Bird of Paradise Painting Workshop, 6 October | Ages 9–12
$120.00
8 spaces left
Bird of Paradise Painting Workshop | Ages 9–12
Date: Tuesday 6 October 2026
Time: 9 am- 3 pm
Unleash your creativity in our vibrant Bird of Paradise Acrylic Painting Workshop.
Designed for students aged 9–12, this workshop explores the dramatic shapes and brilliant colours of the bird of paradise flower. Young artists will learn to plan a balanced composition, blend polymer paint colours, and use expressive brushwork to create depth, contrast, and botanical detail.
With step-by-step guidance from artist and art educator Julia Sawicki, students will develop their technical skills while creating an individual interpretation of this extraordinary tropical plant.
Each student will take home a striking completed canvas to display and enjoy.
Students will:
- Learn to sketch and draw a balanced composition using a viewfinder
- Learn how to enlarge their composition using the grid method
- Understand layer painting techniques to build up details of the Bird of Paradise
- Learn colour mixing and brush techniques
Each artwork will be painted on a canvas before going home.
This workshop nurtures observation skills, imagination, and compositional development in a supportive environment.
Teacher: Julia Sawicki
Age group: 9–12 years
Materials: Acrylic paint on canvas
Canvas dimensions: 40.6 × 50 cm
Location: Art Box Workshops, Neutral Bay, Sydney
Active and Creative Kids vouchers are accepted.
Another painting workshop suggestion for older students aged 9-12 who love colour.
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