recording of the class is sent after with an example of the finished artwork.
The Australian birds and plants covered in the course include for each series:
  • Starting in May: Yellowtail cockatoo, kangaroo paw, musk swift and mushrooms
  • Starting in October: Major Mitchell/pink, Flannel flower, Button Quail and Protea.
This online painting course is a great place to explore watercolour art, no matter your skill level. Anyone can learn how to paint with watercolours, and this class caters to both beginners and those with some painting and illustration experience.
This unique watercolour series of classes is also a lovely way to connect with other like-minded creatives with a glass of wine or cuppa in one hand and a paintbrush in the other!

Knowledge required
This class is perfect for beginners - no prior experience is needed.
 
What to bring
  • A4 sheets x 10 of smooth textured 180gsm or higher grade (sometimes called g/m2) watercolour paper (you can purchase this at any art supplies store or some office suppliers)
  • Watercolour paints: green, white, yellow, orange, blue, red, brown, black, pink. Suggest 'cake/pan' style instead of tubes. You can often buy them in a 'set' with a range of colours. (Please message if you would like brand suggestions, for this workshop high quality paints are not necessary)
  • Brushes: no.6 round tip (medium tip brush) and no.0 or no.1 round tip (fine tip brush for detail). Additional brushes medium flat would be good
  • An pencil and eraser
  • Two cups or glasses half filled with water to wash your brushes (Recommend access to water, in case you need to change it during the class OR have a jug of water clean water and a container for dirty water
  • Paper towel (a few sheets) and cotton buds
  • Hairdryer (optional)
  • Apron or old top to protect clothes
Session repeats

This class series runs over 4 consecutive sessions, at the same time every 2 weeks.

Suitable for

Suitable for adults, and kids (minimum 12 years old).

Adult accompaniment is not required.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum or gift for couples.

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Fran Cane
Fran Cane
(Lady Bird Design)

5.0 (367)
3k followers

Fran is an artist; an educator, neither overshadows, they simply entwine and enrich one another.
At a young age Fran discovered the value of creating art in her daily life. The act of art helped Fran express her identity. The process of developing an idea, especially with jewellery, seeing that idea come to completion by Fran's own hand filled her with satisfaction and accomplishment.  Fran began to see how creating art helped other aspects of my life and learning.
Fran is inspired by nature, patterns, form and texture. Each created piece portrays a slice of life, a perspective of the world in which we all live. Her mediums span painting and jewellery to collage and stitching. They all bring joy, though not everything turns out how she envisaged.
In particular Fran sees the unique design and individually handcrafted nature of bespoke jewellery as an ornamental way of extending personal self-expression. During the creative process, she is mindful that someone will be wearing the piece and it will come alive only when it finds its owner.
Fran is most comfortable in the studio classroom teaching art than in any other place or endeavour. It fills her soul to help others learn by exposing them to tools, materials and techniques of Fran's trade and then develop their skills and confidence in the creative medium.
Through support, conversation and laughter, I set a welcoming scene of free expression.
Ladybird Design Creative Studio is the culmination of creating a life around my passions of art, jewellery and teaching. It frees Fran to take a piece of silver, blank canvas or paper, turn it into a beautiful thing and share it with the world every day. Fran believes now more than ever that pursuing one’s passions makes life more colourful and vibrant, gives us pleasure and purpose, but most of all it reminds us of who we are.
Fran would love to share the joy of creating and making with you.

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