Celebrate the season with a festive day of watercolour painting! In this joyful workshop, I’ll share my love of watercolour as you learn a mix of loose and detailed techniques to create beautiful Christmas-themed artworks — from expressive holiday motifs to more refined pieces like a traditional wreath. We will explore how to apply these to Christmas cards and seasonal paintings. Perfect for all skill levels, this class is a creative way to unwind and get into the spirit of the season.

Course Outline:

• I will be guiding you through a range of fun and festive watercolour designs to apply to Christmas cards or Christmas painting
• You will be shown how to prepare for your painting/paintings, how to get started with the drawing and how to begin painting.
• We will go through the basics of watercolour to get you started, and I will advise you along the way to ensure you are able to complete your painting/paintings

Learning Outcomes:

• Learn basic watercolour techniques
• Learn how to apply those techniques to your paintings
• Create a range of Christmas inspired paintings and cards

What to bring:

• Quality watercolour paper A4 or A3 – enough for exercises as well as painting.
• If you can source ready made blank cards in watercolour paper, this is recommended. These can be purchased online.
• Watercolour paint brushes of various sizes – suggested sizes: 0, 2, 4, 8, 16
• Watercolour paints
• Masking tape – just standard masking tape is fine.
• Palette with large flat mixing areas
• Water jars x 2
• Sealed board to attach paper to (can be supplied by tutor if you don’t have one).

Art Supplies Discount:

As a bonus for learning Art with SGSCC, all enrolled students are entitled to a generous 10% discount off the purchase of art supplies when they shop in-store at Eckersley’s Art & Craft, Taren Point!
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About the Tutor:

I am Vicki Peck, creator and owner of Vicki Peck Art.
I have an absolute passion for all things art, including creating my own paintings, helping others find their creative talents through my art classes and helping people heal and grow through art therapy.

A little about me:
I have created art for as long as I can remember and come from a family of many artistic people. I studied art – painting & ceramics (my other passion) and majored in ceramic design but continued to paint along the way.
I am originally from South Africa and left in 2000 to broaden my horizons overseas. After spending quite a while in the U.K, I moved to Australia in 2005, with my now husband.

In the search to do something more creative work after being in an office while overseas, I decided to become a florist(another passion)…I studied and became a qualified florist and spent a few years doing this.
Then kids came along and my creativity got paused… and now I’m back to being creative in any way possible!
Along with doing school holiday art classes, weekly senior art classes, commissions and doing my own painting, I am also now an art therapy practitioner and loving my time spent doing this each week.
For my paintings I predominantly use oils, but also absolutely love watercolours, and use this medium when I can give it the time it deserves.
My themes vary from landscapes, seascapes and still-lifes, and I love painting flowers! I paint from the heart and won’t paint something unless it feels right and makes me happy.

I love helping others find their path in art, and always encourage everyone to find their own unique style, to be confident in their abilities and embrace the process.

Other Information:

To ensure resources are ready for you at the start of your course, we ask you ideally enrol at least one week before the course commences.

All courses need a minimum number of students to run (“we try our hardest to get those”) . If your course does not have enough students it will be cancelled before the commencement and you will be informed.