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    Upcoming Workshops

    PLEASE NOTE: There will be limited workshops in 2024 due to other exciting projects, including the arrival of my second bub! What you see here is what is available.

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    If workshops aren't your thing, check out my online courses for tutorials you can complete in your the comfort of your own home. 


    Watercolour Social Sessions
    [Sold Out] Watercolour Landscapes and Botanicals in Tasmania

    Date: 16 - 21 January, 2024
    Where: Winnaleah, Tasmania
    Instructor: Natalie Martin

    Are you inspired by bush wanderings and botanicals? Delicate, beautiful natives nestled amongst moss and lichen await you in the forests of north east Tasmania along with the guidance to capture them in paint and a range of mark making materials with Natalie Martin. We have crafted a beautiful itinerary to give you plenty of ‘wandering’ time along with studio time to explore your ideas in more depth. You will be staying deep in a tiny Tasmanian farming community with a 100 year old hotel lies that is now Artable's Australian retreat base.

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    1 Day Intro to Watercolour Workshop - Torquay, Victoria
    [Sold Out] 1 Day Intro to Watercolour Workshop - Saturday 3 February - Torquay

    Date: Saturday 3 February, 2024
    When: 9.30am - 12.30pm
    Where: The Lightbox 2/7-9 Cylinders Drive, Torquay VIC
    Instructor: Natalie Martin
    Skill level: Beginner - Intermediate

    Spend the morning with Natalie learning the joys of loose, contemporary watercolour painting. Suitable for total beginners, you’ll learn some watercolour techniques and tricks, have a play and find your feet in the medium. We will discuss materials so you don’t get overwhelmed at the art store. We will then work towards a floral inspired piece to take home.

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    Watercolour Social Sessions
    Contemporary Botanicals in Watercolour - Gold Coast

    Date: 24 - 25 February, 2024
    Where: The Royal QLD Art Society (RQAS) 25 Broadbeach Blvd, Broadbeach
    Instructor: Natalie Martin

    Over two full days we progress through a series of skills and techniques working towards painting beautiful loose flowers and foliage. We'll look at getting the paint moving fluidly on the page, how to hold your brush, manage water control, relax into the process - seemingly simple things that contribute to better outcomes.

    We will be interpreting and painting flowers from real life and discuss the advantages of using this technique. Natalie’s aim is for you to have one or two finished works to take home, but more importantly a new set of skills and a great understanding of watercolour so you can continue practicing at home.

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    Online Courses

    Welcome to watercolour online course. A beginners guide to contemporary botanical watercolour.
    Welcome to Watercolour: A Beginners Guide to Contemporary Watercolour

    Duration: 90mins
    Skill level: Beginner
    Suitable for ages 8+

    This is my first online course, and where else do you start but at the beginning? In this self-paced beginners guide to contemporary watercolour we start from square one and build your skills and confidence towards painting botanical specimen from observation. I have essentially broken down my own process into accessible, bite size pieces ready for you to devour.

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    The magic of colour mixing. Master modern colour theory using watercolour.
    The Magic of Colour Mixing: Master Modern Colour Theory using Watercolour

    Duration: 120mins
    Skill level: Beginner - Intermediate
    Suitable for ages 10+

    My second course, The Magic of Colour Mixing follows on from Welcome to Watercolour and is for budding and established artists alike. In it, we’ll go deep into modern colour theory and together, we’ll build up your skills and confidence so you too can create works bursting with life and begin to develop your own language with colour.

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    Lessons in Layering with watercolour. How to create artworks with depth, interest and detail.
    Lessons in Layering with Watercolour: How to create artworks with depth, interest and detail

    Duration: 2 hours and 40 minutes
    Skill level: Intermediate
    Suitable for ages 10+

    Lessons in Layering with Watercolour is my third online course, following on from Welcome to Watercolour and The Magic of Colour Mixing. In it, we’ll dig into basic and more advanced layering techniques, you’ll spend time experimenting with ways to layer pigment, and learn how to create different effects (as long as you can muster the patience to let things dry properly as you go!) You’ll gain greater insight into my practice, as we explore how to create artworks with greater complexity, detail and interest. We also take time to delve into common errors and equipment care. 

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    Compose, Paint, Create Part 1
    Compose, Paint, Create Part 1: Let's Put Composition into Practice Painting Watercolour Botanicals

    Duration: 3 hours and 15 minutes
    Skill level: Intermediate - Advanced
    Suitable for ages 14+

    Composition, but make it fun! In this course we are going to explore ways to create successful compositions using the principles of art as our tools. This is a hands on course where we will be applying these principles to artworks we create, learning as we go. The outcome will be a greater understanding of composition, the role it plays in our artworks and a clearer path to creating successful artworks.Composition is such a large subject that I've created not one, but two courses! The first course or Compose, Paint Create Part 1 is launching in August and the follow on course, Compose, Paint, Create Part 2, later in 2023.

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    Compose, Paint, Create Part 1
    Compose, Paint, Create Part 2: Let's Put Composition into Practice Painting Watercolour Botanicals

    Duration: 3 hours and 45 minutes
    Skill level: Intermediate - Advanced
    Suitable for ages 14+

    Are you a budding artist wanting to take the next step? Join me, Natalie Martin, a professional watercolour artist as I guide you through how to bring artworks together on your own and start to develop your own artistic voice. I am encouraging, gentle and human and nothing brings me more joy than watching my students grow.

    Compose, Paint, Create Part 2 is the follow up course to Compose, Paint, Create Part 1. We’ve already begun to understand the importance of this underrated, fascinating and fundamental bank of knowledge, it’s time to make it official. This course will solidify your understanding of how to create compelling compositions using watercolour botanicals.

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