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Sinds maart 2026
Leraar sinds maart 2026
The Organic Artist – Crafting and creating artworks with selfmade natural colours
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Van 57.44 $ /h
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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.
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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.
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Online vanuit Finland
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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!
Opleiding
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)
Leservaring
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
Leeftijd
Tieners (13-17 jaar oud)
Volwassenen (18-64 jaar oud)
Senioren (65+ jaar oud)
Niveau van de leerling
Beginner
Gemiddeld
Gevorderden
Duur
60 minuten
90 minuten
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Beschikbaarheid typische week
(GMT -04:00)
New York
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Online via webcam
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Tue
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Fri
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00-04
04-08
08-12
12-16
16-20
20-24
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I am an artist and philosopher from Amsterdam currently living in Antwerp. I studied in London where I acquired a BA from Art Academy London and a BA in philosophy from St Mary's University London.

Artistic development starts by identifying your artistic interest. As artists, we don’t always know why we draw and paint the things that we do. Yet they are not random. What captivates us or draws us towards certain artworks? This might be the tonal way in which light reflects, structural forms or mathematical division. The point being, is that we all have such aesthetic interests and step 1 is finding out what interests you!

Step 2 is helping you express your interests through painting techniques, styles and materiality. But it all starts with you. What do you want to say? And how? I will help you do this through discussion, looking at your previous work (if you have any), introducing you to a LARGE variety of artists, potentially copying their styles. I adjust my classes according to your needs.

The goal is simple: to come to understand your artistic interest, help you find techniques to express them and develop your artistic language.

(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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Idris
I am an artist and philosopher from Amsterdam currently living in Antwerp. I studied in London where I acquired a BA from Art Academy London and a BA in philosophy from St Mary's University London.

Artistic development starts by identifying your artistic interest. As artists, we don’t always know why we draw and paint the things that we do. Yet they are not random. What captivates us or draws us towards certain artworks? This might be the tonal way in which light reflects, structural forms or mathematical division. The point being, is that we all have such aesthetic interests and step 1 is finding out what interests you!

Step 2 is helping you express your interests through painting techniques, styles and materiality. But it all starts with you. What do you want to say? And how? I will help you do this through discussion, looking at your previous work (if you have any), introducing you to a LARGE variety of artists, potentially copying their styles. I adjust my classes according to your needs.

The goal is simple: to come to understand your artistic interest, help you find techniques to express them and develop your artistic language.

(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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