New Paintings for Klopper Wares

I've been busy painting some new small canvases that are available for sale at Klopper Wares in South Melbourne. 

Upcoming Illustration Workshop in Barham NSW

I am teaching another illustration class this month in the beautiful studio of Wendy McDonald up in Barham NSW on the 19th July, 10-3pm. If you are interested in joining the class there a few places left, please contact Wendy.x

Developing Your Illustration Voice Photos

On Sunday I held my class Developing you Illustration Voice. We had a lot of fun making collage papers, rubber stamps and creating portraits. Here is a little peak at our day in The Art Room. Stay tuned for more classes coming up soon...

New Class announced! - Developing Your Illustration Voice

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I will be teaching a new class in June at The Art Room in Footsgray. I am pretty excited about this one as we will be covering a lot of ground and having heaps of fun together.

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Developing your Illustration Voice
An Introduction to Illustration

Through a series of small projects students will explore different techniques that will set them on the road to finding their unique illustration voice! During the workshop we will discuss the illustrator’s visual style, decision-making processes, unique expression, ideas and opinions, the importance of keeping a visual diary.

Some of the techniques we will cover include different approaches to drawing from life, hand printing, collage and creating your own source library of textures and patterns.

June 15th 2014

11-4pm

Visit The Art Room for more details.

New Card Range

Since Archer was born I haven't been as productive as I used to be, so it was nice to have a little push along from my friends Georgia Janetski and Anna Walker who's work I have long admired and it is an honour to get to know them both more recently and share ideas and creative musings. Here are some lovely photos of the cards taken by Klarissa Pfisterer who also collaborated on the project. The cards are printed in Melbourne on recycled card and come with a lovely kraft brown envelope.

We are stocking the cards in various little outlets across Australia like Klopper Wares in South Melbourne, Mr Sparrow shop in Subiaco, Perth. Soon we will start a big cartel... one step at a time! If you are interesting in stocking our cards too please don't hesitate to send me an email.

Bookbinding for Beginners Class (DATE CHANGE!)

I am teaching a bookbinding class Sunday 13th April in the brand new Art Room in Footsgray. We are going to make lots of awesome books. Come along! Below is the information for the class...

Book binding for Beginners will introduce students who have never had any previous experience in bookbinding the basic principles of binding. Students will bind their own beautiful sketchbooks and notebooks.

Each student will learn a variety of different Book Binding techniques and will come away with a range of books.

1 class
Sunday 13th April 11-4pm
$175 full fee or $160 student
includes light lunch
there is an additional $50 material fee which covers all materials needed for this workshop and will mean each student will come away with numerous books but also a basic bookbinding kit including bone folder, awl, needles so that they may continue on their own.


Click here to enrol

Dear Oma: A Story of Federation

I illustrated a children's book last year called Dear Oma: A Story of Federation, written by Jo Clyne for the History Teacher's association of Victoria. I thought I would share a few of the illustrations as it was such a lovely project to work on and I learnt a lot about Melbourne's history in the process!

We Came to the City... for Supergraph 2014

I am thrilled to be a part of Supergraph 2014, Australia’s Contemporary Graphic Art Fair that celebrates design, print and illustration. I have made four unique collages that will be available for sale at the fair in the Supergraph picks exhibition. If you are in Melbourne on February 14th -16th do go and check it out!

The City at Midnight, 43 x 43cm, acrylic, collaged etchings and mixed media on paper

The City Wakes at Sunrise, 43 x 43cm, acrylic, collaged etchings and mixed media on paper

They Came to the City at Dawn, 43 x 43cm, acrylic, collaged etchings and mixed media on paper

They Came to the City at Dusk, 43 x 43cm, acrylic, collaged etchings and mixed media on paper

New Paintings

My new paintings travelled to Barham NSW for Wendy McDonald's open studio day a few weekends ago. Wendy took these beautiful photos of the work hanging in her gorgeous cottage studio. 

Recent Paintings

I have been painting lots of these little house paintings lately. These three are available through Kinder Gallery. They are 31 x 31cm, acrylic on linen, $380 each. 

With a Ficus

Collaged Bookmaking Workshop

I'm very excited to be teaching a class at The Art Room in Yarraville. The Art Room is a beautiful workshop space created bythe very takented Erika Gofton. Details for the class are below...

Thursday Houses

Holidays

Glencoe on film

A few months back you might remember my post about the zine workshop that I taught at the McDonald's farm in Barham, well I finally got the film developed- months later! The photos came out beautifully (Thank you Wendy for the loan of the camera). As you can see the workshop was heaps of fun. Hopefully we will do it again soon!