Join NatureArt Lab this April and immerse yourself in the world of nature and art.
Join award-winning watercolourist Libby Derhan in one of her upcoming classes and be inspired by nature through watercolouring located at The Ginger Factory.
Libby is currently offering a four-week morning course from 19 April – 10 May and a two-day weekend intensive course over 22-23 April.
Packed with hands-on guided experiments, exercises and projects, these courses provide a solid introduction to learning to paint with watercolour.
Using nature as the source of inspiration, students will be guided through a series of practical exercises, experiments, and projects. Students will learn about paints, brushes and papers, the different properties of pigments and a series of techniques for applying watercolour paint to paper.
Each week you will learn a new skill and technique, developing a strong foundation for a watercolour art practice.
Watercolour one is the first course of a four-part series and is a recommended /prerequisite for the follow-on watercolour two, three and four.
Libby Derham is a fourth-generation watercolourist who has won the Annie Tan Memorial Watercolour Award (Queensland Regional Art Awards) (2021) and has been a finalist in multiple local and national awards. She completed art training at Surrey Institute of Art and Design in the UK (1996-1998).
Pushing traditional into experimental watercolour, Libby looks for new ways of working with the medium’s dynamic fluidity and transparent qualities, mixing with pigment.
An appreciation for the natural world informs Libby’s practice. The work seeks to capture her sensory experience within it and the immersive qualities of En plein air.
NatureArt Lab has a range of exciting courses now open for booking across the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane.
For more information and bookings go to natureartlab.com.au and select South East Queensland courses.
