Make Eco-friendly Paints & Drawing Series
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Make Eco-friendly Paints & Drawing Series

Join artist Serene Lau on a 4 week series at Keilor Library on sustainable paints and drawing. Audience: Young People 12 - 25 & Adults

By Brimbank Libraries

Location

Brimbank Libraries: Keilor Library

704B Old Calder Highway Keilor, 3036 Australia

About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

Book into each class separately:

  • Week 1: Intro to Eco-painting and Serene Lau's creative practice
  • Week 2: Ochre and egg tempera paintings
  • Week 3: Foraging for your paints
  • Week 4: Colour Symbolism and Sustainable Paint Practices

Join artist Serene Lau for a four-week workshop course on creating sustainable, eco-friendly and ocean safe paints made from food waste and other kitchen pantry ingredients.

Create a compostable and sustainable painting produced from your handmade paints.

After making the paint products, learn to draw and paint 4 different animals ie.Platypus, rakali, penguin and octopus

All materials, tea, coffee and snacks provided.

Please note that we will be using eggs in these workshops.

Age range: Young People ages12 - 25 & Adults.

If you have accessibility questions or requirements, please contact us at Brimbank Libraries.

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