The Organic Artist – Crafting and creating artworks with selfmade natural colours

From 48 € /h

The workshop teaches participants how to create selfmade painting and drawing materials from natural pigments and colours (vegetables, plants, soils etc.) and different painting and drawing techniques with these natural colors (watercolour, oil painting, crayon drawing etc.). The workshop has two parts: First, we will experiment together with different ways to craft our own colours from natural ingredients. Then, artworks on paper or canvas will be created.

Extra information

Materials you need for the course: PC, stable Wifi connection, foil to protect your table, painting paper or canvas, brushes, mortar and pestle, old cloth, ca. 6 containers for paints, plate, spoon, water, from supermarket: red cale (small cut), lemon, natron or baking soda, curcuma, spinach.

Location

Online from Finland

About Me

Hello, my name is Helena and I'm a visual artist and art lecturer. I studied visual arts with focus on (oil) painting as well as art teaching and absolved an Erasmus semester and 3 years of private lessons in 2D animation. As artist and environmentalist, it is very important for me to know where my work materials come from, thus I am crafting my own paints from natural plant and soil pigments.
Start your creative journey with my guidance in painting, animation, and natural color crafting. I'm happy to share my knowledge and experience with you, support you to reach your personal goals and help you finding your own style and expression. Let’s transform your artistic vision into reality!

Education

Diploma in fine arts with focus on painting (Art University Linz, Austria), Erasmus semester in 2D animation (Art Academy Turku, Finland), Bachelor in art education (LMU Munich, Germany)

Experience / Qualifications

I have 3 years of teaching experience. My teaching experience includes workshops in oil painting, 2D (hand and digitally drawn) animation and natural colour crafting, as well as coachings on the intersections of arts and sustainability.

Selected Workshops:
- My colour garden: Dying and painting with plants, workshop in collaboration with Kartoffelkombinat and Tierparkschule, Munich
- Analogue Animation workshop as part of the eduart k art education program, Gabriele Space, Munich
- oilpainting workshops, nodepressionroom Munich
- The Voices Of The Silent, art educational workshops on human-animal relations; Kulturbunt, Tierparkschule and secondary school Allach, Munich
- Coaching & workshops on art / education for sustainable development (ESD), Arts of Change, at art universities in Austria

Age

Teenagers (13-17 years old)

Adults (18-64 years old)

Seniors (65+ years old)

Student level

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Duration

60 minutes

90 minutes

The class is taught in

English

German

Skills

Art

Arts and crafts

Sustainability

Availability of a typical week

(GMT -04:00)

New York

Online via webcam

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

00-04

04-08

08-12

12-16

16-20

20-24

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I am a visual artist born in Barcelona, settled in Belgium since 2017. As an artist I have accumulated experience for the last 25 years. I am graduated with an Academic Bachelor in Fine Arts in the University of Barcelona and graduated as a Master in Visual Arts at Sint Lucas School of Arts in Antwerpen.

I am specialised in painting, drawing, experimental films, installations, language, sound and curating. In other words, I am a multidisciplinary artist.

I understand the artistic practice as a way to understand ourselves and the situations which surrounds us. In my classes I don't teach how to do Art, but as how to say something through your artistic work. With me you can work independently, with a coach who will challenge you with some assignments and giving feedback to your personal concerns.

In addition, you will learn how to work with several mediums, preparing your own material: paintings, canvases, and so on.

You will not only receive individual coaching but as encourage you to look other artists or take into account other references connected with your concerns.

Finding, discussing and retaking solutions together are the core of my classes.

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Description of the workshop: during our lessons, we will learn both the academic techniques of drawing, watercolor and acrylic, artistic gestures, as well as drawing inspiration from the history of art and current contemporary artists. .

This course also contains an option with computer know-how for digital creations in graphic design on the Adobe Suite: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro...

The specifics of this workshop:
Our courses can be a new benefit for your health: relaxation in nature inspired by shapes and drawing in the open air.

As also you add a new knowledge or practice in a foreign language: Russian, English, Armenian.

Workshops can be group and individual as needed.

The age group :
- Starts as early as for 4-12 year olds for their creative development.
- For teenagers (13-17 years old) - for their out-of-school activity or for the preparation of files for a high school in the Arts.
- For adults and Seniors (18-65+ years old) - for their activity outside work, relaxation, personal reconnection with Nature and self-questioning.

My personal artistic practice:
I am currently in my last year of Master in Visual Arts at La HEAD in Geneva and have experience as a trainer and facilitator in visual art, Graphic Design for international and intergenerational people. I also had the opportunity to give lessons before in Russian, French Armenian and English.

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(Please note that just because you have found an artistic interest and a way to express it, it does not mean that you must do only one thing for the rest of your life. It is the downfall of creativity to repeat and paint the same way over and over again. Instead, allow your interests to drive your creativity. Let it be the starting point, venture out and discover it from various angles and ways of expressing it. But also be mindful that as we grow our interests can change and as they change, we must remain honest and respond accordingly such that our artistic language can also grow.)

Have questions? Don’t hesitate to message me! I can tailor a class to your needs :)

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Start your creative crochet journey today, and discover the joy of making something beautiful with your own hands!

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Aristoteles

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conversation +

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I recommend the one-hour in-person class for the little ones, an hour and a half for when they grow up, and the two-hour class for adults, to go without rushing. If it is online, in both cases I recommend an hour or an hour and a half.

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