SOLD OUT: Seniors Festival Get Crafty: Watercolour Landscapes at Oatley

Live life in colour this Seniors Festival!

This event is sold out. Please register to join the waitlist.

Landscapes hold memories; the places we've been, the views we return to, the natural spaces that ground us. As part of the NSW Seniors Festival, this beginner-friendly workshop invites seniors to explore watercolour as a medium for capturing the essence of place.

Bring a photo of a landscape that matters to you (even just on your phone). Use your favourite beach, childhood garden, local park, or holiday view to learn foundational watercolour techniques to translate it onto paper. We'll cover washes, gradients, lifting paint, and playful mark-making to create skies, water, trees, and texture.

What you'll learn:

• Basic watercolour techniques: washes, gradients, lifting, organic mark-making
• How to approach painting a landscape from a photo
• Working with the fluid, spontaneous nature of watercolour

What you'll create: A unique watercolour landscape inspired by a meaningful place.

No experience needed, this is a beginner-friendly session for seniors. Please bring an inspirational photo. This can be on your device or a physical printed photo.

Cost: $8.50

Age: Adults 50+

Equipment: Please bring a photograph of a landscape that is meaningful to you. All other materials are provided.

About the Facilitator:

This workshop is facilitated by local artist Mary-Helen Daly. She is a qualified Transpersonal Art Therapist & Counsellor who helps people become their own creative doorway.

Accessibility Information:

Georges River Libraries is committed to providing inclusive library services and programs. Please email library@georgesriver.nsw.gov.au or note down your requirements or support needs in your event registration.

Terms and conditions:

• Participants must be 50+
• If you arrive more than 10 minutes after the advertised start time and there are people in the standby queue, your ticket may be allocated to the standby queue.
• If you are unable to attend, please cancel your registration at least 3 hours prior to the event. As Library Programs have limited spaces, repeated failure to notify staff of cancellations may result in bookings being refused in the future.
• The library does not endorse or promote any products which may be used in the workshop.