Floral Taster - Colour Pencil

This relaxed 90-minute beginner workshop is the perfect introduction to coloured pencil.

Designed especially for complete beginners, this hands-on taster session will guide you step-by-step through four small floral designs. You get to pick your favourite one to work through during the workshop.

With the outlines already provided, the focus is on learning how to layer and blend colour to create beautiful, realistic results. No experience is needed—just a willingness to have a go!

Using simple, easy-to-follow techniques, you'll learn skills that can be recreated at home with inexpensive, readily available materials. Whether you want to improve your use of colour pencils in your existing art practice, or you want to learn how to make adult colouring a little more interesting, this workshop is for you!

By the end of the session, you'll have completed a beautiful floral artwork and gained the confidence and knowledge to continue exploring coloured pencil at home.

About Peta Turner

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Peta Turner is a Brisbane-based Australian artist and certified Cindy Wider Method instructor.

She holds a Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Teaching, and Master of Special Education, and has always enjoyed creative pursuits.

She discovered drawing during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns, and what initially began as a way to pass the time, quickly became a deep passion and her main creative outlet. Working primarily in coloured pencil, graphite, Derwent Inktense, PanPastel, and pastel pencil, Peta creates realistic artworks inspired by nature, family, and the nativity.

Combining her teaching background with her art practice, she enjoys helping others build confidence and develop their drawing skills through gentle, structured, step-by-step instruction for beginners and developing artists alike.

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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