Join professional illustrator Madi Martin in this one-day workshop exploring the skills and tricks behind fantasy inkwork. Embark on a fun and interactive class where we learn how to create immersive worlds and characters; and develop key techniques to bring magical scenes to life! Students will combine sketching and rendering techniques with the black lines of pigment ink, using a range of methods to create value, texture, and depth in dynamic artworks!

We will introduce techniques that open up other areas of creative practice, such as figure in the stone and one point perspective, and combine ink with watercolour paints and other mediums to design stunning, mixed media artworks. Learn how to illustrate your own stories, and explore those that came before you like Where the Wild Things Are, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and The Nightmare Before Christmas – use industry techniques from comic books and tattoo design, and bring your imagination to life!

Course Outline:

• Explore pigment ink as a medium
• Embark on mixed media outcomes,
• Discover design fundamentals
• Expand own artistic vocabulary
• Create amazing artworks from the heart

Learning Outcomes:

• Developing knowledge and skill of design fundamentals
• Intro to inkwork
• Composition and figure rendering
• Mixed media intro

What to bring:

All materials provided.

About the Tutor:

'My name is Madi Martin, I’m a professional illustrator and founder of apparel and wearable art brand, MadDog Ink. I hold two art degrees, and am a qualified vocational educator with eight years of experience delivering fun and flexible art classes.

I create and design everything from pins to full scale artworks using both digital and traditional illustration methods, inspired by Anime and Pop Art – I’ve exhibited and sold my work everywhere from Broadway in Sydney to Wollongong Art Gallery, frequenting conventions and expos including Gamma in Canberra, and Oddities and Curiosities in Sydney!'

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.