Jane Blundell - Artist
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Workshops, Travels and Demonstrations for 2025

  • January - 28 day expedition to Antarctica and the Antarctic Islands. ​This was an extraordinary adventure and I enjoyed the islands almost as much as Antarctica itself. See gallery for my sketches of the animals, huts and landscape studies created. 
  • 20th - 29th August - Kakadu, Katherine and Darwin I've been wanting to paint this amazing part of Australia for years and am really excited to be able to explore with a group of artists! It's a lovely small group trip with a mini bus and a chance to paint with the amazing colours of the Australian earth. Details of the trip - kakadu_and_katherine.pdf, costing is even better -  kakadu_and_katherine_cost.pdf and booking form - 2025_booking_form.pdf. There are a couple of places remaining but please book soon as flights do fill up.
  • 21st - 27th September 2025 - Capturing the colours of Fall at the Hudson River Valley Art School. This will be a botanical sketching workshop, with a focus on the leaves, gourds, pumpkins, corn and all the gorgeous colour of the Fall season. My favourite time of the year in the States and the only chance to see me teaching in the USA! (fully booked) www.artworkshops.com/how-to-enroll/
  • 8th November - 21st November - Autumn Colours of Japan. I've been to Japan in Winter a number of times and really love the country. I've dreamed about going in Autumn when the colours change. Here's your chance to join me on an amazing sketching trip to capture those colours in Tokyo, Kawaguchi Lake, Kanazawa, Takayama and Kyoto. Look at the itinerary - autumn_colours_of_japan.pdf Find the prices here and find the booking form - 2025_booking_form.pdf (Join the wait list if interested.)

Would you like to book a Demonstration or Workshop? Contact me.
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I've love running workshops and demonstrations. I've taught or demonstrated at the Urban Sketchers Symposiums in Singapore in 2015, Manchester in 2016, Chicago in 2017, Porto in 2018, Amsterdam in 2019 and Auckland in 2023.  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', 'Understanding Watercolour'.

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.
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Classes in Watercolour

I run weekly classes in Watercolour in the Lane Cove area on Monday nights and Tuesday mornings. The Tuesday class is via Zoom! I also run special interest groups as requested. I've done a series of workshops for a landscape gardening company and am running another specifically on images from the Greek Islands for another group.
 
I also run 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, get in touch and I'll see if I can help.
For a comprehensive foundation in watercolour consider my 13-lesson online course Mastering Watercolours.
To learn to draw and sketch from life, consider my 13-lesson online course Travel Sketching.
If you've completed Mastering Watercolours (or other comprehensive foundation course), try my 6-lesson extension course Special Effects in Watercolour.
​If you have completed Travel Sketching and want to really explore detailed drawing, try my 6-lesson Drawing in Detail course.
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Payment is simple through Stripe or Australian bank transfer, or PayPal or Wise transfer if preferred.

See the On-Line Tutoring tab in Tutorials and Resources or click in individual courses for full information.

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, find the group and send me a request through Facebook and remind me where we met. Jane Blundell Art Students.
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