Your Special Place:

Collage to Illustration Workshop with Matisse Stynes

Whether you’re a beginner or a practicing artist looking to learn a new way of conceptualising your ideas, this immersive collage to illustration workshop will guide you through the processes used to create a personalised place-based illustration. 

COURSE OVERVIEW

In this hands-on workshop, students will explore the stages of conceptualising and creating a detailed drawing of a meaningful location. Using self-brought pictures of a sentimental and inspiring location, you will begin by creating a composition of the cut out photos like a collage. Based off of this collage, you will then recreate the composition into an illustration utilising fine liners and a range of vibrant markers and coloured pencils. This highly rewarding artwork will serve as a nuanced, visual summary of your special place - highlighting the most significant and personal parts of the location. 

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN 

  • The artist process from ideation, collaging photographs, illustrating to colouring 

  • How to collage and create a balanced yet creative composition using personal photos 

  • Translating a collage into a detailed A4 illustration 

  • Using colour effectively and unexpectedly to elevate your drawing 

  • How to create harmony, balance and contrast within your artwork 

  • Patience: it’s all in the detail 

  • Capturing a meaningful place into an a unique artwork 

COURSE DETAILS

Duration: 3 Hours

Location: & Independents at  21 Morce Ave, Sorrento 

Skill Level: All levels welcome 

Class Size: Maximum 8 students 

MATERIALS

All materials provided except personal photos. Please bring along printed images of a meaningful place to collage onto an A4 piece of paper. For example, your home, a city you visited, your wedding venue, or any place that has resonated with you. 

WHO IS THIS CLASS FOR

  • Anyone wanting to create a sentimental piece of art completely unique to their experience of a place 

  • Creative thinkers interested in the process of realising and creating an artwork  

  • Artists seeking a different way to conceptualise their ideas into an illustration

COSTS

$100.00 Teens & Adults 

Includes tuition, materials & refreshments 

BOOKINGS

DATES:

Jan 2 Friday 1.00 - 4.00pm

Jan 9 Friday 5.00 - 8.00pm

Jan 23 Friday 5.00 - 8.00pm