Art

Melbourne’s Hoddle grid is full of wonderful heritage buildings. Have you noticed their details and flair? Would you like to know them a bit better? let’s capture our favourite memories of these places and draw, ink and watercolour a heritage building.

Marloes will guide us through the process, offering tips and advice on how to use watercolours, pens or markers to create your own watercolour heritage building image. This class is suited to any age and skill level.

Spend an evening relaxing while creating a variety of bright colourful handmade Xmas items (cards, tags, tree ornaments) to grace your home and as gift to friend and families.  Nothing beats the personal touch of a handmade gift!

Learn how to create these in a fun, relaxed way in this fantastic beginners painting class.

Celebrating Christmas with an introduction to the world of abstract illustration (or Doodles) as a gateway to relaxation, meditation and mindfulness. This highly addictive art form is easy, fun & portable and anyone can do it, no artistic talent needed, all you need is a desire to try something new and fun.

Side effects can be – Outbursts of spontaneous creativity with associated smiling, growing sense of tranquillity and a burgeoning passion for fine pens and papers!

What do J.R.R. Tolkien, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Amy Adams have in common? They’re all historical linguists*. Learn about the history of language in a 75-minute introductory class on Historical Linguistics. From how the field developed, to changing meanings of words, you’ll come away with a newfound appreciation of the language(s) you speak.

Learning how to create your own beautiful decorative and personalised map of the neighbourhood of your choice is fun!

Create a lovely illustrative map of some of your favourite spots to hang out, your neighbourhood or a treasured holiday journey. These can decorate your home? or send to friends and family as a way of sharing your favourite haunts and moments with those you care about.

Join us and illustrate the iconic landmarks and places in your life – like the best place to brunch? and revisit your favourite places by putting them down on paper.

Learn this fun and easy embroidery on canvas technique to create a striking work of art for your home or as a personal gift!  Combining paint and thread, using easy stitches and templates.  The results are so satisfying and they make an ideal great personal Christmas gift too!

Come to this class and break the myth about what is often considered the most difficult artistic genre: Portraits!
In this drawing class, Emilie will provide some technical pointers to draw the human faces: through observation exercises, you’ll learn the basics about proportion, tone and shading. Trying different approaches, you will draw from observation and from imagination.

We will learn about the structure of the head, its proportions, how to draw it in perspective, and how to shade your drawings to get a solid 3D look. Plus you learn how to illustrate expressions, different emotions or feelings on the face.

Leave the class with plenty of fun drawing exercises to start your own sketchbook and unlock your inner artist. Everyone welcome !

Kokedama is an ancient Japanese botanical art like bonsai or ikebana art. The word ‘Kokedama’ means ‘moss ball’ in Japanese as they are plants living in freestanding balls of moss-covered soil instead of pots.  Kokedama are a beautiful way to bring greenery into your home and are ideal for apartments or flats with minimal space. In this class, we will learn how to make them and take home your own kokedama creation.

Understood by most people regardless of their language or culture, maps have always been used as a way to communicate what is known about the world. Generally depicting geographic information, they can not only chart the boundaries of our world, but also of our minds, of our imagination, of our emotions.

By using symbols and codes that started to develop thousands of years ago, you will explore your own personal journey, by drawing an imaginary map around the theme of your choice (feel free to bring your ideas to the class, or get inspired on the day).

If you visit galleries in Australia and around the world, you will often see prints made by artists using engraved copper or zinc plates.  You can do this at home but with an easy hack – using milk cartons or juice boxes!

In this workshop you will learn how to design an image for printmaking, engrave your milk box plate, ink it, and then make your own limited edition of prints.