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🌿 Abstract Native Flowers (Mixed Media) with Caroline ReidExplore the unique spirit of Australian native flowers in this playful, expressive workshop.
Guided by master pastelliste Caroline Reid, you’ll experiment with blind drawing, inks, line, and vibrant soft pastel to create dynamic abstract floral works inspired by hakea, orchids, waratahs, and banksias.
✨ A joyful day of looseness, experimentation, and discovering the hidden rhythms of native flowers.
📅 Dates & Details
Date: Sunday, 10 May 2026
Time: 10.00am – 4.00pm
Location: NatureArt Lab, M16 Artspace, Griffith
(21 Blaxland Crescent — free parking available)
🌿 About the Workshop
This lively one-day workshop invites you to explore Australian native flowers through a process-led approach to abstraction.
You’ll begin with blind drawing and mark-making exercises designed to loosen control and encourage spontaneity. These expressive beginnings will evolve into layered mixed media works using acrylic inks, calligraphy ink, expressive line, and soft pastel.
Across a series of short, energetic projects, you’ll explore:
✨Line, movement, and rhythm
✨Colour, contrast, and layering
✨Fluid, intuitive mark-making
✨The transformation of observation into abstraction
By the end of the day, you’ll leave with a collection of vibrant artworks and a fresh, more playful approach to your practice.
🌱 Suitability
Suitable for beginners and those wanting to expand their practice with soft pastel and mixed media.
🌿 Materials
Please bring your own materials (required to participate)
Paper will be supplied by the tutor (approx. $20, payable on the day)
BYO native flowers (from your garden or florist)
Additional materials include:
masking tape, wet wipes, Sharpies, paper towel, pencil, ruler, microfibre cloth, and a flat bristle brush
Note: This workshop uses soft pastels (not oil pastels).
✨ Join Us for a vibrant, freeing day of colour, movement, and creative discovery.
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Event Venue
M16 Artspace 21 Blaxland Crescent Griffith, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2603, 21 Blaxland Cres, Griffith ACT 2603, Australia, Narrabundah
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