Acrylic Gouache: Bold and Colourful Art Prints with Emilie

Create some celebratory cards using acrylic gouache! In this fun, hands on class Emilie will teach you easy techniques to create colourful, geometric paintings with acrylic gouache. This workshop is great chance to try out the unique applications of acrylic gauche paint or anyone who wants to add a add of personality and colour to their home via these beautiful art prints. At the end of the class you will take home a series of original cards created by you! This is a beginner-friendly class! All skill levels encouraged. What will we cover? In the class you will: • Create a color palette • Learn about design and composition • Develop scraping and masking tape techniques to create beautiful clean paintings on your cards All materials provided - just come and have a wonderful time! Accessibility • Wheelchair Accessible Venue • Gender Neutral Bathrooms • Quiet Spaces • Free Tickets 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. Important info: Buy a gift card Terms and conditions FAQ More about accessibility Pics: artist's own wonderful work Any other questions or ways we can assist with accessibility? Just email us at [email protected]. Idle Time Studios Idle Time Studios is a shared studio space for creatives in Brunswick East and a workshop space for art classes ! We are not wheelchair accessible as of now, and there is a flight of stairs to get to the workshop room. Idle Time is located :4-6 Lincoln St, Brunswick East VIC 3057 It is a short walk from tram stop Mitchell St/Holmes Street (stop 128), on the 1 or 6 tram line. There is plenty of street parking available on the street of the studio (Lincoln St), as well as along Allard park on Donald St. When you get to Idle Time Studio, go through the roller door and all the way down the courtyard. Turn right and up the stairs : the workshop room is at the top of the stairs on your left. Follow signs and call Studio resident and Laneway Learning teacher Emilie Walsh if you are lost : 0402684139