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9:30am to 4:00pm

Morning Tea Included - BYO MUG

Rehann Vazid is a Melbourne-based watercolour artist and instructor known for his bold, light-filled landscapes and his immediate, expressive approach to the medium.  At the heart of his philosophy is a belief that painting is an act of memory-making, a counterbalance to an age where technology increasingly replaces our ability to see and think.Through his work, Rehann invites us back into presence, perception and the joy of experiencing the world directly.

After a 15-year career in product and user experience design, Rehann made a deliberate transition into full-time painting.  Along the way, he adopted several personal principles that profoundly shape his artistic life: he does not do competitions, awards or exhibitions. He has no social media presence, as he believes that public performance and digital visibility often dilute an artist’s ability to discover who they truly are.

In both his art and his teaching, immediacy is central.  Rehann paints wet-into-wet, typically completing a work within 20–30 minutes while the paper is still wet.  He teaches only in person, rejecting online classes and recorded tutorials in favour of real, embodied learning—where attention, intuition and physical engagement shape the outcome.  He regularly leads workshops and multi-day retreats across Australia and internationally. His teaching focuses on developing intuitive skills, painting fearlessly, building confidence and understanding how to create luminosity and movement in watercolour.

This workshop guides participants into the nuances of glow, that magical sense of light emerging from within a painting.  Through structured demos and exercises, artists will explore colour theory, blending,edge control and the restraint needed to not overwork and let your watercolour shine.  You will learn the use of the white of the paper for luminosity, transparent laying for radiant effects and creating glowing skies and light transitions. Some experience with watercolour is recommended, but adventurous beginners are welcome.  By the end of the day you should leave the workshop with a deeper control of watercolour’s transparent potential, a stronger sensitivity to light, edges and value and one glowing final painting, as well as supporting technique studies.

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Paper:

·    Baohong or  Arches 300gsm (rough or cold press).

NB:   Full sheets can be cut down to half or quarter sheets based on how  large you want to paint.  Rehann will  be painting on a half sheet.

Brushes: NB. Bring the brushes you normally paint with.  If calligraphy brushes work for you, bring  them.

·    Medium squirrel  mop (size 8–16) is great for most of the work

·    A few synthetic  round brushes (sizes 8, 12, 16)

·    Optional  extras: hake, dagger brush, rigger for finer details

Miscellaneous:

·    Mixing palette  (plastic or ceramic)

·    Water Container

·    Towel or sponge  

·    Masking tape or  clips

·    Spray bottle

·    Pencil

·    Reference  Photos or iPad, iPhone or tablet with reference photos

·     Tissues

Paints:  NB.  If you already have paints, bring what you’ve got.  Artist-quality tubes are  best, preferably Winsor & Newton and Daniel Smith.

·     Colours:

¨      Yellow Ochre

¨      Burnt Sienna

¨      Cadmium red

¨      Permanent Rose  or Alizarin crimson

¨      Sap green

¨      Cobalt blue

¨      Cerulean blue

¨      Ultramarine  blue

¨      Prussian blue

¨      Payne’s grey  (or ivory black instead, we’ll mix it ourselves)

¨      White Gouache

¨      Neutral Tint

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