Workshops & Demos

Plans for 2018

Monday 15th January to Friday 19th January, 5 day Travel Sketching workshop in Bathurst as part of the Art Scene Mitchell School of Art. Download brochure here.
Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd March - two day workshop, Watercolour 101 in The Sheds, Marrickville, Sydney. Details and bookings here
Thursday 29th March - Beginners Sketching with Watercolour workshop. Maiden theatre, Botanic Gardens Sydney. Fully booked - for waiting list contact here
Thursday 31st May - Friday 1 June, two day Sketching with Watercolour workshop, at The Sheds, Sydney. Details and bookings here
Monday 18th - Friday 22nd June - Cairns ARTescape 5-day workshop - Watercolour Bootcamp. This workshop is located in the Cairns Botanical gardens and should be just beautiful! Details here.
Monday 25th - Friday 30th June - Sketching with Watercolour 5 day workshop as part of the Art Scene Mitchell School of Art. Full brochure on the Winter School is here and the enrolment form link is here.
5th - 25th July - sketching trip to Portugal and attending the USK Symposium in Porto, where I will be teaching my workshop Watercolour 101.
1 August - 5th August - series of five one-day workshops in Sarina, Queensland. Day 1 - Sketching, Day two - Colour mixing, Day three - Watercolour techniques, Day 4 - Sketching with Watercolour, Day 5 - Travel Sketching. Designed so students can take any or all. Subsidised by a grant, this is a very affordable series of workshops and Queensland is a great winter escape destination! Contact Brigette here.

September 15th - three hour workshop Watercolour 101 in the Botanic Gardens for Urban Sketchers Sydney as part of the 10x10 series. Details of this international programme here. Book directly with me here.
September 22 - Watercolour workshop for the Ku ring gai Art Society 9.00 - 3.30.
September 29 - Three hour workshop Drawing Out the Details in the Botanic Gardens for Urban Sketchers Sydney as part of the 10x10 series. Details of this international programme here. Book directly with me here.
(October 27 - possible additional date for Three hour workshop Drawing Out the Details in the Botanic Gardens for Urban Sketchers Sydney as part of the 10x10 series. Details of this international programme here. Contact me directly here.)
October (TBD) one day workshop, at The Sheds, Marrickville, Sydney. Contact here for more information or to request a workshop topic! See previous workshop topics here and here. We are also considering offering a Botanical workshop, or colour mixing, or other...
Thursday 25th and Friday 26th October - two day Sketching with Watercolour Workshop at the Maiden Theatre, Botanic Gardens Sydney. Details and books will be available through the website here
Saturday 10th November - Colour Mixing Demonstration for the Oatley 101 Art Society AGM 2-4pm.
plans to travel to Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand. Details to follow.

Would you like to book a Demonstration or Workshop? Contact me.

I've love running workshops and demonstrations. I've taught or demonstrated at the Urban Sketchers Symposiums in Singapore in 2015, Manchester in 2016 and Chicago in 2017. I've taught workshops and sketched with the Urban Sketchers in many cities of the world, and for art and watercolour societies locally and internationally - I love to travel :-)

In Australia I hope to do some workshops in Melbourne, Hobart and Perth, as well as in and around Sydney.

Workshop and demonstration ideas include 'Drawing out the Details', 'Watercolour for Beginners', 'Special Effects in Watercolour', 'Travel Sketching', 'Watercolour Sketching', 'Plein Air and/or Urban Sketching', 'Colour Mixing', 'Botanicals', 'Working with Inks, 'Mastering Watercolours', 'Watercolour Bootcamp', 'Watercolour 101'.

Demonstration topics include 'Special Effects in Watercolour', 'Colour Mixing' (suitable for all media), 'Mixed media', 'Inky Fingers - Pen, Brush, Ink, Letters and Line'. (looking at the different tools used for drawing and writing over the centuries including lettering and drawing demonstrations), 'Botanicals', 'Plein air Sketching'/'Travel sketching'/Sketching with Watercolour/Urban Sketching.

Plans for 2019

20th - 26th January - Mitchell School of Art 5 day workshop in Bathurst. Watercolour Bootcamp or Travel and Urban Sketching in Watercolour.
Possible trip to Southern California in northern Spring (March/April) including Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara. Or Hong Kong/Singapore.
June 17 - 21 - Cairns ARTescape 5 day workshop in travel and urban sketching in watercolour. This is a fabulous venue in the massive converted Tanks within the Botanic Gardens and we'll explore a huge range of sketching and watercolour tools and techniques including botanical studies, urban sketching, travel sketching and much more. Contact Maree to book a place.
Mitchell School of Arts 5 day workshop Bathurst (to be confirmed) July 7th - 13th. Mastering Watercolour.
Possible workshops in England or Europe July on the way to Amsterdam - contact me with ideas :-)
July - Urban Sketchers Symposium - Amsterdam - 24th-27th July
6th to 25th October - I am really looking forward to taking a sketching and painting tour in the Greek Islands. This will be a fabulous chance to sketch at 6 beautiful islands - Rhodes, Nissiros, Kastellorizo, Symi, Kalymnos and Kos, with plenty of tuition but also time to explore. Painting subjects for everyone - Colourful fishing boats, dramatic mountains, domed monasteries, white-washed bougainvillea filled lanes, dense olive groves, medieval fortresses, turquoise coves, cafes, lively sketches of locals and so much more. All levels of ability most welcome including non-artist participants.

