In this class, Emilie will share her tips to get started with gouache painting!

Gouache is an easy to source, affordable, water-based paint that is perfect for complete beginners. The texture of gouache gives a matte, flat finish that suits contemporary illustration style.

This class will cover the basics of colour theory, brush control and guide you step by step to create an easy gouache painting on paper.

All materials provided! Just come and have a wonderful time!

What will we cover?

This this class we will cover:

An intro to colour theory in gouache: practice sheet and colour charts

Exercises in mixing colours for small botanical illustrations

Composition and illustration in gouache

A good understanding of the materials and supplies

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible Venue

All Gender Bathrooms

Early Bird Cheap Tix

Free Tix for First Nation Attendees

Who will be teaching?

Emilie (she/her) is an artist and educator based
between Melbourne and Marseille (Fr), working across media with a focus
on community-based practice and education. She graduated from her PhD in
Fine Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2020 and has been an
art resident at Testing Grounds (2020), Making Space (2021) and the
Comic Art Workshop (2021).

Emilie has exhibited her works at FortyFive Downstairs gallery, the
Abbotsford convent, No Vacancy Gallery, Arcade and George Patton
Gallery.

In 2021, Emilie opened Couleur in Collingwood, a printmaking studio focusing on DIY, hand-prints, and experimental printmaking. Since 2023, Couleur Studio
has relocated in South of France. Emilie is also a comic book artist
and her illustration has been published by the Lifted Brow and she
self-published her first graphic novel in 2018 with Tree Paper Comics in
Melbourne. In 2023 she ran Glow Comics Trails festival with
Laneway Learning, celebrating Melbourne's booming comics scene.

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Questions about the class or other ways we can assist with accessibility? Just email Maddy (she/her) at melbourne@lanewaylearning.com.