Captivating Acrylic Botanicals - 2 days - GOLD COAST - AUGUST 2024 with Sarah Abbott

If you love bright colourful Australian botanicals and have an appreciation of all things in nature, then join Sarah in this two-day acrylic painting workshop and learn how to make your paintings sing.

Learn Sarah's method of painting botanical artworks that are vivid, impactful and above all full of beauty. 

Working from a photographic reference, using a layering technique you will create a 30 x 30cm artwork from the initial sketch through to finishing strokes. 

You will learn how to:

Tone your canvas and complete a rough under drawing

Use colour and composition to work together in harmony 

Layer the paint to get a depth and intensity

How light and shadow can play a vital role in creating balance and drama

Add the final details to finish your painting

MATERIALS LIST

30 x 30cm or 12 x 12 inch Canvas or board

Acrylic paint - colours TBC

Assorted brushes - specific details TBC

Charcoal or pencil for drawing

Paint palette

Apron or old clothing

Water pot for washing brushes.  

Note: We provide easels for you to use.

LOCATION
The Royal QLD Art Society (RQAS) 25 Broadbeach Blvd, Broadbeach

BOOKING CONDITIONS

Please note that Artable does not provide refunds for workshops under any circumstances. If you provide more than 7 days notice, you can apply for a credit to another workshop. Check our refunds page for further details and COVID-19 related policies.

Please note that if a workshop is sold out a sold out sign will appear on the listing and you will be unable to book in. If a workshop does not have the number or spots that you require, a note will pop up saying 'out of stock'.

LUNCH
There are several options in walking distance and a fridge on site if you'd prefer to bring your own.

PARKING
You can park in the surrounding streets or in the carpark behind the venue. Please allow time for parking as it is very busy around RQAS at the moment. Do not park on the grass behind RQAS or you will get a parking ticket. There is an elevator if you need it.

Location:

RQAS 25 Broadbeach Blvd, Broadbeach 4218 QLD

Book online

$465 per person

Meet the Teach

Sarah Abbott

Sarah Abbott is an acrylic painter with a background in interior design. Originally from Queensland, Australia, she currently lives and works out of her family home in Fremantle, Western Australia, which she shares with her husband, 2 young children and a much-loved whippet. Her bright and colourful paintings primarily focus on still life, landscapes and Australian botanicals.

 Abbott describes her early years as “a barefoot country existence living off the grid” with her parents and 7 brothers and sisters, on 40 acres of bushland near Stanthorpe. The land was her parents share from the sale of a commune they had tried to keep afloat.

Abbott’s place as the creative child in her family was cemented early by the many hours she spent drawing and later honing her skill in perspective, colour and painting. 

 In 2004, Abbott graduated from Queensland University with a degree in interior design. An uncertain future as an artist was abandoned after school in favour of a more stable career path in interior design.  Sarah worked in interior design in both  Australia and London, where she specialised in high end cabinetry for the luxury residential market. It is this decade long small business experience that Abbott credits with helping her to build a loyal following of collectors and fans across the globe.

 In 2019 Abbott returned to painting after an extended leave from interior design following the birth of her second child. Abbott’s work has been featured in Inside Out Magazine; International Artist Magazine and in 2022 she was named by Vogue Living as one of ‘10 emerging artists to know from Melbourne’s Affordable Art Fair’.


 

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