To register you interest please contact artemisarttours@hotmail.com as pre-bookings can already be made!

Classes in Watercolour

I run weekly classes in Watercolour at my home studio on Monday nights and Tuesday mornings.

And occasional workshops for various art shops, societies or groups. See above list.

Can't come to a class? Consider on-line tutoring!

On-line Tutoring

Need help with something? I am happy to answer questions, but if you need help with something that requires a demonstration with a particular technique, or help with a painting, a palette overhaul, or if you want a lesson or series of lessons, get in touch and I'll see if I can help. Payment is simple through PayPal or Australian bank transfer.

See the On-Line Tutoring tab in Tutorials and Resources.

Facebook Group

I have a Facebook Group for any of my students to join, whether past or present, workshop students, on-line or in-person regular classes. If you have been, or are, one of my students and wish to be part of this private community, send me a request through Facebook and remind me where we met.
Jane Blundell Art Students.

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Workshops and demonstrations held in 2017

March - April 2017 - USk 10 x 10 Sydney event. More information here. I'll be teaching a workshop on Sketching the Details in a range of media, and another Watercolour 101 on setting up a watercolour palette for sketchers.
28th March - Demonstration of plein air watercolour and finished painting processes.
April 29th & 30th - Two day Plein Air Sketching workshop in Temora
June 6th 2017 - Artist Talk as part of the Sketching and Sketchbook Exhibition, Creative Space Dee Why. 2-4pm - I'll be showing the way I use sketchbooks to create published books, as well as talking through some of my precious travel sketchbooks.
3 - 5th July 2017 - Special Effects in Watercolour, a 3 day watercolour extension workshop in Bath, UK. Contact here.
17th - 21st July 2017- Watercolour Bootcamp, 5 day workshop in Bath UK, taking participants through watercolour techniques from the ground up. Perfect for the serious beginner or anyone who wants to learn all about watercolour. Contact here.
July 2017 - Teaching and demonstrating at the 8th annual Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago. Demonstration on how to choose a watercolour palette for sketching, and a workshop Drawing Out the Details.
31 July 2017 - Watercolour and colour mixing demonstration for the Botanical Society AGM.
16th & 17th September 2017 Two day Special Effects in Watercolour workshop for the Central Coast Watercolour Society
September/October 2017- Travelling and sketching in West Coast USA.
September 23rd - sketching in San Francisco with the SF Sketchers. Details here.
September 24rd - Sketching in San Francisco
September 25th - 9.30 - 11.30 Free demonstration on setting up a perfect watercolour palette for travel/urban sketching, San Francisco. bookings here.
September 25th - 1.00-5.00pm - 4 hour workshop on Travel/Urban Sketching with Watercolour in San Francisco. Bookings here. Fully booked.
September 26th - 28th - Sketching on the Ocean Road.
September 29th and 30th - Travel Sketching with Watercolour workshop, Bacara Hotel, Santa Barbara. Contact Betty (bddavisg@aol.com) for more details - Fully booked.
Two day workshop The Colours of Fall in Gig Harbour 3rd & 4th October. Fully Booked.
Friday 6th October - Sketching in Seattle
At the Daniel Smith Store Saturday 7th -Thursday 11th October - more here
7 October 2017 - Free Public demonstration, Daniel Smith Seattle 1.00 - 3.00pm on Special Effects in Watercolour.
8 October workshop, Travel Sketching with Watercolour, Daniel Smith, Seattle. Bookings here Fully Booked
9th and 10th October two day Mastering Watercolours workshop at Daniel Smith, Seattle. Bookings here
11 October one day Colour Mixing Watercolour Workshop at Daniel Smith, Seattle. Bookings here
One and a half day workshop on Travel Sketching at the Currents Gallery in McMinnville, Oregon on October 12th (1.00-5.00pm) and 13th. (9.00am-5.00pm). Contact here for more details. Fully booked.
Saturday 14th October - Sketching in Portland
Sunday 15th September - Sketching in Seattle
29th October - Full day Watercolour Workshop for the Southern Cross Art Society
Friday 1st December - half day Introduction to Watercolour workshop at the Macquarie Art Gallery, Macquarie University. Fully booked.

