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9:30am to 4:00pm

Morning Tea Included - BYO MUG

Growing up surrounded by the Australian bush is what inspires Mignon to create the vibrant colour and subtle textures onto canvas, paper and board. She  works mainly with acrylics setting up still life subjects of flowers, fruits and colourful drapes. She also explores other mediums such as watercolour, fresco painting, print making and gilding.  Working with different mediums allows Mignon to be expressive in a different way.

During her career in the arts Mignon has remained a prolific artist, submitting work for mass media publications, teaching and conducting workshops at well established schools of art.  Her work is not limited to one style, rather a unique and diverse ride through many different styles and techniques.  Her love of flowers, the figure and birds are reflected in the work she presents. Inspired by nature her passion is colour and texture and her work continues to evolve and engage the viewer with new images.

Mignon has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions and is represented byvarious galleries and private collections both here and overseas.  You can check out more of her works on her website www.mignonparker.com
or on Instagram at mignonparkerart.

In this workshop you will have fun learning a fast way to paint blue hydrangea and black and white stripes onto a black primed canvas.  If you are a fast worker you may wish to bring a second canvas and try a different colour way.

Materials List

Canvas:

·     Stretched  Canvas – 60 x 50cm

Please  pre-prepare you canvas with EITHER – Black  Gesso, Black Background Paint or Black Acrylic

Brushes:  

·    Bristle  or Nylon Flat – Sizes 0, 2, 6, 8

(Mignon uses Art Basic brushes)

Drawing Implement:

·      White  Chalk or Pastel Pencil

Colours:

·     Ultramarine  Blue

·     Cobalt  Blue or Phthalo Blue

·     Hookers  Green or Australian Leaf Green

·     Cadmium  Yellow Medium

·    Lemon Yellow

·     Burnt  Sienna

·     Dioxazine  Purple or Magenta

·     Alizarin  Crimson

·     White

·     Black

‍Misc.:

·     1 x  Green Apple

·     Cloths  or Rags

·     Palette  – can be disposable

·     Water  Container

·     Note  Pad and Pencil

·     Apron

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9:30am to 4:00pm

Morning Tea Included - BYO MUG

Wendy Orchard, also known as The Art Journaler, discovered the joy and versatility of sketchbook journaling in 2018 and since then, has been enthusiastically sharing her knowledge and skills through Nature Journaling and Travel Journaling workshops and presentations.

Rather than being limited to a particular style or medium, Wendy allows her subject matter to guide the creative process.  The result is a body of work that is informative, creative and distinctive, with each sketchbook page telling its own unique story.  

Wendy is a member of the Northern Beaches Art Society and shared her skills and passion for Nature Journaling in a NBAS workshop in 2024 and presented as guest speaker at our 2025 AGM. In August, she returns to present another inspiring workshop, offering more ideas for expanding the possibilities of your sketchbook practice.

Focusing on flowers, mushrooms and the creative use of everyday objects in your sketchbook, this workshop isn't about completing finalized pages but instead, you’ll take away a rich toolkit of creative techniques and inspiration to fuel your future journaling.  You can check our more of Wendy’s work on facebook – The Art Journaler and Instagram– theartjournaler.

Materials:  Feel free to bring along any other items that you may have in your kit.

Surfaces:

Either -

·    A5 or larger  Sketchbook with Watercolour Paper or Multimedia Paper (190 – 300gsm)

Or –

·    2 x Sheets of  A4 Watercolour Paper, preferably hot pressed (200 – 300gsm)

(if you have any off cuts of watercolour paper or  card they could be handy)

Pencils & Pens:

·    Coloured  Pencils or Watercolour Pencils (Wendy prefers watercolour pencils)

·    A good quality  WHITE coloured pencil or watercolour pencil (eg Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer  – available as a single pencil in art shops)

·    Graphite  pencils

·    Black  Biro/Ballpoint Pen

·    Water-Soluble  Pen (Wendy has then for $1 ea)

·    Waterproof  Fineliner Pen – 0.3 or 0.5

Brushes:

·    2 x Small (no.  2 or 3) cheap brushes (can be damaged)

·     Brushes for Watercolour or a Waterbrush

Paints:

·     Watercolour  paints

(Wendy can supply a dot sheet if you don’t have  paints)

Misc:

·     Eraser

·     Glue Stick

·     Dip Pen

·     Masking Fluid

NB. Both  Dip Pen and Masking Fluid don’t have to be Artist Quality & available at  discount stores.

‍Attendees  will receive an email prior to the workshop with images that we will use  during the workshop.  You can choose to  print these out or download them to your phone or iPad/table.‍