Amazing Acrylic with Helen Evans

Learn to love acrylics, create exciting colour, surface, and texture! This workshop is suitable for beginners.

This playful, hands-on workshop with artist Helen Evans will unlock the full potential of acrylic paint. Whether you're just starting out or looking to loosen up your practice, you'll discover how versatile, forgiving—and magical—acrylics can be.

Through a mix of demonstrations and experimentation, you'll learn a wide range of techniques including:

• Mixing a beautiful, rich palette from just a few colours

• Using mediums for glazing and layering

• Additive and reductive approaches to mark-making

• Creating complex surface texture

• Understanding the elements and principles of abstract art (explained in simple, friendly terms)

• Helen will guide you in exploring the creative power of play—an essential but often neglected part of art-making.

You'll finish the day with new skills, a deeper understanding of acrylics, and your very own abstract painting to take home.

Helen’s teaching style is relaxed, generous, and supportive, and everything she shares comes from her own studio practice.

All materials provided (including homemade cake!)... No experience necessary.

Just bring your curiosity—and wear old clothes!

About Helen Evans

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Helen Evans’ art is bursting with exuberant colour and texture realised in acrylic on board. She is currently exploring autobiographical still life after completing an extensive collection of botanical work. Helen starts with observational drawing from life developing images into richly layered acrylic paintings on board.

Helen is known for generous teaching, sharing everything she has learnt during her long career and believes in giving you the tools to facilitate ease in your art practice. She doesn't hold back on artistic trade secrets.

Helen has been a full-time artist since completing her MA in England. Her work has been exhibited widely internationally and is held in private, public, and corporate collections.

Notes for Workshop Participants

• Please arrive 15 minutes before the workshop start time to get settled in our Workshop Area

• Workshops are held in the Mezzanine, located upstairs within The Churn Room

• Street parking is available on Williams Street

• Workshop participants must wear closed in shoes and have long hair tied back.

• We suggest wearing comfortable, breathable clothes suitable for warm weather conditions - we have fans, but our building is not air-conditioned

• Access to the Mezzanine may be difficult for persons with significant mobility issues. It is not wheelchair accessible. Please consider this prior to booking.

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