Workshops and demonstrations held in 2016

Saturday January 10 - Travel sketching in Watercolours at Art Est, Leichhardt. 10.00am - 4.00pm. (fully booked)
Friday January 16 - Watercolour Sketching full day workshop in Lane Cove 10.00 - 4.00. (fully booked)
Thursday January 29 - Watercolour Sketching full day workshop in Lane Cove 10.00 - 4.00. (Fully Booked)
Sunday February 8th - Sketching with Watercolours full day workshop at Art Est, Leichhardt. 10.00am - 3.00 pm. (fully booked)
Sunday March 8th - Working with Watercolours en plein air full day workshop at Art Est, Leichhardt. 10.00am - 3.00 pm.
Tuesday March 17th - Colour mixing and Special Watercolour pigments demonstration for Mosman Art Society, 7.30 - 9.00pm. Mosman Art Gallery
Thursday March 19th - Special Effects in Watercolour demonstration for St George Art Society, 7.30pm
Saturday 28th March - Monday 30th March - sketching in Hong Kong.
Saturday April 18th - Watercolour Demonstration at Tindalls Art Store, Cambridge, UK. 10.00am - 4.00pm
Tuesday April 28th and Wednesday April 29th - Special Effects in Watercolour with a Botanical Theme - Two day watercolour workshop for the Central Coast Watercolour Society.
Sunday May 17th - Botanical Painting with Watercolour. Full day workshop at Art Est, Leichhardt. 10.00am - 3.00 pm.
Tuesday June 23rd - Pen, Brush, Ink, Letters and Line demonstration at Lane Cove Art Society. 8.00pm.
Thursday July 9th - Inky Fingers - Pen, Brush, Ink, Line and Lettering demonstration for the Ryde Art Society. 11.00am - 1.00pm
Saturday 18th - Art Jam at Arters - demo on Travel Sketching in conjunction with Arters.com.sg. Time 3.00 - 5.00.
2 Jiak Chuan Road, Chinatown, Singapore.
Thursday 23rd - Saturday 25th July - 4 demonstrations on Colour Mixing and Inky Fingers for the Urban Sketchers Symposium, Singapore.
Thursday August 6th - Critique Night, St George art Society
Sunday 13th September - Free Demonstration at Artist & Craftsman, 555 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco USA 2.30 - 4.30. I'll be demonstrating with Daniel Smith watercolours along with other materials, showing colour mixing, special colours and great watercolour effects and techniques, and there will be time for questions :-)
September 2015 - Solo exhibition of prints 'A Splash of Colour' at the Daniel Smith Store, Seattle. Reception Saturday 19th September.
Saturday 19th September - Two Free lectures and Demonstrations on Sketching in Watercolour Plein Air at the Daniel Smith Store, Seattle, USA 10.30 - 11.30 and 1.00 - 2.00.
Sunday 20th & Monday 21st September - Two day Sketching in Watercolour Plein Air workshop at Daniel Smith Seattle Store, Seattle USA. More information here.
Tuesday 22nd & Wednesday 23rd September - Two day Sketching in Watercolour Plein Air workshop at Daniel Smith Seattle Store, Seattle USA. More information here.
Sunday 18th October - Botanical Workshop, Art Est, Leichhardt. 10.00am - 4.00 pm.
Sunday 15th November - Sketching with Watercolour Workshop, Art Est, Leichhardt. 10.00am - 4.00 pm. (fully booked)

Workshops and demonstrations held in 2015

Workshops and Demonstrations held in 2014

Saturday 8th February 2014- Special Effects in Watercolour full day workshop for the Ku-Ring-Gai Art Society.
Sunday 13th April - Watercolour Botanicals at Art Est, 10.00am - 4.00pm.
Saturday 17th May - Beginner's workshop 1.00pm - 5.00pm in Chinatown, Singapore.
Sunday 18th May - Watercolour Masterclass 1.00pm - 5.00pm Chinatown, Singapore.
Sunday 15th June - Colour Mixing - Oils, Acrylics or Watercolours at Art Est, 10.00am - 3.00pm.
Saturday 5th July - Watercolour for Beginners at Art Est, 10.00am - 3.00pm.
Sunday 6th July - Watercolour Sketching en Plein Air at Art Est, 10.00am - 3.00pm.
Saturday 26th July - Special Effects in Watercolour - Florals Day 1 for the Society of Artists, Newcastle, 9.00am - 4.00pm
Sunday 27th July - Special Effects in Watercolour - Florals Day 2 for the Society of Artists, Newcastle, 9.00am - 4.00pm.
Thursday 31st July - Daniel Smith Watercolour Demonstration at The Art Scene 12.00 - 2.00pm 914 Victoria Road West Ryde (Shop entrance and parking is at the rear on Mulvihill Street.)
Saturday 2nd August - Colour Mixing Demonstration for the Nepean Art Society. 2.00pm
Friday 29th August - Watercolour sketching en plein air at Art Est 10.00am - 2.00pm.
Sunday 21st September - Watercolours for Beginners at Art Est, 10.00am - 3.00pm.
Wednesday 15th October - Special Effects in Watercolour, floral theme demonstration for the Drummoyne Art Society, 7.30pm
Sunday 30th November - Sketching with Watercolour workshop at Art Est, Leichhardt. 10.00am - 3.00pm.